Day #8

Thursday already? My how the days just fly by! I don't have many pictures from the day as we spent most of the day shopping. Here is what we did:

Breakfast/Brunch at Shake Shack (yes, we love it!)



Walked around Madison Sq park. How beautiful are these hydrangeas? I've never seen any that have this much color variation from the same bush. So pretty!


Back to the nightmare of Century 21. The store motto is "Fashion worth fighting for". They got that right! It's always a crowded fight in that madhouse.



It wasn't quite as crowded as Monday was, so we were able to get a lot of items this time. This is my favorite purchase:



So cute- and only cost $27.99! This is why we torture ourselves and put up with the crowds.

We also shopped at H&M, French Connection, and a few more places.

As it was 6:30 by the time we were finished shopping, we decided to go back to the Cupboard and get ready for dinner. I wore my new dress (forgot to take a picture) and Scott wore a new shirt.

We went to a new trendy restaurant called The Dutch. As it was 8:00, it was absolutely packed, and they told us the wait list was so long they weren't even taking names anymore. They said we could try again in a couple hours. We went to a place across the street called the Soho Room to discuss what to do next. We had a glass of wine there, then went next door to Blue Ribbon Brasserie for an appetizer. We had bone marrow and oxtail marmalade on toast points- O.M.G! This was one of the richest, most decadent, delicious meals we've ever had. Wow.


It was too dark to get a good picture, but trust me, it was phenomenal! I'm sure this sounds disgusting to some, but bone marrow is delicious. It has a rich, buttery, beefy flavor, and has the consistency of gelatin. The oxtail marmalade was made from braised oxtail, and had a savory flavor very similar to a roast that's been cooked in the crock pot all day. Very earthy and rich, totally a comfort food! Mmm!

Since it was 9:30 at this point, we decided to try The Dutch again. This time we were able to get in and had a wonderful meal there. I had pecan crusted duck with organic dirty rice, and Scott had roasted squab.
After our feast we walked home to go to bed. A great night!