...And cheesy titles. I had off the last two days and went to visit my family in Philly before NYC. Everytime I see my two nieces they are more fun. Zady didn't know I was coming and the face she made when she saw me will warm my heart all week. After I told Zady she was a cutie patootie (i don't know where that came from?) she called Uncle Matt and said, "I'm a cutey patootie. Good luck on your interview. Love."
Cory and I went to visit Quinn in New York City on Wednesday because we all, surprisingly, had off. Quinn and her husband are friends from college and currently live a couple blocks from Times Square. As we pulled out of the lincoln tunnel and on to 42nd street I was blinded by flashing lights, scrolling news and crazy drivers. I was thankful for everyone else I wasn't driving. I couldn't handle the sensory overload. p.s. Cory is a badass driver. Also she told off the parking guy who was super shady.
After eating a delicious homemade mexican soup called Sole, ee went out to the "Pig & Whistle" for drinks and sat below a framed photo of Hillary looking pretty plastered. The next day we went to Ess-a-Bagel, an authentic new york jewish bagel shop owned by a man Quinn and Joe refer to as "Uncle Bill." I have to say it was the best bagel I've ever had.
We walked around downtown and looked at purse knock off's... which I bartered down $20. It's all I had. 
I attempted to do Cory's make-up in Sephora and only did one half of her face. If it's possible to make someone so darn beautiful look ridiculous, I did. We went to a couple shops and ended up being personally escorted to a nail salon by a sandwich board ad person. We got manicures and pedicures. As we were walking back to Quinn's apartment, Cory had a craving for Falafel. We were running late to get back to Cory's work appt later that night, so Quinn ran around the block and bought us Falafels and we did a drive by exchange.We were looping around NYC for about 20 minutes following the signs for the Lincoln Tunnel, shoving Falafels in our faces. I asked Cory, "What is Falafel?" She said, "I dunno, but it's good."
There's nothing like old friends.
2 comments:
To be the annoying one to answer the falafel question (you probably alread know!), it's essentially mashed up chickpeas with seasonings - formed into balls and generally deep-fried.
I've made them with mashed up pinto beans and seasongings, formed them into patties, and sauteed them in a light oil.
They are deep-fried vegetarian meatballs! They are something the kids actually eat that's vegan.
Thank you! That's why they taste soo good.
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