Life, Kids, Technology & that move to another continent
I worked from home today. It was hot out and I was glad not to have to go outside very much. I had calls almost all day and then I worked till after 7PM catching up on mail.
M brought home swordfish to grill. We ended up eating some really good cheese and some bread before just sharing one of the swordfish. I am thinking we may do that again tomorrow. It was that good.
Today was a lazy Sunday! Well lazy in the fact that we stayed in, but we did do work. We worked on wedding stuff, as well as household stuff. We were originally going to take some engagement photos with the wedding photographer but due to the weather we all agreed to reschedule. It is now going to be after work on Thursday.
We cooked some ravioli for dinner. I find it kind of funny that the stuff we get at the grocery store down the street that can last for like 30 months in the fridge is almost as good as the stuff we get at the fancy grocery store in Grand Central Market. Of course since it is around the same price we can switch between the two but i still find it sort of amusing.
Today M and I went to visit a college friend of hers upstate. It was a generally low key day. She had 3 small kids and is recovering from some surgery so we just hung out and talked. Then took the kids to the park for a bit. It was a bit muggy out but the park was fun.
M & I were going to buy stuff from Grand Central Market and cook but I was feeling lazy so we went to an Italian place in Grand Central and had Calzones. They were really good.
July was a busy month. We picked a date for the wedding and set the venue. We are set for January 8th, 2012 at The View on The Hudson. We are very excited. The View looks fantastic and the view itself (of the Hudson) was spectacular.
As the month came to a close we also decided on a photographer. Well actually it is two photographers. We were very impressed with Shelley & Keith and are excited to see how awsome they make us look!
M is also pretty sure she has found the florist she likes for the wedding. I say M has done that since officially I don’t want to be associated with a decision on a floristh. Ok, he does look pretty fantastic so we are excited. As luck would have it who we are ending up with is someone M has used for years, and if it wasn’t for his website we would never have found the View on the Hudson as a venue.
We also spent some time with Jayson working on engagement photos. Jayson is over achieving as the best man and took us out to the campus of Vasser College when M & I were visiting for Seth’s birthday party. We got some great photo’s around the campus. We may still get photos with our wedding photographer duo since the package we picked included it but the pic’s Jayson took came out fantastic!
Today was the day that my parents and M’s parents met for the first time. We decided on Sunday brunch to bring everyone together. I will be honest and say I was a bit nervous. I think I get along with M’s parents great, and my parents love her but just getting them all in the same room for the first time you never know what anyone is going to say.
I didn’t have that much to worry about. Or I should rephrase, I think I had plenty to worry about but everything was as close to perfect as you can get in a situation like that. We picked a really nice brunch place in mid-town. It was a really good buffet and all the parents were on their best behaviors. All in all a good meeting.
After the brunch my parents drove us home and they got to see the apartment for the first time. It was a brief visit since they had to run home, but at least they got to see it.
The rest of the day was much tamer than the early afternoon and M and I just hung out and got work done around the house.
Tonight M and I had a date night. Well that is what I am calling it anyway. We had scheduled time to go see a band we like for the wedding in Manhattan. Since they were playing at someone elses wedding we had to dress up. The bride had given her permission for us to come by but we couldn’t go in street clothes. We figured since we were going to be dressed up and we didn’t need to be at the wedding till 10PM we should go to dinner.
We ended up at the Capital Grill. It was really good. We had a good time at dinner and then decided to walk around near Rockefeller Center before going to the venue nearby.
The band was pretty good. We liked them, but still want to see other bands to ensure we picked a winner! We both loved M’s friend Jenn’s wedding band but they are far away and there is risk in them driving in from out of town the morning of our wedding especially in the winter. So our search continues…
Today we got up and went to a local Crepes place in Woodside. We had seen it on Yelp a few weeks ago and had wanted to try it but have been busy. I have been craving crepes since our trip to France. I fell in love with them there. It was nice to find a Crepes place in Woodside, and it turned out to be this really small nice place. After getting us lost (my fault) we finally found the place and had a great breakfast.
We did work around the house during the day and then traveled out to Little Neck to meet my mom for her birthday. My mom wanted to take M and I to one of her favorite restaurants. My dad wasn’t feeling well so he stayed home. We had a great meal before M and I had to rush to the LIRR to head home. The only issue with visiting my parents on the weekend is that there is only 1 train every hour. Thankfully we are in woodside and it is really easy to take the LIRR to my folks. In LIC it was significantly more difficult.
For the past year I have been a fan of Time Out New York. It has had great date ideas and things to do. Last month I got a print subscription (i know it goes against my trend of all digital) for half off via Groupon. One of the first things we saw was a Food Truck Rally every 3rd Sunday of every month in the Summer at Prospect Park. M and I jumped at the chance to do that. We had planned going for weeks.
The rally didn’t disappoint. I had grilled cheese at one truck. M had a lobster role at another. We also had ice cream from a 3rd. It was really yummy. We were stuffed and then went into the park to lie into the shade and read and relax. It was a fantastic afternoon in the park.
I am hoping we can go back again before the summer is over.
Today M and I got a zipcar and drove to Jayson & Gretchen’s for Seth’s 2nd birthday BBQ. We went up early so we could have Jayson take some Engagement photo’s of us at nearby Vasser College. We had fun for the photo shoot but it was really hot out to be in pants!
The BBQ was fun. Lots of little kids, but we did get to meet little Eli for the first time. He and I bonded pretty well!
M and I had a fun time!
Tonight M and I went out to Jersey to visit with 2 photographers we really like. We have looked at a few but they stood out. We liked their photo’s and also liked that they were a team so we would get 2 different angles on the wedding. After meeting with Shelley and Keith we are pretty sold on them. Being the wafflers that we are we are still going to look a little bit further but we seem pretty confident they will be the ones we pick.