I had plans on Friday to hang out with my long lost friend (not really long lost, she lives 10 blocks away but has been MIA lately, not cool) and a quiet evening in one of our apartments quickly turned into a pretty awesome night. Another friend invited me to her family friend's restaurant that recently opened in the East Village called Heartbreak. If you're in NYC you should really check it out, it's pretty awesome. I've now been there twice (once before it opened for a tasting) and I haven't been disappointed yet! This was a feast (I was still full on Saturday morning). We started off with a few different different kinds of appetizers (2 of each for our table of 10):
- House Cured & Smoked Wild Salmon w/ Honey Mustard Dressing
- Roast Baby Beet & Goat Cheese Bacon Dressing, Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
- Mache Lettuce, Bacon, Butter Croutons Salad
- Schupfnueln, Bacon & Sauerkraut
- I'm pretty sure we had some home fries in there but I can't find them on the menu.
As if that wasn't enough, for dinner, I had strips of veal with mushroom-cream sauce on top of a potato pancake (I have never had one before and am amazed and in love!!!). The real treat was our dessert (again, 2 of each):
- Linzer Tart
- Black Forest Tart
- Warm Apple Strudel
- Black Viennese Pancake (amazing!)
- Chocolate fondue (my FAV of the night!)
The best part was that the NY Times was doing an article about the restaurant while we were there and it was free!!! On a side note, I may have stolen the other side of the table's fondue, BUT they weren't eating it! Can't let melted chocolate go to waste people!!!
Now we're on to Saturday. I slept in, made eggs, was super lazy...then went to a bar steps from my apartment for dinner and the Jets game. It ended up being a pretty exciting night considering the Jets won (although I did get yelled at for wearing Colts colors but, I'm sorry, I don't own anything green and I happen to look good in blue!). Anyway, I'm very happy to report that I found a place with really good wings and personalized sized kegs within walking distance to my apartment.
To continue the 'if it's free it's for me' trend of my weekend, our next stop was to a bar where my roommates coworker happens to bar-tend. I finally got to meet her which was nice, and I got free drinks! Yay for me! I also got my ass kicked in beer pong, but, whatevs, I beat many-a-frat boy in college and am totally fine with that record. Plus, I didn't have my glasses on and couldn't see anything!
Sunday, on the other hand, was NOT a free day. We went to the Uptown Lounge for brunch which was actually a pretty good deal for good food ($15 for brunch and 2 drinks), I'll definitely go back there sometime. Then, I bought my new phone!!! Droid 2, so happy with it. I got a lot of grief going into work with it on Monday (a place full of Mac's) because Verizon was making a 'big announcement' on Tuesday. I am very happy with my decision. My phone can do pretty much everything the iPhone does AND it has a keyboard :-).
In other news...Katie found a pretty looking boy who lives 'directly' across the street from us while she happened to be checking out the police activity going on outside our apartment last night (don't ask, not sure what happened) I call her a stalker, she says she just happened to see him..then stare for 5 minutes! I think she's been watching too many Friends episodes before bed.....
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That's all to report for now! Oh, and we got some snow, they were fully prepared this time and it was about 5in. Salted and plows at the ready but I still have garbage from before Christmas lining my streets!!!
Trish, great weekend update! I truly can't believe you lost at beer pong though- that is not like you. You're one of the greatest players I know! Remember the night we beat Erik and Casey in the boys' garage? I wrote in my diary: "WE beat the Dream Team tonight." ....Just kidding, I don't own a diary. But you have a blog now- and that's much more cool ;)
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