Chelsea Market, MOMA and Dinner
The Boy unexpectedly dragged me out of bed at 9:30AM on Saturday morning. Normally, I like to sleep in until 11AM, so I was quite cranky. As a consolation, he made me a very delectable scallion-tortilla omelet for breakfast.
Next, we were off to explore the Chelsea Market (featured on Emeril) out in the Chelsea area. The place kept us entertained for a couple of hours. I sampled brownies and cupcakes from the various bakeries, green tea gelato from a gelato store, corn chowder from a soup place and other breads and prepared foods.
After our appetites were completely ruined for lunch, we walked around to get a feel for the area before hopping on the subway to check out MOMA on the East Side where I had my very first real star sighting. I was on the top floor checking out the photography ( I think) when the Boy came running over to me and asked if I'd seen Uma yet. Huh? Uma Thurman's on display? The Boy then grabbed my arm and led me over to the stairs to get a second opinion on whether or not it was really her. The huge crowd full of gawkers surrounding her (which I now became a part of) should have tipped him off. Yep, it was her - tall, blonde, and talking on her cell phone as she made her way down the escalator. Aside from seeing Uma Thurman, the coolest exhibit was an animated Toy Story exhibit where the artist put a bunch of still Toy Story characters on a wheel in various positions. Then the lights turned off, and the wheel would spin around until you could see a cartoon of character movements under a strobe light. It was such a simple concept, but it had everyone just completely mesmorized.
By now, I was getting very sleepy, so we went home and took a nap before meeting the Boy's friend for dinner in the West Village at an Italian restaurant called Bellavitae. We'd actually tried first to get into the Spotted Pig, a hot new restaurant in the Meatpacking district, but they don't take reservations, and the wait at 7:30PM was at least 2.5 hours. Anticipating that this might occur, the Boy was smart and made an 8:15PM reservation at Bellavitae. The food was great and the prices reasonable. There were four of us, and we split about seven appetizers (small portions), each ordered an entree and shared three bottles of red wine. We were at the restaurant for hours before the Boy and I stumbled back home.
Next, we were off to explore the Chelsea Market (featured on Emeril) out in the Chelsea area. The place kept us entertained for a couple of hours. I sampled brownies and cupcakes from the various bakeries, green tea gelato from a gelato store, corn chowder from a soup place and other breads and prepared foods.
After our appetites were completely ruined for lunch, we walked around to get a feel for the area before hopping on the subway to check out MOMA on the East Side where I had my very first real star sighting. I was on the top floor checking out the photography ( I think) when the Boy came running over to me and asked if I'd seen Uma yet. Huh? Uma Thurman's on display? The Boy then grabbed my arm and led me over to the stairs to get a second opinion on whether or not it was really her. The huge crowd full of gawkers surrounding her (which I now became a part of) should have tipped him off. Yep, it was her - tall, blonde, and talking on her cell phone as she made her way down the escalator. Aside from seeing Uma Thurman, the coolest exhibit was an animated Toy Story exhibit where the artist put a bunch of still Toy Story characters on a wheel in various positions. Then the lights turned off, and the wheel would spin around until you could see a cartoon of character movements under a strobe light. It was such a simple concept, but it had everyone just completely mesmorized.
By now, I was getting very sleepy, so we went home and took a nap before meeting the Boy's friend for dinner in the West Village at an Italian restaurant called Bellavitae. We'd actually tried first to get into the Spotted Pig, a hot new restaurant in the Meatpacking district, but they don't take reservations, and the wait at 7:30PM was at least 2.5 hours. Anticipating that this might occur, the Boy was smart and made an 8:15PM reservation at Bellavitae. The food was great and the prices reasonable. There were four of us, and we split about seven appetizers (small portions), each ordered an entree and shared three bottles of red wine. We were at the restaurant for hours before the Boy and I stumbled back home.
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