BRRRRRR

Winter is here! Man, it is coooold. I wake up early in the morning, thinking I might get up and work out, but it is so cold, I just can't do it. I need to stay warm and comfy, engulfed in my flannel everything. I know, really, our weather isn't all that bad. I was in New York last week and THAT was cold.

Monday after work, Art and Mira took me out to dinner at an Italian restaurant, Inoteca on Ludlow and Rivington. Then we walked over to a nearby bar for some drinks. They actually had happy hour til 10! I'm all about heating from the inside out.

On Tuesday, it was even colder. Throw in that wind chill and I'm walking around in 18 degrees. Co-workers and I had dinner at Shanghai Joe's in Chinatown and totally pigged out on the dumplings. OMG, I thought I was gonna have to walk around with my jeans unbuttoned. After dinner, we actually walked around a bit and checked out the shop windows. It was funny because it was the first day of Chanukkah and there were these Mitzvah Tanks driving around town. Essentially big RVs with Jewish people inside announcing stuff on a loud speaker or bullhorn and offering to take people uptown. =P

On Wednesday, I could have sworn that our cab driver was falling asleep as he drove. He would occasionally be in between lanes or driving slow for no reason. At one point I thought he might hit the center divider. Luckily, we made it to the hotel safely. After we dropped our stuff off, and I changed into jeans (you don't want to walk around NYC in a dress in this weather), we walked two blocks to Little Italy and had dinner at Il Palazzo. The food was great. So great I couldn't eat my entree, which was one of the specials (sesame encrusted chilean seabass with lobster ravioli). Yep, I filled up on the calamari and lobster bisque so that I could only take a couple of bites. What a shame. I was so stuffed and only blocks from Ferrara's bakery. What a bummer.

We got home early Friday morning to rain. Booo. Here I was looking forward to 78 degree weather we'd been having all week, only to come home to rain and cold. Still, it's better than the crazy cold snap they're having in the midwest and east.

On Saturday, we went to Justin's 1st birthday party. He is such a cutie! And Susan's really lucky, since she had come down to LA early and missed the hurricane force winds they had up in Portland. After the party, it was pretty much all errands, and nothing too exciting. Another week closer to 08!