Holidays In The City

Friday night saw Liz and I sharing some scrumdiddlyumptious coffee at a local cafe after I had finished up some business before the weekend. Loaded up with fully leaded super-premium, I came home to squeeze in a 2 hour ride before calling it a week. The ride was good, but the coffee was better. It was the end of a long week, and I was glad to see it come.

Saturday morning I was actually pleased to hear the alarm because it signaled the start of a weekend of partying down in New York City. That's right. For Liz's birthday we decided to spend the weekend down in the city, with plenty of good food, lounging and coffee. We were also there to see The Man and Co. perform at the Garden. Yes, another DMB show for the V's because we're officially the largest fans the band has. Really. The weather was a bit brisk for walking through the city but that didn't stop us. And though we were aiming for dinner in a cute Italian restaurant down on Mulberry, we settled for Thai in Chelsea. The food was great, the show totally rocked the lid off the city, and breakfast the following day of pancakes, cappuccino and almond pastries was to die for (yes, one of those food items is technically on "foods to avoid when aiming to stay lean through the off-season" list, but we'll turn the other cheek) .

And of course, no trip to NYC at Christmas would be complete without a stroll around Rockefeller to check out the tree, the ice skaters and the countless holiday decorations scattered about the streets and parks. Yessir, it was one phenomenal party-like-a-rock-star weekend. And not it's time to get back on to it.

Check out more pics of the adventure here.