May Day in Manhattan

I remember distinctly Jason's 25th birthday. While my visiting teachers babysat, we sat at dinner and talked about the next step. Internships, graduate school, moves. It was the first time we talked about an opportunity in New York.

As we ate dinner and rode the subway and walked the streets of Morningside Heights last night, I couldn't help but remember that conversation. We speculated a lot on where we might be come Jason's 26th. We don't have much of an idea yet!

Here's some fun ways we got to celebrate my birthday yesterday:

After more rain than we've ever seen in our lives, May 1st shaped out to be pretty sunny and beautiful.

So Greta and I hopped on the subway and found our way to the Met, spending the afternoon in the Egyptian wing. Greta and Hapshepsut had a lot to talk about.

 And we learned that babies visiting museums need some time to get out from a stroller and wander, so the grounds of the temple of Dendur fit the bill perfectly.

I love having a spring birthday. Every last year, tulips come up just in time to be gorgeous on my birthday. You can tell me how great your birthday is, but do the tulips celebrate it?

Outside the Italian place in Brooklyn.
Jason's coworkers gasped to learn we didn't have a babysitter for dinner. ("How will you get one before tonight?!") It was okay with us. We can't afford anywhere that won't allow babies--and haven't been in the city long enough to really find a babysitter. But, the restaurant was pretty empty, and she had 3 waiters making faces and providing exclusive entertainment for most of dinner. So we enjoyed the babysitting and had a nice dinner anyway.

The Hungarian Pastry Shop had some flourless chocolate cake and baklava for birthday cake. These little fingers somehow must have known that delicious pastries were inside this package.

It was a happy 25th!

Stay tuned for an apartment tour, Greta's 1st, and the Goodman Media review.