Sunday NYC

We went to early mass, 8.15am. A great way to start the week!

After church, we picked up some bagels, took them home, then decided to see Akeelah and the Bee. What a lovely movie! Yes, it was a little predictable, but so what? All the actors are great, the kids loved it. So much better than Dreamworks ilk like Ice Age 2.

From the movie, we wandered down to St. Paul the Apostle on 60th and Columbus to pick up a present at the tiny and well stocked Catholic store in the front of the chapel. They have all the good stuff here.

We decided to wander through Lincoln Square, cause its a cool, quiet spot, but wait! not today!
There is a large plexiglass sphere and cameramen milling about... What's this? David Blaine is setting up to drown himself in my city! Look quick, take pictures. Time to move on, perhaps it will be filled up when we come back through.

We head to Columbus Center down the street. Take pics of DW. She looks like a movie star. Fancy tart pan at William Sonoma, and down to Jamba Juice in the basement Whole Foods market. Berry Lime Sublime is king, the only flavor I ever get.

Grab a coffee and back up the street to see if, yes, the fishbowl is full! But Blaine will not be getting in until Monday. I hear that he will be getting out live, on ABC. Grab some hot nuts before getting on the bus to head home. Why bus? My family thought it might be more mellow than the subway ?! But it turns out okay, because we caught these two hipsters showing off their John Deer gear. Ha! We emailed this pic to DW's dad, just to show that we have rednecks here in the big city too! (Actually the guys were real cool, thanks!)

After a rest, the kids and I hit a Central Park playground for a while, but have to get back to church to meet a guy about picking up some fair trade coffee. Score. Fair trade coffee is the way, I am so happy that this is now an option for us. The chocolate is still quite expensive. Now we just need freetrade computer and cell phone components, right? Happy to bump into someone I work with coming out of church! Who knew? New York can be such a small town.

Home and DW has made the best dinner ever: these cool veggie wraps with feta, grilled peppers, lettuce, onions and balsamic dressing.

The weather was great and this weekend's soundtrack is Matisyahu. (Thank you L)