mission: saturday in the city

after a great friday night out, patrick and i were raring to go for a day of city adventures. there are many things that we still want to see and do while we are living here for the time being. what ends up happening most weekends is that the two of us are either not home, at home doing chores, or doing the same old things we always do. well not this time! we were off to be tourists in our own city.

our first stop was the doughnut plant located on grand st. near chinatown. you might have heard of this place or have seen it featured on the travel channel or food network. it is world renowned, and there is a reason for that: these doughnuts are

superb! we decided to get three (because they are so big), each of us eating one and then sharing the third between us. patrick had the blackout, chocolate cake doughnut with chocolate filling and chocolate icing...aka the triple threat of chocolate doughnuts! i had the valrhona chocolate, a yeast doughnut smothered in a rich chocolate glaze. now these were both tasty treats, but then our third doughnut topped them all! we enjoyed a glazed hazelnut that was topped with bits of hazelnuts. patrick declared that it was the best glazed doughnut he has ever tasted! i concurred.

next on our tourist trip was MoMA! our neighbor gave us free passes about 2 years ago, and we hadn't used them yet. we entered the museum with excitement, and a sugar rush, and made our way to check out some art! we saw works by picasso, matisse, and warhol. however, my favorite was the special exhibit of monet's water lilies. these larger than life paintings of classic impressionism was absolutely breath taking. i walked into the room filled with the art, and i told patrick that i thought i was going to cry because monet is my favorite artist....ever! patrick was most excited to see van gogh's starry night, and that too was awesome to see in person!

after MoMA, we walked to central park to go ice skating at wollman rink. i think the last time i went ice skating was back in 2002! i was a little nervous and heavily relied on patrick to help me skate around until i felt more confident (but i still held his hand most of the time because that was more romantic). we took a break after several turns around the rink to eat a hot dog, and it was the perfect snack to get us back on the ice. we skated until the zamboni came to smooth the rink's surface, which was about the point we had had enough skating (my feet were killing me...the rentals are not easy on the tootsies). from there, the two of us headed to the upper west side to go to michael's to buy a few craft items for my sister's up coming bridal shower.

we then decided on the subway that it would be fun to go to ollie's in lincoln center for some chinese food and then go see a movie afterwards. it felt so nice to sit down after all of our walking/skating we had done that day. unfortunately, our neighbors who sat next to us were the two nosiest ladies in the world, and so our conversation was kept to a minimum for fear of being eavesdropped on by them. after our bellies were full of lo mein and sesame chicken, we crossed the street to go see sherlock holmes. the movie was great (nice work guy richie...and robert downy jr.) but we were ready to head home and sleep in our bed.

patrick and i had a wonderful time touring manhattan, and we felt satisfied with all the activities we accomplished in one day. if you have done the same old same old in nyc (times square, rockefeller plaza, seeing a show, getting lost, etc.) try some of the things we did this weekend. it promises to be an adventure.

this is beth signing off.
mission: accomplished...oh yeah!

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