The Person Family: Weekend in NYC!!

Fran, Baby P and I went up to NYC for the weekend! We started our weekend in NYC with a nice dinner with friends at Tao! Our reservation was for 10:15, but I don't think we actually got seated until like 11:30, so needless to say I was starving! Fran enjoyed some sushi and sake, while I had some vegetarian spring rolls and veggie fried rice. It was delicious. We stayed at Tao pretty late to enjoy spending time with friends. Saturday morning we slept late and then enjoyed a delicious breakfast at Zabars! I had a nice big bagel with cream cheese and a freshly squeezed orange juice. Freshly squeezed orange juice is something I have been craving lately and didn't realize it. Fran pointed it out to me, as Orange Juice is not something I normally drink but it is so delicious, well if it is freshly squeezed OJ, there is a difference. After breakfast, we went on 2.5 hour walk through central park. It was beautiful and the park was full of people enjoying the nice day. We walked around the Jackie Kennedy Reservoir, took a walk through a trail called the Rambler and watched people on the row boats. After our long walk, we relaxed on the couch and watched college football! YAY, so glad it is football season again. After resting, we met up with Kyle and Tatiana for dinner in Little Italy at La Mela. La Mela offers family style eating and that is what we did. We started with some fresh mozzarella and tomato. Our second plate was full of hot antipasta which included asparagus, stuffed mushrooms, roasted peppers and some cheese bread thing. Then we moved on to the pasta plate, which included Gnocchi, Rigatoni, and Tortelloni pasta! After that our meat plate arrived, which had chicken, shrimp and veal. It was delicious!!! Needless to say, Baby P was very happy with that meal! Later that night we met up with friends at the top of the Empire Hotel, which had a great rooftop bar. We then decided we were all hungry again, oddly enough, and headed to Times Square to enjoy some late night eating at Tonic. Fran and I slept in this morning and then headed back to DC. We wanted to beat the labor day traffic. We had a great time in NYC and can't wait to go back. We hope you all had a great weekend and GO GAMECOCKS! PS...I tried to put these pictures in order, but it didn't work, oops. There will also be more pictures to come as I will have to get them from my friend's cameras!

Central Park