it doesn't matter where you are, or where you are from, sometimes it's just FUN to play tourist for the day.
what better time to play tourist than when you have visitors!?!?
as i mentioned
here, my mom came to visit last weekend! and we played tourist all weekend... but a
FUN kind of tourist. we did the
cheesy
kind of tourist
LAST time she was here
(statue of liberty, times square, radio city, etc... cheesy but necessary for newcomers!!)
THURSDAY:
mr p picks up mom from laguardia
eat vietnamese food in jersey city
FRIDAY
:
explore historic downtown, waterfront, and van vorst park areas of jersey city
eat AMAZING food at made with love bakery
eat homemade tortellini for dinner when mr p comes home
pita, cukes, and hummus... perfect snack after a long day!
cucumber vodka and club soda... refreshing summery cocktail (with a cute bottle to boot!)
homemade tortellini with watercress and tomatos
(see recipe here), except this time we made it creamy by simply adding a splash of heavy cream!
SATURDAY
:
explore brooklyn by going to the brooklyn flea, brooklyn botanic garden, and the transit museum
catch an early dinner at nook in hell's kitchen
started off the morning with a bit of relaxing :D
mom picked up some letters from an old letterpress at the brooklyn flea
(whatever she does with them, it will be SO cool!!)
prefect weather for perusing the flea.
bacon.. on top of cream cheese frosting.. on top of cupcake? too hard to resist!
tacos double-wrapped in corn tortillas. the ONLY way to go!
mr p was too fascinated by the
MOBILE
wood-fired pizza oven, he had to buy one.
random building with pretty random art on the pretty walk from the flea to the botanic garden
sometimes he's just so cute... even when we drag him around all day
deep purple lilacs, smells SO pretty!
random brooklyn building, with random fun art, on the way to the train
nook, quite possibly my favorite restaurant in NYC... in close competition with
enoteca maria in staten island
nook: mushroom cigars and tuna tartar
nook: steak fritesm with rosemary fries
nook: thai-marinated grilled rack of lamb
SUNDAY
:
weather decides to monsoon, so mom and i (naturally) go shopping
(target had all beach essentials on sale, so i couldn't pass up getting two beach chairs and a floppy beach hat!! saturday beach days, here we come!!)
mr p makes homemade sammich bread and herbed chicken and we eat delicious herbed chicken sammiches
i make ice cream, and we layer in homemade granola to the ice cream (ahhh so good!! kudos to mr p for the wonderful idea!)
mr p started our morning by making egg, miracle whip and tomato sammiches!
mr p's herbed chicken sammiches on homemade bread
MONDAY
:
i decide i
NEED a
swimsuit from old navy (tried on earlier) for the summer, and for a atlantic city trip a few weekends from now, so mom and i drive hours through crazy traffic to find a mis-tagged suit in union city for $20
(paid only $16 after a 20% off coupon!! yaya! originally priced for $45)
eat at bareburger in manhattan before dropping mom off at laguardia.
bareburger: mr p's original beef burger, medium, on brioche with fried egg and bacon. he came late, and i knew
EXACTLY how he wanted his burger :D
(brownie points for me???)
bareburger: we really wanted the fried pickles, so i ordered "assorted pickles" not realizing that the "assorted" ones we
NOT
fried
(super sad face)
we walked
A LOT
, ate
A LOT
, shopped
A LOT
, and got to spend
LOTS
of quality mom and daughter time!!
a rather successful weekend if i do say so myself :D
can't wait
for the next time she comes to visit!!
toodles.
