Greetings all.
Today I offer up a recap of our friday, saturday and sunday in Hoboken. We headed out earlish - 1030am (It's early for a week off!). We stopped by our good friend Will's place to pick up tickets to Saturday nights invited dress of Addams Family. We went to the gym for a bit, and then Beth took a yoga class, while i took advantage of their spa's massage deal. 75$ for an hour massage, not bad! Afterwards, we crossed the street to our new favorite quick lunch spot. Brooklynbread. They have huge salads, that are delicious and some pretty tasty soups. We headed back home then, to start prep for dinner. Tommy Defrancesco was coming and we wanted to attempt our own pasta. Tom showed up around 6, champagne in hand, and we made fresh fettucini, had some homemade sauce and some sauteed veggies. A good night of food and drinking and chatting, and catching up.
Saturday morning.... we slept in, and were slowly awakened to the sounds of, well.... a city wide keg party. Hoboken celebrates St. Patty's Day, the first Saturday of March. And oh boy do they. The bars open at 9am, and the green beer is a flowing. Public drunkness is strictly enforced and many measures are put in place to ensure a smooth day. Our downstairs neighbors, Alex and Lisa, had a big party with friends and family. They took the cars out of the garage, and set up a beerpong table, and had a few kegs. Things were relatively calm here, compared to the insanity of downtown Hoboken.
After the huge success of the fettucini friday night, Beth and I decided to attempt rigatoni. We waded thru the drunk fools and headed into the city to Williams-Sonoma to pick up the kitchenaid-pasta press. We also did some furniture perusing next door at Pottery Barn, and think we have picked out our coffee table. We then popped down to Chelsea Market for some lunch and browsing. After a bite we headed back to Hoboken, for a nap and to relax. Nap time, turned into - drinking down at the neighbors, and visiting with Maureen Casey, who came into town for the festivities, with a friend. At 6:00, we made our way to into the city for the gypsy run of Addams Family. We met up with Drew Levy, and Kathleen and Brant. It was a great chance to see a production at it's roots. A theatre filled with supportive friends and family, there to cheer on the production in its first, semi public performance. The show did some great things with lighting, scenery and puppets. It was a little rough around the edges, but its on its way. Monday night, it begins previews, and then a month later it will open. There were some great comedy bits in the show, and some great character performances.
After the show, we went for some delicious grub at the Chelsea Grille, and then Beth and I visited Bridget's Birthday party. After a quick visit, we headed home to relax, and sleep in.
Sunday was a very beautiful day, here in the NYC area. We celebrated, by making 4 1/2lb's of fresh pasta, and freezing it all. We made Fettucini, Rigatoni and Fusili. It should be delicious... when we are home again. On that note, we head back on the road Monday. Off to pittsburgh. Check out the pictures below of our adventure today!
Fettucini!
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