Friday night in Brooklyn

Late Friday afternoon Jake picked me and we drove down to Williamsburg for an early dinner-date and  then hang with best man, Mr. Zach Gould. 

I love Brooklyn. I would move there in a heartbeat if the right place at the right price were to pop-up on the market. In the mean time, until that miracle of miracle happens, I'll happily visit as often as possible. Luckily, it's only a short 35 minute drive to be in the heart of it all and now that we have the car for a bit, it makes the trek oh so luxurious (well, at least for me!)

Back to Friday - I was hungry, Jake was starving and I knew if I was going to try and sneak any shopping into this evening (Catbird is right around the corner!) we'd need to fuel up. Pies 'n' Thighs has quickly becomes one of those restaurants I fantasize about while dieting. I dream about the Chicken Biscuit. Seriously. I wish I had a food-critic's vocabulary to explain the deliciousness of this particular menu item; but I don't, so hopefully the picture will be descriptive enough to satisfy you!

^^Wearing JG's grandfather's Panama Hat... it's the greatest.^^

^^The Chicken Biscuit, if you go you must order this.^^

^^Have I mentioned how much I love seeing JG in his wedding band!? Oh, I have? ok... ignore me. :)^^

^^We sat on the deck and with the cool evening air breezing past and the last remaining hot afternoon sun shining between the neighboring buildings I was in heaven.^^

^^Wall art everywhere^^

^^Crushing on JG in spectacles. Too bad he has 20/20 vision.^^

^^Barbed wire and flowering trees, oh and ZG serenading us on the guitar with the song he wrote - for us! Does it get anymore Brooklyn than that?^^

^^It's hard to tell in this picture but chez Gould's dining room walls are the perfect shade of pale pink - Taryn told me it is called Antique Pearl and I don't want to forget.^^

^^Driving home I couldn't get enough of the city silouetted against the beautiful pastel sky. I love NY. I really do.^^

Unexpected Dates

I figured after the wedding was over and the thank-you notes were sent out, life would settle down and our evenings would be spent relaxing together in our apartment or enjoying leisurely dates in the city. That might be the case for some newlyweds, but (sigh) not for this couple. Most days look something like this... I am up at 6am and out the door by 7:15am and arrive home around 8pm. Jake is completing his master's degree during the day and most nights his gig schedule doesn't get him home until 12am. At that point I've been asleep for hours. We joke that during the week we hardly see each-other awake. So, we've come up with a few solutions.

Early bird dates. Yes, Early bird dates and spontaneous dates and climb up the fire-escape look at the moon dates and my favorite - drive Kate to work and get coffee and bagels dates. I've realized life will always give us a million reasons to be busy and pre-occupied and overwhelmed and completely exhausted... but taking just thirty minutes to slow down and be together, and be romantic is all it takes to make the entire day a success. 

Here are a few pictures from our fajita dinner and a movie date (at home)...

^^Tequila shots? Yes, please.^^

^^Steak Fajitas... seriously delicious.^^

In case you wanted to know what our date-night looked like five years ago... Dizzy's 2008 and a few photos below of current spur of the moment dates...

 ^^Those 15 minutes spent driving through the city together are always the best 15 minutes of my day.^^

^^Last Thursday there was one seriously bright, romantic moon lighting up the city scape^^