New York, New York

This weekend Paul and I went to New York City to celebrate my birthday (note the new haircut!). In our many years together we had never visited The Big Apple together--although he goes all the time for work and I go about once a year to visit friends. So this was a special trip. I took the train down Friday morning and met him there (he had to go for business Thursday). We stayed at The Pierre--a shi shi hotel on Fifth Ave right on Central Park. It was so luxurious! The picture above was taken at Canyon Road, a mexican restaurant where we had my first birthday dinner with a bunch of good friends: Laura, Katharine (above left), Lauren (above right), Hale, Jess, Ryan, and Emily.

Here we are at One if by Land, Two if by Sea, my second of two birthday dinners! This was a really cool place in Greenwich Village that used to be George Washington's headquarters in the 1700s. The food and atmosphere here were so nice. We had a nine-course tasting menu, and had everything from lobster to lamb to chocolate souffle, and even saw a couple get engaged. We left very very full....