Where to eat in NYC Part I

My latest post is up on GirlieGirl Army!  It's NYC Part I.  Stay tuned for Part II!!!!

A week in Ohio

Isaac's birthday was October 6th...look how cute his handwriting is for his thank you cards :)

For his birthday, he wanted me to take him to Dave + Busters.

Whack A Mole - do you have this game in France?

These are all of his tickets - he won over 1000.

This was my other gift to him...the World's Tiniest Letter.

East High Street in Lisbon

This is the new space for Ely's To Go...see my dad dancing in his Michael Jackson glove ;)

Behind the scenes at Ely's To Go...

Heath enjoying a bowl of pho, or 'Massage in a Bowl' as he calls it.

Arlene's 88th Birthday

We celebrated my Grandma's 88th birthday last weekend!!!  Here are some pics from Cleveland.

Birthday cupcakes

My mom + Isaac

My dad showing off his new iPad

Cousin Steve + Grandma

Birthday Girl

Sis + Aunt Carol and Uncle John in the background

Isaac the Ham

Aunt Carol, Uncle John + Veronica

Aunt Linda + my dad

Leah and her son Jacob

Week end with Claire

Ok, big post for the great week end we had in Paris !

I have tones of pictures !!
It's kind of a mess sorry !!! I don't have much time to to it chronologically...

Beautiful carpet

Breakfast In America : Before and After pictures !!
(A gotta say, it's not the same as Dottie's in SF !)

MGMT !
Great concert with Renaud and Lisiane, a friend from school

Of course, we stopped at Merci

Look closely

L'Opéra !

We tried the bubble tea in Paris !!
Not as good as the one in the States, we couldn't finish it, it was too much !
What's the flavor you usually take ? Is it with milk too ? I didn't remember...

And we had several yogurts and frozen yogurts

Oh right, and A LOT of shopping.......

trampolines

This place just opened up by us - we took Isaac for his birthday. Both boys were doing front flips by the end! Mark and I tried it too. Our legs hurt so bad but when we looked at the clock, we saw that we had only been on there for 4 minutes...

Bergen

Some pictures of the city, with the camera this time, not the iphone. However due to the really bad weather, my pictures cannot show the city its best. You just have to trust me that it's so very lovely And also, if you want to go, check the weather as it's as rainy as Seattle!



This is the view we had from our hotel!


I didn't know that Norway had such great breads, full of cereals.


Bergen has plenty of lovely cafes where they make sandwiches on demand, some were organics.

Emerging Terrain Dinner

Yesterday Heath and I had the opportunity to attend a beautiful outdoor dinner hosted by a non-profit called Emerging Terrain.  Local Omaha chefs came together to create a five course meal from local and sustainable food.  Artists from all over the country submitted artwork to be displayed on the grain elevators to raise awareness about local food.  500 people attended.  It was such a lovely Sunday afternoon.

We started with fresh greens, local red wine or white wine vinegar, bread, local jams, apple butter and pumpkin butter.  Locally made butter, cheese and pate were also available.

A drink was offered to all those who walked, biked or volunteered...we rode our bikes.

My good friend, Elle Lien of Daily Grub (shown below with her partner in crime Joey Lynch), was one of the chefs.  Her course was the only vegetarian course and I was so proud that she was chosen over so many meat-based chefs.

Her course consisted of roasted heirloom squash and apples with a sweet potato gravy and polenta.  People went crazy over this.  No meat necessary.

One of the other courses had a side of roasted root vegetables, which I was able to eat.  They were incredibly flavorful.  The other vegetable sides accompanied the meat, so I didn't partake.  However, Elle's course was enough for me.  I was so happy to be there.

Apple crisp with honey chevre ice cream, carrot cake and sweet potato cake with caramel were the desserts offered.  I tasted the apple crisp, and it was really lovely...roasted apples with cinnamon and an oat based streusel.