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January 28, 2008

The Little Mermaid

For Christmas, Brent got me two adorable stuffed "nap bears" from Brookstone and tickets to go see The Little Mermaid on Broadway! We both loved the show and highly recommend getting tickets right away.

Here we are all gussied up before leaving for the city:

At Grand Central there was some weird spinning marathon going on:

For dinner, we went to Lattanzi Ristorante which was set up to look just like Rome, complete with giant black and white photos of the city on all the walls. Having just come from Rome this summer (and missing it terribly) Brent and I really enjoyed ourselves. I'm sure the other restaurant-goers were thrilled to have us pointing at photos behind their table talking about the gypsies we remembered peddling all sorts of goods right there at that fountain! and the best McDonalds in the whole city was right there by the Pantheon! Yes, we remember all the important things (including our favorite of the five different Roman McDonalds we went to.

Anyway, we had a bottle of Chianti wine (we spent a weekend in Chianti so it was extra special - wow, I still need to post about that...) Brent had some sort of pasta, I had chicken Milanese-style (SO good), and we split crème brûlée for dessert:

Blurry picture of the room we ate in:

After dinner, we walked over to our show:

The show was FANTASTIC. I absolutely loved it. Brent bought me the CD so now I get to listen to it any time I want.

On the way back to the train station, I took a couple random pictures (I can never help myself):

I love the beautiful building in the background of all the lights, hustle, and bustle:

Back at Grand Central:

Later that night, I took some really cute pictures of Brent with Frisky. Frisky has been doing so well lately. For those of you who have not been keeping up with her health, she has a tumor behind her liver and cancer in her blood. There isn't really anything we can do, but so far it hasn't actually affected her health very much, except that it has given her terrible foot infections (weird, I know). Her vet decided that since she's doing so well except for her feet, that we should experiment with a very special shot that she can get once a month to see if it could help her. Well, she's doing great now! Her feet are 10x better and she's so happy and active, much more like her old self.

Here's Brent (caught mid-gasp at how well my kitty was doing) and Frisky:

The vet says she's a miracle cat, and I 100% agree:

After fussing over Frisky for a while, Brent was ready for a midnight snack. I made him one of my tomato and mozzarella paninis:

When I posted food a few days ago (the Mediterranean Chicken Couscous) I had a couple requests for the recipe (which I posted in the comments section) so I figured I might as well post the recipe for this as well. It's very quick and simple....

1) Use two slices of bread (preferably a real Italian loaf, but I used sourdough for Brent's sandwich).
2) Put 2-3 large slices of FRESH mozzarella on one slice (DO NOT use anything but FRESH mozzarella)
3) Take two slices of tomato and blot some of the water out with a paper towel, then place them on top of the mozzarella. If you do not blot the water out, you will have a soggy sandwich!
4) Take a large FRESH basil leaf and rip it into small strips. Place these on top of the tomato layer.
5) Top this off with a couple shakes of salt and pepper.
6) Put your top layer of bread on and cook in a panini grill for about 4 minutes on a low sandwich setting. If you do not have a panini grill, you can use a frying pan and a spatula to press your sandwich down. If you are using a panini grill, try covering it with parchment paper to keep your sandwich from burning. If you are using a frying pan, brush a very small amount of olive oil onto both sides of your sandwich.

That's it! I made it into way more steps than I really needed to, so don't be discouraged if it sounds like a lot, it's really about a 7 minute process, total.

Back to my stories.... The next day, Brent and I went for a walk around the beach with our cameras. Here's some of the ice on the ground (it was very cold!):

Ducks and a seagull with his catch:

More ducks:

The beach:

I loved the sky behind this dark tree:

Reflections:

Brent, the photographer:

Shell fishing:

NYC skyline over the water:

Sea grass:

Bridge:

These were on a rock. That's really all I can tell you, I have no idea what they are:

On the way back to my house from the beach, we decided to stop for breakfast at Arcadia Coffee in Old Greenwich:

The base of a potted tree sitting next to us:

Next door to Arcadia Coffee is a bookstore called Just Books (owned by the same people). Brent and I went in, mostly for their store cat, Stella:

Brent had to go back home to get ready to come back to school, so after he left, my mom, Rocky, and I went to visit my dad at the rehab place he was staying at, Nathaniel Witherell, until his hip recovered.

Dad, Rocky, and Me:

Dad and Rocky:

After my visit with Dad, I got a good night's sleep, packed up my stuff, and headed back to school. I don't have any particularly interesting photos to share, but here are a couple just so that I can be completely caught up (except for my hiking entry which will be coming soon).

I don't know what this is, but it's outside of the Barnes & Noble in Blue Back Square that Brent and I like and I found it intriguing:

In other VERY EXCITING news, Brent has started blogging again! Brent took a brief break from his blog because he simply didn't have any pictures to post. His camera broke while we were in Prague this summer, so all of his posts were basically just all my pictures that I had already posted with his own stories to go along. While everyone always enjoyed his take on things, I can see how it would be frustrating to not have any of his own photos to talk about. All that has changed, though, since Brent got an awesome new camera for Christmas! He has a ton of great pictures on his computer that he's going to be posting very soon, but he's already started writing again on his blog so make sure you check out Brent Meets World!

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