Visits, Reunions, and Pizza!
I see I've been doing an even worse job at getting around to writing than usual. Recap time.
Two weekends ago: Julie was away for business travel late in the week, then I was at Olin on Saturday for Alumni Weekend (10 years!). Was great to see so many of my classmates.
My dad was in town for a conference that weekend, too. Really enjoyed the visit, we went out for dinner at Casa B and Erica enjoyed some time on the playground with grandpa.
Last weekend: Friday was a daycare holiday, so we took the opportunity for a long weekend and went to NYC to visit Kristin and Jimmy and Emilia. Friday night, we went to Lions, Tigers, and Squares for pizza dinner. That restaurant serves Detroit style pizza, which is fairly deep, with crispy thick crust, sauce over cheese, made in rectangular pans (supposedly the style originally made use of repurposed industrial parts trays). I'd heard about that restaurant from this YouTube video about their mustard pizza, their twist on the mustard pizza from Papa's Tomato Pies in Trenton, NJ. I thought it was great, the pizza was a hit with everyone. Afterwards, we went to Magnolia Bakery for some cupcakes and banana pudding.
Erica had her first sleepover with Emilia at their place on Friday night, and she had a really great time!
Julie's dad Scott got into town for a visit on Saturday and Kristin and Jimmy took all of us to Coney Island's Luna Park. Kristin and Scott biked there as a warmup for a bike race they were doing Sunday morning, the rest of us took the train. The cousins had a great time going on some of the smaller rides together. Erica demolished a ripe mango from a vendor on the boardwalk and rode on the carousel, we had hot dogs for dinner, I got on the swings ride and enjoy the view from above. I regret not going on some of the roller coasters a bit, but wasn't feeling up for it. Erica somehow managed to avoid taking any naps and was very cranky by the time we got back to the hotel. She didn't want to go to sleep despite that being the latest she'd gone without a nap in her entire life. But a jaunt to the hotel bar for a late-night glass of milk got everything calmed down and we were able to have a peaceful rest.
On Friday morning, we had a diner breakfast with Jimmy and Emilia before heading back to Boston.
Was a wonderful weekend! We're all very much looking forward to going back, especially Erica.
(And we plan to be back between Christmas and New Year's, so I'll try to coordinate plans with more people next time.)
Eristic improvements: Counting into double digits
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Two weekends ago: Julie was away for business travel late in the week, then I was at Olin on Saturday for Alumni Weekend (10 years!). Was great to see so many of my classmates.
My dad was in town for a conference that weekend, too. Really enjoyed the visit, we went out for dinner at Casa B and Erica enjoyed some time on the playground with grandpa.
Last weekend: Friday was a daycare holiday, so we took the opportunity for a long weekend and went to NYC to visit Kristin and Jimmy and Emilia. Friday night, we went to Lions, Tigers, and Squares for pizza dinner. That restaurant serves Detroit style pizza, which is fairly deep, with crispy thick crust, sauce over cheese, made in rectangular pans (supposedly the style originally made use of repurposed industrial parts trays). I'd heard about that restaurant from this YouTube video about their mustard pizza, their twist on the mustard pizza from Papa's Tomato Pies in Trenton, NJ. I thought it was great, the pizza was a hit with everyone. Afterwards, we went to Magnolia Bakery for some cupcakes and banana pudding.
Erica had her first sleepover with Emilia at their place on Friday night, and she had a really great time!
Julie's dad Scott got into town for a visit on Saturday and Kristin and Jimmy took all of us to Coney Island's Luna Park. Kristin and Scott biked there as a warmup for a bike race they were doing Sunday morning, the rest of us took the train. The cousins had a great time going on some of the smaller rides together. Erica demolished a ripe mango from a vendor on the boardwalk and rode on the carousel, we had hot dogs for dinner, I got on the swings ride and enjoy the view from above. I regret not going on some of the roller coasters a bit, but wasn't feeling up for it. Erica somehow managed to avoid taking any naps and was very cranky by the time we got back to the hotel. She didn't want to go to sleep despite that being the latest she'd gone without a nap in her entire life. But a jaunt to the hotel bar for a late-night glass of milk got everything calmed down and we were able to have a peaceful rest.
On Friday morning, we had a diner breakfast with Jimmy and Emilia before heading back to Boston.
Was a wonderful weekend! We're all very much looking forward to going back, especially Erica.
(And we plan to be back between Christmas and New Year's, so I'll try to coordinate plans with more people next time.)
Eristic improvements: Counting into double digits
This entry was originally posted on Dreamwith.
comments are there.