Petco

Went to the Petco today located in Union Square. The prices were better than expected and it was very entertaining watching everyone walk around with their dogs. Bradley was very excited when I arrived home with a new toy...





He was so excited that he ran from one end of the apartment to another a hundred times then finally settled down...



I had a lot of laughs tonight, thanks to Bradley and a green chicken. :)

Babysitting Adventure

This morning was my first time watching 4 children all 3 years old and under by myself. I'm not going to lie, I definitely was intimidated going into it, but they were amazingly wonderful. Micah as introduced in one of my previous post, is such a character. I put on the Wiggles, I know kind of comical, and Micah asked me if they could get cozy. Everyone thought it was a good idea...



I felt so blessed to be around so much joy, love, laughs and well innocents.

“Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever fresh and radiant possibility” Kate Douglas Wiggins

Winter Jammin Preparation

Winter Jammin': Central Park's annual Winter Jam is taking place this weekend, and will feature local snowboarders, along with music. They created snow for this event even though it turns out we are suppose to get snow this weekend. I went down today to check out the creation of this snow and preparation for this event…

http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/events/winterjam/index.html

As you can see from my pictures below they had quite a bit of snow already created by the time I got down there. I was very curious as to the whole process but there really wasn’t any one around to ask.



This next one really captures what most project sites look like at least from my observations…one man working and a whole lot of people standing around watching.

I did find this sign below humorous…that these “conditions” were manmade yet the sign really almost seems to point blame on mother nature. They didn’t fool me! :)

Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse NYC

We are currently in what is called…
New York City Restaurant Week Winter 2010
Which runs January 25–February 7, 2010 and excludes Saturdays.

The following link has a list of all the participating restaurants….

http://www.opentable.com/promo.aspx?m=8&pid=69

Today I went and partook in a filet mignon lunch at Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse NYC

http://www.michaeljordansnyc.com/

I didn’t have a way to take pictures so I looked up a couple so that you can get a feel for how beautiful it was…





I was not that impressed with the food but the view was amazing and the gentle hum of the people going about their business, as you ate, was surprisingly relaxing.

BestBuy Union Square

No matter how old you get I think most people inside don’t feel their age and we all have those moments when you stop and realize wow I really am -- - years old. I don’t know maybe Oprah would call them ah ha moments. However we would like to refer to them, I definitely had one yesterday, while at BestBuy Union Square. The only BestBuy in New York which is open 24 hours, don’t ask who goes in there in the middle of the night, I have asked everyone I know and haven’t met one yet. Anyways, at this spectacular BestBuy yesterday I was completely disgusted by their customer service or lack of, it’s a long story in which I will spare all the details, but I decided to speak to the store manager and let them know how I was feeling. As I found myself expressing my complaints to the manager, I had an ah ha moment were I looked down on myself and thought wow Elizabeth you really have grown up, as the manager is replying I’m so sorry mam I will speak with my staff….


That’s right my first experience complaining to a manager, I felt so old, but so so right :)

Guilt Free

On my way home from work the other afternoon, as I walked down the sidewalk I was greeted by three lovely words “guilt free satisfaction” there was no other choice I had to try!





I know it was an odd thing to eat on a cold day but it was wonderfully delicious!



Later in the evening I went to take Bradley outside and hadn’t even noticed that it was snowing. Freshly fallen snow is the best.

English Muffin Pizzas

Today I kind of went grocery shopping with one idea in mind and then my plan was thwarted by an amazing sale on the English Muffins. They were buy one pack and get two free. So I decided to do a little pizza throw back and make English Muffin pizzas topped with mozzarella and diced tomato.

It brought back fond memories I have from my childhood, and how fun I always thought this dish was and I just never have gotten around to making it since I moved to New York.

It was tasty but nothing tastes as good as when momma makes it, I miss my Mommy’s cooking.