Back on solid ground

That's what it feels like, at least, to be back in DC after a week in NY. Hubby and I (and Cosmo) had a blast, but man does that city know how to suck the energy right out of you. I think we were over-ambitious in the amount of activity we tried to squeeze into a single week, but still - there is just so much to do, always, that stimulation is like a constant drumbeat.

Favorite New York moments:

• Running through fresh snow in Central Park
  
  
• A proper diner breakfast at EJ's on the Upper West Side
  
  
• Soaking up the Village from various coffee and sandwich shops, and exploring Toy Tokyo
  
  
• Alex's and Tanya's wedding at their friend's house in Brooklyn - Boerum Hill to be exact...free-flowing champagne and shrimp cocktail out the wazoo...
  
  
• Eating antipasti with Karen and Harris
  
  
• Bonding with Corey and Betsey on the long ride to Jersey
  
  
• And all the moments in between, when it was just me and hubby, walking, on the subway, getting coffee at the corner grocery...
  

I slept the whole way home yesterday. Last night we ordered sushi and watched Family Guy re-runs. Then we slept in our own bed (heaven!), and this morning, I drove hubby to work, and walked Cosmo, and climbed onto my couch for a day of working on my laptop. It's good to be back.

"No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow." -- Lin Yutang