Eric was really busy at work last week, working until 8:00 almost every night. When he got off on Friday, I met up with him on his walk home and we tried a lasagna restaurant near our apartment. It was SO GOOD. Then we rented a movie and picked up some Tasti-D-Lite on the walk home, although we never watched the movie...we watched the Rays. Lose. Boo.
Saturday we decided to head out on the town. We went to Bed Bath and Beyond to get some things we needed for the apartment, then walked over to Central Park to pick up a Hairspray picture from one of the street vendors. (We collect pictures of all the Broadway shows we've seen! We have 9 so far.) Then we walked back towards our apartment along 8th Avenue, which was closed off again for that weekend street festival. We did some shopping (I bought a cute hat!) and had some roasted corn on the cob and a free sample of kettle corn. I love that street festival! I have no idea if they do it year round or if it will end as the weather gets colder, but it's so much fun.
Eric enjoying roasted sweet corn
After walking through the festival, we headed over to 9th Avenue and stopped at this little hole-in-the-wall cheesesteak place for a late lunch. It was delicious, as those hole-in-the-wall places tend to be!
A good place for a cheesesteak
Mmm, cheesesteak and cheese fries!
After our lunch we returned home, and planned to call it a night and stay in to watch the Gators. However, we needed to run the dog downstairs to do his business, so we decided to take a spontaneous walk with him over to the water. We live only two blocks from the Hudson River, and I had been meaning to check it out. Navy ships dock there (we've seen quite a few sailors around lately), and cruise ships do too...sometimes you can even hear the ship horn from our apartment!
So, we walked out to the water and it was so nice! There's a great little park there, with a big grassy area and benches so you can sit and look out at the water and over to lovely New Jersey. They also have a boat house where you can kayak for free on the weekends during the summer. It was great!
Eric and Achilles by a sign at the park that says "Dog Free Lawn."
Ha, we scoff at your signage and your rules, Hudson River Park!
Achilles and me by the water
After the park, we went back home and geared up for Gator game, which was AWESOME. We beat LSU by 30! We had hoped to win, but we certainly hadn't expected a 30-point beatdown. Let's go, Gators! Since we were able to get this game on TV, we stayed home to watch it, which meant that Achilles got to sport his Gator gear. He loves it. (Actually, you've never seen a more pitiful dog than when he's wearing his Gator sweater, but I pretend he loves it. He needs to make a sacrifice for his team.)
"Somebody please get me out of this sweater. And Go Gators."
After the Gator win, we watched the rest of the Rays game. Holy cow, it went on forever. But, they won! Go Rays!
Sunday, Eric had to go in to the office for a bit, which was fine because I had some studying I needed to do. I've still been trying to catch up from the time I took off for being sick last week. I got some good work done, then when both of us were finishing up, I headed out towards Eric's office. We met up somewhere between here and there and then walked back to his office together so I could finally see it! He still needs to hang pictures, but it was great to see it and be able to picture where he spends his days.
Doesn't he look official?
From there we got some pizza then went to Times Square to see a movie. We saw "Fireproof," starring Kirk Cameron, and we really enjoyed it. I felt the acting left a little to be desired for the most part, but the message was solid and inspiring. It was great to watch a movie about the preservation of marriage...quite the contrast from the subject matter of most movies today.
After the movie we tried to walk back home, which was a bit of a circus. We made the mistake of walking down W. 44th Street, which passes several Broadway theaters, including the theaters for Phantom of the Opera, Spamalot, and Equus, which is currently staring Daniel Radcliffe (the guy who plays Harry Potter in the movies). Apparently we were walking past these theaters at the exact time that Harry Potter was arriving at the theater for the night's performance. So, we walked right into THE MOB. I kid you not, it was madness. His limo was pulled up in front of the theater, and there was seriously a mob of people on either side of it, with people screaming and waving things for him to sign in the air, and holding up their cameras over the crowd to try to get a picture. It was even the same story ACROSS THE STREET...people were trying to climb up on lampposts to get a better look. There were even police there to control the madness. The sidewalk was completely impassable, so we had to walk in the street. While doing so, we did manage to get a look at Harry Potter himself! Unfortunately, I couldn't snap a picture because the police were rushing us along. Apparently they didn't want people actually standing IN the street taking pictures. Crazy cops and their rules.
Crazy mob outside the "Equus" theater
This is the madness across the street from the "Equus" theater
We did finally make it home and then settled in for a nice evening. We had dinner, made some brownies, and finally watched that movie we had rented on Friday. It was a great relaxing end to a wonderful weekend! New York is a great place to be.
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We saw Fireproof too, and thought it was a great message! Chick-fil-a was one of the sponsors. Did you happen to see the Chick-fil-a bag of food Kirk Cameron brought home for his wife?
Anyway, glad you're feeling better Meghan.
Love, Aunt Rachel
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