![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanFriday night we went downtown to see "Freud's Last Session," an off-Broadway play I'd heard good things about: Freud & CS Lewis discussing faith, etc, on the day England entered WWII, three weeks before Freud killed himself. No new ideas proposed (both characters were true to their, well, characters), but thought-provoking, if you like that sort of thing (and I do) And quite well-acted.
Saturday was Bike Day. After three years sans bicycle*, I finally decided enough was enough. G and I went to a local bike shop and - despite planning to buy a very specific model of a specific brand, rode out with a Connondale Quick, $100 cheaper than the other brand for much the same bike. We then threw the bikes in the car and headed north to New Paltz, where we broke the New Bike in along the rail-trail in a satisfying manner, and then had dinner at a lovely little restaurant whose wine list, alas, did not match their kitchen. But the food was excellent and the company even better.
And then Sunday was Mother's Day Brunch at Chinatown Brasserie - Peking duck and dim sum for four, followed by pastry and pie until we could not move. Lovely meal, lovely day (including a random street fair and Buddha's Birthday celebration), and we convinced mom that NO they did not get to pay. I call that a successful Mother's Day/Mom's B'day Outing.
And now I am home, a glass of wine at my elbow, cats grumpy but quiet at my feet, and needing to contemplate the work I've been avoiding since Friday...
How 'bout y'all?
EtA: a few photos from the bike ride
*I had not one but TWO bikes stolen up in New Haven. It made me cranky and unwilling to shell out more $$... but life changes and needs change and....
Saturday was Bike Day. After three years sans bicycle*, I finally decided enough was enough. G and I went to a local bike shop and - despite planning to buy a very specific model of a specific brand, rode out with a Connondale Quick, $100 cheaper than the other brand for much the same bike. We then threw the bikes in the car and headed north to New Paltz, where we broke the New Bike in along the rail-trail in a satisfying manner, and then had dinner at a lovely little restaurant whose wine list, alas, did not match their kitchen. But the food was excellent and the company even better.
And then Sunday was Mother's Day Brunch at Chinatown Brasserie - Peking duck and dim sum for four, followed by pastry and pie until we could not move. Lovely meal, lovely day (including a random street fair and Buddha's Birthday celebration), and we convinced mom that NO they did not get to pay. I call that a successful Mother's Day/Mom's B'day Outing.
And now I am home, a glass of wine at my elbow, cats grumpy but quiet at my feet, and needing to contemplate the work I've been avoiding since Friday...
How 'bout y'all?
EtA: a few photos from the bike ride
*I had not one but TWO bikes stolen up in New Haven. It made me cranky and unwilling to shell out more $$... but life changes and needs change and....
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2011-05-09 12:24 am (UTC)A very good weekend but over far too quickly. I don't want to go back to the office tomorrow.
no subject
Date: 2011-05-09 10:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-10 12:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-09 05:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-10 12:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-11 05:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-09 08:29 am (UTC)We have been working and seem to have attended about 100 weddings, although actually it's only been 2.
no subject
Date: 2011-05-09 10:14 am (UTC)I'll spare you the boring-even-to-locals argument about where the "Hudson Valley Region" should begin/end, and just say "yes." :-)
This, specifically, is the trail.
no subject
Date: 2011-05-09 01:29 pm (UTC)