Mister T, Miss L and I safely landed in San Francisco yesterday and were greeted by my beaming parents at the airport. We were quite exhausted from the move, all of the emotions and preparations, so we all slept soundly for 12 hours last night, a family record! This morning we took Miss L on a long walk through the new neighborhood and went to the playground. The San Francisco fog rolled in and the air smelled like a mix of ocean and eucalyptus, which brought all the familiarity and pleasant memories of home back.
I decided I needed to give a shout-out to all of my favorite things during my time in New York. So here is my laundry list:
Jack's at the South Street Seaport (a very pleasant way to spend a leisurely morning)
Bouley's roasted chickens, oatmeal cookies and pain aux raisins
Our favorite spot in Wagner Park under the trees
Diana Rilov's yoga classes on the Upper Westside
Thursday playgroup in Fidi
The huge relief when you come over the Manhattan bridge and are back on THE island
The sheer excitement when sidewalk tables debut for the first batch of spring weather
Knowing that nothing will break your plans with friends, not a blizzard, not a subway shutdown, nothing
Picking up summer CSA vegetables at Stonehouse (now provisions)
My favorite restaurant, Chanterelle
Lunch at Cookshop (try the chicken salad and you will return many more times)
Prenatal yoga with Mary Barnes
Summer days in Amagansett
Steven Alan sample sales
The Point, the best knitting cafe that New York had
Adrienne's square pie
Walking as my main mode of transportation
Bacon-egg-and-cheese-on-a-roll
Strolling along the Hudson in Battery Park City
Seeing a movie at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas
The City section in the New York Times that is only delivered to city residents
Having my groceries, and nearly everything else, delivered to my door
What a great list - I concur with several of your shout-outs. And now I want to try Chanterelle, which heretofore I was a bit intimidated by, in its all-whiteness and starched tablecloths glimpsed from the street.
ReplyDeleteI will add some of my own faves, and would love to hear from the other Mamas on this:
The sight of the Statue of Liberty from Wagner Park
The abundant and clean downtown playgrounds (more on the way, plus a carousel!)
Knowing you can always find a Duane Reade, however ghetto, when you need one
Random walking Panda sightings and other only-in-NYC weirdos
The Museum of Natural History, always and forever
That nuts-vendor smell on summer streets
For movies - the Angelika on Houston
Cheap baby clothes at Daffy's and Century 21, bless 'em
ABC Carpet and Home, my "church"
Noodles at Kelley and Ping in Soho, my go-to bathroom when I'm shopping in that nabe