I joined Larry in NYC for the weekend. It all started with a Vamoose bus trip from Arlington to Manhattan. The bus experienced some difficulties and we had to stop somewhere in NJ. Luckily we weren't sidetracked too long! Another bus arrived and we hopped on - only about 45 minutes late. Larry met me with roses (very sweet!). We dumped the bags and headed to the upper east side to the String yarn store. (http://www.stringyarns.com/) The proprietor of the shop is a former executive with AMS (where I worked for a long time!). If you like knitting -- and especially if you like knitting with really gorgeous yarn -- check out their online store.
After that we went to Brooklyn to the Brooklyn brewery where they serve beer on Friday nights - yum! After some beer, Larry felt like BBQ - we went to some place where they serve the bbq by the pound on cookie sheets (it was good too!).
Saturday night was a really nice evening (Valentine's Day). We participated in a beer and chocolate tasting at Jimmy's No. 43 - East Village (I think). The chocolate was interesting - it is organic and stone ground. Check out their site at http://www.tazachocolate.com/.
We also went to Broadway - we saw William H. Macy in Speed-the-Plow. Followed by a trip to the Blind Tiger (another beer bar) - and then a really good Italian dinner.
In addition to the yarn, Broadway, and beer, we also took in both MoMA and The Met. I especially enjoyed the Impressionists and Cubist paintings. The picture below was taken at The Met - I forgot to write down the artist, but I felt that this art bore a lot of similarity to some of my scrapbooking - it's really more collage!
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