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Surprising no one, we kick off our photos with food pictures from our return to Momofuku Noodle Bar. Just wow. This pea salad with little tidbits of charred lettuce was like a little pile of summer.
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The oyster buns tasted like tiny, perfect po-boys.
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Charred (and perfectly tender) octopus with fennel, grapefruit, other stuff, and a smear of yogurt. Yee-um.
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Having had the ramen before I was not as blown away, but it remains, like, the perfect bowl of ramen.
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From lunch we journeyed down to Coney Island, smearing ourselves with sunscreen on the subway to the delight of our fellow passengers. To complete our look, we purchased high-fashion sun hats.
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the boardwalk
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a bench, the beach
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a typical vendor
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Bryan celebrates the water, warmed by either the sun or the multitude of beach bathers.
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the beach
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Leslie and the beach
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view from the pier
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view from our ferris wheel car
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going up
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Manhattan in the distance
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subway home
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one of my favorite ads
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Wandering through the African art section of the Met, we met this little fellow, ready for his star turn in a horror flick.
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This was another of my favorites.
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blogging from the roof garden
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Sunday night dinner location
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jazz at Smalls in the West Village
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our meal of appetizers and sides
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Monday morning breakfast in Bryant Park
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waiting for Bryan to use the men's room at the library
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a 19th century guide/ad for English language classes
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meat counter at Eataly
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Bryan digs into the kale salad at Birreria, our final food and drink stop before we head for the airport.
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Leslie reminisced about coming here during her first trip to the city in...1995? Looks just the same.