Day #26- Sunday

Sunday morning we went to brunch at this trendy hot spot called 5 Points. It was totally packed with people. After we got our food, we understood why! Megan got the blueberry pancakes- they were phenomenal! Very light and fluffy, with blueberries both in the batter and on top of the pancakes. Mmm- so good!

(Side note- these pictures are all slightly on the dark side- the restaurant was dimly lit, so I tried to avoid using a flash because I didn't want to draw attention to the fact that I'm taking pictures of all our food! LOL!)

Scott got the chipotle chicken dish, which was stewed, shredded chicken on a flat tortilla. He liked it ok, nothing to write home about (or nothing to blog about, I should say).

I got the roasted tomatoes and eggs dish, and oh my, was it heavenly! This time of year, I just can’t get enough tomatoes, and this dish did not disappoint. It was baked in a crock, with a few poached eggs in between the tomatoes, and a sprinkling of melted cheese on top. It was fantastic!

For dessert (yes, we somehow squeezed this in) Megan and I split the Churros and Hot Chocolate. Churros are a type of Mexican donut. They are long, thin, and almost hollow inside. They are lightly fried, and rolled in cinnamon and sugar. The hot chocolate (which was NOT from a mix- this was the real deal!) was for dipping the Churros in and then for drinking afterwards. This was the perfect ending to a scrumptious breakfast!

Next, we walked to SOHO and Chinatown. We wandered along the streets of SOHO for a while, browsing through some of the shops. As soon as we got into Chinatown, however, it started pouring down rain. Thankfully we had all brought umbrellas in anticipation of this. This wasn’t a light drizzle- it was a steady downpour, plus it was windy, so the rain was blowing in all over us under our umbrellas. Outdoor activities were not high on the list at this point, so we took the subway to the Museum of Natural History. This is a pretty neat museum; that movie “Night at the Museum” is based on this. Since the weather was so crappy, a lot of people had the same idea that we did, so it was crowded. We wandered from room to room for a couple hours.

Megan being "attacked" by a tiger

As several hours had passed since brunch, we wanted to take Megan to dinner before she had to get on the MegaBus. We chose Carnegie Deli, which is a famous and historic NYC deli.

Megan and I split a Rueben sandwich.

As you can tell by the pictures, these sandwiches are GINORMOUS! There is probably 3 lbs of meat on each sandwich. For as delicious as it was, we still had a ton left over.

Scott got the tongue sandwich. Yes, I said tongue. E! He loves to try different foods. I don’t know how much meat a tongue has on it, but this was either a giant tongue or two tongues- there was at least 2 lbs of meat on his sandwich as well. It was served cold. He put mustard on it. Yuck! He only ate about half of this monster as well.

After dinner, we trudged through the rain back to the subway. We stopped along the way to get our picture taken with Chef Duff from Charm City Cakes:

The sore throat that I had been getting over the past couple days was definitely worsened by as all this cold, wet weather. When we got back to the apartment, Megan packed, and Scott took her to the bus stop. I stayed back as I was not feeling the best. Thank goodness I did, because he texted me an hour later and said that she was just now boarding. Due to the weather, the bus was delayed 45 minutes, so they had to stand there in the rain all that time. Poo! Scott went to Whole Foods after Megan boarded, and picked up some cough drops, oranges, tea, and vitamin C for me. He brought all that home, along with a flower he bought for me at a nearby flower stand (isn’t he sweet?). I popped a cough drop in my mouth and called it an early night. Stupid summer colds.