Little Miss Birthday Recap!

This just in…Yesterday was Griselda’s birthday, and what an amazing day it was!  It started early, sine I was charged with baking duty, and had to leave enough time for a second round of baking just in case my first cake didn’t pan out…but the cake and the cookie brownie bars came out wonderful were a big hit at the party later one…but I’m getting agead of myself.

We also went to go see the Yale Rep production of Death of a Salesman.  While slow to start on this Saturday Matinee, a strong finish in Act II really moved the audience and finished strong.  When the show got out, it was already 5:20, not enough time to get home to finish the party preparations before our 6PM dinner reservations, so we dropped by Atticus, a small cafe book store, where we found ‘Little Miss Birthday’, a children’s book from a series of books Griselda grew up with…it was a must have…

Dinner at bespoke was excellent, of course.  Service great, food was great all around (G and I can attest for the hangar steak and the monkfish, personally).  Then it was back home for cake, brookies (Brownies+cookies), and ice cream…and a packed house!  I didn’t know 25 people could cram into our apartment!

Fun was had by all!  Thanks everyone who came to celebrate, and all the well wishes on behalf of G.  Pictures to come!

 

Buenos Aires: Just Getting There

G and I arrived safely in Buenos Aires yesterday.  Getting there is another story:  Perfectly scheduled between two early winter ice storms, only Griselda’s optomism and hope stopped the snow long enough for us to escape Connecticut.  That same hope got us through a severly crowded JFK, where many stranded travellers from earlier flights were vying for new tickets.  After a nice lunch/dinner (lunner?) at Bonfire (great burger, decent tacos, better than normal airport food) and a beer at Sam Adam’s, we waiting for our plane to board…

…BTW, if you ever have a connecting international flight that’s more than 12 hours after you check in at the first airport, the new baggage policies are a headache, as they’ll try to charge you for your baggage, since the international flight doesnt show up yet, but the Delta representatives at the airport were very helpful…

The overnight flight to Buenos Aires was a good idea, as G and I were able to sleep most of it off, between the screaming kids and mild turbulence that is.  And there was actually food served…well it was edible, though I’m pretty sure it only qualifies as food in the technical sense.  But the ten plus hours in the air, coughing, crying kids in the seats in front, blah movies and even blah-er food, were totally worth the look on my wife’s face as the plane touched down on the runway in EZE…we were in Argentina, my first time and my wife’s first trip back since 2001.