Otherwise known as Spring Break 2012… A long day full of lots of walking made us hungry. Dinner at Jake Melnick’s. I had not been in this place since it was The Blackhawk Lodge. Asked the waitress for a recommendation, she sold me on the Firecracker wings. They were delicious, sweet hot, but a…
Category: Family
Happy Chinese New Year
Exploring Chinatown with the kids has been on our to-do list for years. We finally did it this weekend. You can see the kids way over there on the other side of the street. We headed right to Emperor’s Choice for lunch, it started with hot tea. Of course we ordered far too much food. …
Christmas is Coming
Spiced Nuts are the first sign of the holidays in our house. Other signs that Christmas is near… The husband making his famous liver pâté. I don’t want to know what is in it, self-defense mechanism. It is delicious and I want to keep enjoying it. Cookies dough being rolled out and cut with cookie…
Casual Friday
Back in the day Friday nights meant happy hour with friends. This was before cell phones, text messages, Facebook, emails. We all knew where to go and when to be there. Progress my ass. I loved those simple casual outings. Even if it was just for an hour it marked the end of the week…
Vacation, Certainly NOT Meant to Be Spent Alone!
OK, one last post about our vacation… After the sightseeing portion of the trip completed we headed to the beach. Rhode Island specifically. We had a week of gorgeous weather, tons of fresh seafood (and even the leftovers were delicious), and lots of family fun. Even a shark sighting. Well we didn’t see the shark…
Vacation, Have to get Away…
On our way out of New York we made a stop in Hoboken to visit our old stomping grounds. Things have certainly changed since we lived there way back when. One thing that is still there of course is Carlo’s Bake shop aka The Cake Boss. My daughter was so excited to see the place,…
Vacation, All I Ever Wanted…
I am doing my best to reacquaint myself with reality since getting back from our trip. I will say that it is actually easier after a two weeks than after only one week. Not to say I wouldn’t prefer being on a beach but at least I actually feel like I had a vacation. We…
There was one?
Monday came way too quick this week, the weekend was jam packed and didn’t include any downtime to just do nothing. We had my daughter’s summer show, Willy Wonka Jr. She was a candy man kid, ensemble cast, they did a few dance numbers. The four weeks went by so fast, the show was actually…
Schoooools out for Summer!
Today was my daughter’s last day of 5th grade and the last day at her current school. Next year she will be attending the middle school. She has mixed emotions of excitement and fear. The summer program she is doing is in this new school, so hopefully by fall she will feel a bit more…
Look Ma, no ketchup!
We finally took the four year-old to see Sue the dinosaur. He has been asking forever. He loved it, though I think he preferred the mummies. It was a tiring day, that Field Museum is a like a fun house. Once you start down one path there is no existing until the end. And holy…