NYC

Last weekend I went to NYC to celebrate Lindsay's birthday!  We had lots of fun eating, drinking, sleeping in, and shopping at the solid color sweater store.  Friday we went out to a yummy restaurant for Lindsay's birthday dinner and then we went out to a bar that had $3 drinks!  Who knew you could find $3 drinks anywhere, much less NYC?!  On Lindsay's birthday I also got to meet Craig, who I felt like I already knew since we're Facebook friends and all. ;)  It was nice to hang out with him a bit and see first hand how happy he makes Lindsay.  On Saturday Lindsay and I had sushi, went to a wine bar, and hit up Auction House for the Jannual - of course!  

On Sunday we met my friends Monica and Rachel (who used to live in Dallas and transferred to the NY office) for brunch and then went shopping around SoHo (including the Solid Color Sweater Store!).  We finished off the night with dinner in Chinatown.  We at ate a place that specializes in these difficult to eat, but worth it, dumplings.  First you have to pick up the dumpling in your dumpling spoon and pick off the cabbage/lettuce that is stuck to it.  Then you have to bite off the top of the noodle and slurp out some of the soup.  Once you've managed that, you get the piece of meat out with your chopsticks and eat it.  Then you eat the rest of the noodle and remaining soup inside.  Being in Chinatown reminded me of college trips and eating dim sum around the country (seven cities so far: Austin, SanFran, Boston, NYC, Houston, Dallas, Kansas City... and wondering if New Zealand can be added to the list later this year?).  Lindsay and I also went on a hunt for sesame balls (my favorite part of dim sum!).  We went to like four bakeries that were all sold out of sesame balls.  And then we found one that had exactly ONE sesame ball left.  Which we split.  Then we went to like three or four more bakeries and finally found one with remaining sesame balls, so we took two home to eat later.  We practically cleaned Chinatown out of sesame balls!  It was a very fun weekend!

Just for kicks, here is a picture of Horrible Cat sleeping in the sink: