the big apple
we made it! no photos yet, since i invariably manage to forget something. this time, it was the cable for the camera. doh!
the seeming brevity of the direct flight surprised me. i napped some, then knitted. about a half hour into the knitting, i wished that i had brought something more challenging to work on, then proceeded to watch something on the tv while i knitted. when i finally looked at my watch, i realized we had only 40 min before our scheduled landing.
i planned our trip out in relative detail using google maps, yet i failed to think of packing a lunch or printing out a map of the streets where we needed to transfer from one train to the next. with some wifi via mike's cell, we found our way. in the waiting area in the airport, i thought they could have used more signs to point out the way to get to the subway. we found the information booth, and made it to the airtrain. the signs around the airtrain were great, so it didn't take us long to get on the right one to take us to the subway connection.
coming out of the subway can be confusing to reorient one's self to know which direction to go. twice, we went the wrong way.
for dinner, we ate at this great little italian place my uncle fred had recommended called noodle pudding. sounds like the name of a kitschy japanese restaurant, but it is actually a cozy neighborhood restaurant with excellent food. mike & i shared a beet, goat cheese arugula salad. i had the bucatini all'amatriciana. i really enjoyed my dish, but i think mike found his seafood fettuccine a little too fishy. we finished up with a goat cheese lemon cheesecake, which was on the crumbly dry side. you could subtlely taste the goat cheesiness of it. considering mike's love of cheese, i was surprised he didn't like it as much due to it being dry.
it's not quite 9pm in cali, but i am in brooklyn and experiencing coma-inducing fullness from dinner & wine & a brisk walk in the chilly night, so off to bed soon. we have an early morning and full day of the dynamic environments workshop.
the seeming brevity of the direct flight surprised me. i napped some, then knitted. about a half hour into the knitting, i wished that i had brought something more challenging to work on, then proceeded to watch something on the tv while i knitted. when i finally looked at my watch, i realized we had only 40 min before our scheduled landing.
i planned our trip out in relative detail using google maps, yet i failed to think of packing a lunch or printing out a map of the streets where we needed to transfer from one train to the next. with some wifi via mike's cell, we found our way. in the waiting area in the airport, i thought they could have used more signs to point out the way to get to the subway. we found the information booth, and made it to the airtrain. the signs around the airtrain were great, so it didn't take us long to get on the right one to take us to the subway connection.
coming out of the subway can be confusing to reorient one's self to know which direction to go. twice, we went the wrong way.
for dinner, we ate at this great little italian place my uncle fred had recommended called noodle pudding. sounds like the name of a kitschy japanese restaurant, but it is actually a cozy neighborhood restaurant with excellent food. mike & i shared a beet, goat cheese arugula salad. i had the bucatini all'amatriciana. i really enjoyed my dish, but i think mike found his seafood fettuccine a little too fishy. we finished up with a goat cheese lemon cheesecake, which was on the crumbly dry side. you could subtlely taste the goat cheesiness of it. considering mike's love of cheese, i was surprised he didn't like it as much due to it being dry.
it's not quite 9pm in cali, but i am in brooklyn and experiencing coma-inducing fullness from dinner & wine & a brisk walk in the chilly night, so off to bed soon. we have an early morning and full day of the dynamic environments workshop.
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