Katie and I finally finished reading our Beth Moore book. It took us a while to get through it and although we both learned some things from it, I don't think either of us found it life-changing. We did have some fun final dinners while discussing the last chapters. We met one night in West Village. We planned to get Brazilian food at Casa, but it was randomly closed, so we ended up down the street at Commerce, a nice Italian restaurant that's been on my list. Afterwards, we had to go by Milk & Cookies for dessert since we were so close....yum! Our final get-together was at my house eating Risotto! I made risotto as part of my New Year's Goals and the recipe made way more than I expected so thank goodness Katie was up for helping me eat some of it. Katie and I have decided to continue reading together and we're just starting Crazy Love by Francis Chan. I am super excited about this one and hope that my affection for my Savior grows deeper through this book study and leads me further into a life that glorifies Him more.
I got a super special surprise visit from a very dear friend last month. Melanie called me on a Thursday night to inform me she'd be in the city that very weekend! Her husband had surprised her with a quick trip up for her birthday. I was blessed to get to have brunch with them on Sunday. I had not seen Melanie since she was in NYC in September 2006! Wow - way too long ago. And I had never met Brett before. It was great to see them both. Brett had already chosen the restaurant - One if By Land, Two if By Sea. It is a very well regarded restaurant in the city and one I had not been to before, so I was excited to check it out. It was very good, but very quiet! I think it's more of a dinner spot, but brunch did not disappoint! I also got to receive their latest news in person - they're having a baby! Yea, fun. I hope to visit them in Charlotte, NC sometime (probably in 2012) because I'm curious about that city and will want to meet their baby and see their adorable new house.
I mentioned that Rosella, Alejandra and I went to dinner at Victor's Cafe for restaurant week. We followed dinner with a trip to Broadway to see Olympia Dukakis in The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here. I actually really enjoyed this play and Olympia was fantastic!!
I went looking for a book at Borders one night and I ran into Sammy Brady! Okay, it was really Allison Sweeney and she was more there in her Biggest Loser host role, rather than her Days of Our Lives role. She was promoting her new weight-loss book for moms. I can't believe she is my age...seriously, 25 days younger than me! I remember watching her on Days of Our Lives when I was much younger and I can't believe she's not older than she is. I also can't believe my mom let me watch that show when I was just in Junior High!
Joy and I went to dinner at Peels one night. It's owned by the same people who own the way too cool Freeman's and I was excited to check it out. I had previously walked by Peels and thought it looked so cute. It is cute, but the food was expensive and not terribly great. I had heard the burger was good and it did not disappoint, but I was really expecting more from their menu.
I started Porterbrook, the study members of my church are working through this year. It is really interesting so far. There are 4 different sections we are working through simultaneously. One teaches how to better study God's word (theology), another teaches how to respond to difficult questions asked about Christianity (apologetics), the third is teaching us what our lives should look like when lived according to the Gospel we are reading, and the final is about living a missional life in community with others...reaching our neighbors together as a church community. We are broken into small groups to discuss what we're learning - mine is made up of 3 ladies who live near me, two of whom are also in my Community Group. We meet every other week at my apartment and it has been fun to have people over so frequently. The study was written by British people and there are some terms and spellings that are clearly British and my pastor has loved picking up some of their terms and using them (for instance, we are meeting with our groups "fortnightly", rather than "every other week"). In light of this British theme, I served tea and scones at our first meeting - fun!
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