Adirondack Home

On Thursday we got up and packed up the car and headed to my dad's place with the kids.  we didn't visit too long with them, they encouraged us to get on our way LOL. We stopped for breakfast and the food was really good but the septic was acting up or something so the smell was rather OFF.  We hit no traffic on the way to Brooklyn until we got into Manhattan and I was chuckling to myself when I saw a payless shoe source flag that had chinese written under it.  we went right through chinatown to get to the Manhattan Bridge ( had to make a round the block u turn because the lower part of the bridge is closed.) Got into Brooklyn and hit more traffic. Ken gets a bit tense when he is unfamiliar with the area, so that wasn't so great, but it was temporary.  We passed by Juniors, where we planned to have lunch, and then continued on to K and Ds apartment complex.  Found parking right out front, and K had left us a key with the doorman, so we brought up most of our stuff.  Their apartment is in an old News printing factory, that was interesting.  We opened the door and was met by W, who didn't bark at us at all ( he is a yorkshire terrier.) and didn't piddle on the floor either.  He seemed genuinely happy to see us.  We looked around a little bit, the apartment is very modern, maple flooring throughout, one bedroom with sliding glass doors, tall ceilings, black trim, and very modern furniture choices.  Minimalist.  And very welcoming.  we parked our stuff and grabbed our zip up hoodies and were back out the door into some very icy winds.  One block down and I was looking for a coat store and Burlington Coat Factory materialized.  Of course we are in the wrong season for coats LOL, but Kenny found insulated white zip up hoodies that were really warm, and okay so we looked ridiculous wearing the same jackets, but we were warm and that was the point.  We walked for blocks and blocks and found Juniors ( they are famous for their cheesecake) and went in.  The waitress was a very nice Jamaican woman and we had a hard time understanding the lilt in her voice but we ordered the soup of the day ( turns out she said hot dog and BEAN..okay that was fine.) and a half pastrami sandwich.  This came with coleslaw, garlic half sour pickles, pickled beets, rolls, and cornbread.  A HUGE amount of food.  and we ate it all.  After that we took a walk down Fulton Street Mall, walked into a place called Precious Angels, and it turns out it was FILLED with little girls dresses and gowns, miniature wedding gowns and pageant dresses.  None were over 90$  but there were so many it was hard to decide.  I promised Ken that we would bring Morgan and Hannah back in the summer months.  On to other stores, and I found shorts and shirts for $2. each and several gorgeous dresses for $20 each.  Two are quite poufy and have sequins on them LOL... just right for my girls.  We walked back to the apartment and figured out how to use their plasma tv with surround sound and waited for K and D to get home ( it was after 8 when they got in.).  After toasting our anniversary with some Moet Champagne ( it was very smooth and I do not like champagne) we went to a place called BEAST for dinner LOL.  This meal was the only one that wasn't quite right.  I ordered wild boar sausage and no kidding it came out on this tiny oval bowl swimming in some kind of sauce and it looked like a cat turd.  LOLOLOL.  Everyone looked at my plate in horror, and I called the waiter back over and calmly said listen this was supposed to come with some other stuff, LOL, and he said well the chef said she was sorry but she ran out!  And there will be no charge.!  Good thing. 
We went back to the apartment and Kenny and K stayed up until 2:30am talking.  That was good, I kept falling asleep, waking only to answer questions that neither knew the answers to LOL.