Weekend Recap!

What a great weekend!  We decided to celebrate my birthday on Friday night.  I hate when your birthday falls on a Monday.  You can't go out and celebrate as you normally would.

Since I knew we were doing dinner and drinks on Friday, I was smart enough to cancel my Barry's class for Saturday morning.  Thank goodness.  Saturday morning/early afternoon was spent sitting on the couch doing nothing.  I take that back, I did get up to go get a 60 minute massage.  Then came back and continued doing nothing.  This is very rare.

Anyway, this year's birthday dinner was spent at Gramercy Tavern.  The setting is slight more classic than restaurants we typically go to, but it was super cozy.  Especially on a rainy Saturday night.

There was a more casual bar area upfront that we'll definitely be trying sometime in the near future.  It seemed like a great place to grab a drink and a small bite.

We opted for the traditional pre-fixed menu which included some amazing dishes.

After dinner we dropped by ABC Kitchen for a quick nightcap.  

Needless to say, we're getting old and headed home after one additional drink.  This place is a lot bigger inside than I thought it would be.

Most restaurants that offer a pre-fixed menu give you something to go such as chocolates or macaroons.  Gramercy Tavern took it one step further and provided us with a oat muffin which ended up tasting like coffee cake.  It was delightful.  Even more delightful since I didn't have to cook breakfast on Saturday morning.

After a full-day of recuperating, we had a friend's housewarming party Saturday evening.  Great time, with great friends in what I must say is a gorgeous apartment.

Definitely was a slow starting Sunday as well.  We both had a little too much fun.

On our walk over though, I did get this amazing shot of the sunset.  It was a perfect Saturday night.

We have a short week ahead, thank goodness!  It is officially wedding season.  :)

xx,

KMH

Weekend Recap!

Happy Monday!  I'm still off today, Happy President's Day!  I have no idea who celebrates this holiday, but I'll take it.

We had a great weekend, even though it remained bitter cold and snowy.

On Valentine's Day, we stayed in, ordered takeout and proceeded to watch about 5 hours of House of Cards.  In case  you didn't know, Netflix released all 13 episodes of season two.

On Thursday of last week, we celebrated our 6 year anniversary of being together.  Where does the time go?!  Well, we really didn't celebrate on Thursday, we decided to go to get cocktails and dinner on Saturday instead.  

Before heading to dinner, we stopped at The Marlton for drinks.  It is an adorable hotel on West 8th Street.  

Great cocktails and a cozy fire to enjoy them by.  Definitely try the Tijuana Zebra.  Amazing.

We have been wanting to try Perla for a while now and thought this was the perfect time.  It was awesome!!

Do not go here if you are in a rush.  They space each course out, as they should, and really allow for you to enjoy your bottle of wine.

When possible, we like to sit at the bar.  Luckily, Perla offered seats at the Chef's Counter.  Definitely the best seats in the house.

They have such tiny space to work in.

Antipasti: Artic Char Crudo and Foie Gras Panna Cotta

Primi: Orecchiette with Sweet Italian Sausage

Secondi: Skate with Funghi Misti (clearly we were starving and wasted no time digging in)

Dessert!

A great date night!
(I have no idea what my hand is randomly doing in the middle.) 

Prior to dinner, we walked through Washington Square Park on our way home.  I am sick of the snow, but I love taking pictures of it.

Now, let's get to this short week!

xx,

KMH