Windjammer Motor Inn Brooklyn

... trip). In fact, the only bar we entered in 6 weeks was an Oxygen bar. What we missed most was the simple joy of a home-cooked meal, and we can’t thank Jim and Derek, Rachel and Kyle, and Maribeth’s parents enough for providing our only 3 home-cooked meals in 44 days.

We frequently made lists of our top meals by state/city, which is probably only fascinating to us, but in the interest of committing it to posterity, here are the winners:

Brooklyn, New York, United States chmielewskij

... How could that happen? But in the past day, I've also acquired some new tunes, including the Decemberists singles series, new M.Ward and Andrew Bird, and the oh so catchy You Don't Know Me by Ben Folds. The rules of the road will be determined partially on the fly, but thus far include: a. no stopping for food at chain restaurants, with the exception of Cracker Barrel, because I have NEVER experienced it. b. no listening to the same song twice ...

... into that get-up. More nannies doing pick-up. A few dressed-to-kill mothers. Ballet flats still very big, and the more gold on them the better. And of course, ultra-large handbags. Then we hiked back across Central Park to The Lucerne--which has now bestowed on me three bedbug bites. Entomologist husband took on the hotel manager this morning. Room thoroughly cleaned, but who knows. Shortly, at six pm, I'm off to ...

... like the fast talking Fed Ex man, John Moschitta... after a minute or so, I managed to hold my own and just tried to mimic what those in front of me were doing. Although it was strenuous and sweaty, I can't wait to go again! I now see how easy it is to get addicted to Yoga- not only do you feel like you're getting a work out, by the end of class, you feel relaxed and brand new! I'm hooked! After class we headed to Union Square in the East Village for some ...

... were ushered to a table, and the menu didn't offer single slices, so we ended up getting a whole Sicilian. The boys' eyes lit up when they saw how huge it was. I thought it was a little too doughy, but they really liked the deep dish square pizza. Ratko took the leftovers up to the fridge in the room while I paid. The menu had said it was $25, but our handwritten bill said $28, plus some other scribbles for $2 and $5 something. I assumed that ...

1st Feb ---> Happy Birthday Gemma! Today we got up and moving and flew to New York. The flight was ok and Caz and I both managed to get some shuteye. When we arrived in New York it was so cold and rainy - not a very good night to do anything. Originally we were trying to organise ice skating or something of the sort but it kind of wasn't really do-able. When we got to the airport there was this dude that was trying to call his pregnant girlfriend ...

... how lucky we were not to have any delays when they announced that there was a problem with the plane and they'd give us an update at 11, an hour and a half after we were supposed to leave. We killed time by getting some dinner and watching CNN and they finally announced that there was another plane that would be taking us. So about 26 hours after leaving Fiji we finally made it to ...

... friends. I started packing and CRACKED UP when Alison randomly started SCREAMING along to "Something New." She wasn't just nicely singing it, she was screaming like a banshee and it was the funniest thing I had ever seen. I wish I had gotten it on video! Halfway through my packing Alison got sick of being in my room and she went downstairs and made Mike turn on High School Musical. He had never seen it and he ...

... we drive down to Florida with her, though, we now rent houses for a good three to four weeks at a time. Thanks Oreo! I have to admit that as cute as she is, she's a spoiled brat. If she doesn't get her way you'll know it, and Mike and I have each been bitten more than once. Yet we continue to spoil her... So there you have it, the cast of characters for this trip! Now that you know a little more about us, let's continue with our ...

... you are doing there is some one who is doing something stranger that you. We stayed close to Central Park, so we spend a lot of time there relaxing, after all the walking throuhg the city. The guy we stayed with was kind of weird (actually very weird) so we spent as much time as possibly outside in the city and only went to his ...