Sunday, June 2, 2013
Jun. 2nd, 2013 09:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bearshortyToday is my birthday (I'm now 33) and while I can't spend it with Bear (he did leave me the best birthday card and has been texting me all day, though), I did have a very lovely day. I put on the nice new blue dress my Mom gave me and went to Manhattan today for brunch in the Upper East Side with my parents and my friends. I ran into my parents in the tea store right off the subway. My Mom pulled my ears in a Russian tradition - I'm sure people on the street thought we were nuts, although it is the city and we are trained not to pay attention to others.
Marianna and her family were a little late, so Yeva, Janna, I and my parents did have to wait outside for half an hour but then Yeva worked her magic and got us seated even though the restaurant doesn't usually sit unless the whole party is there. It was French place called Cafe d'Alcace that came highly recommended on Yelp and it definitely lived up to expectations. So delicious. From appetizer cheese platter to the entre to desert. They even lit a candle in the desert (I think Marianna got them to do that - I'm not even sure). It was very sweet. And I got many presents.
After brunch, the plan was to go to Central Park for a bit but the clouds were threatening so almost everyone headed home. Marianna, Adama, Galya and I decided to keep walking. We ended up walking from 88th to 57th, stopping at some children's stores to look a shoes and clothes for Galya. The walk was very nice and before we knew it two hours passed. It was certainly very nice despite the heat.
I got a bagel with cream cheese on the way back to serve as dinner, since I wasn't too hungry but I knew that if I didn't eat, I will be hungry at midnight. So overall, a lovely birthday.
I also signed up for RS Games, which felt like a present to myself.
Birthday Loot:
1. P!nk "The Truth about Love" CD (Papa)
2. The Iron King by Maurice Druon (Papa)
3. $25 gift certificate for Amazon (Papa - he got it for new Neil Gaiman book but Marianna told me she will buy that, so I'll use it for something else)
4. Ralph Lauren blue summer dress (Mama)
5. "Traviata" CD (Medusa)
6. fancy soap with peacock design (Janna)
7. Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style (Janna - I saw this book at the Met last week and it giant and amazing with lots and lots of illustrations. Great coffee table book. Very heavy too).
8. "Les Miserables" DVD (Marianna)
9. "Dirty Dancing: Limited Keepsake Edition" DVD (Marianna)
10. The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (Marianna)
11. promise of new Neil Gaiman book (Marianna)
12. Yeva forgot her present and will bring it over tomorrow
13. This is for both Bear and I from my parents: formal dishes set from Ralph Lauren (my parents are renovating their house so the dishes are somewhere in their house, but everything is packed a bit, so they'll bring it over some day)
14. Broadway show "Once" tickets for June 12 (Bear)
15. money from Grandparents
Marianna and her family were a little late, so Yeva, Janna, I and my parents did have to wait outside for half an hour but then Yeva worked her magic and got us seated even though the restaurant doesn't usually sit unless the whole party is there. It was French place called Cafe d'Alcace that came highly recommended on Yelp and it definitely lived up to expectations. So delicious. From appetizer cheese platter to the entre to desert. They even lit a candle in the desert (I think Marianna got them to do that - I'm not even sure). It was very sweet. And I got many presents.
After brunch, the plan was to go to Central Park for a bit but the clouds were threatening so almost everyone headed home. Marianna, Adama, Galya and I decided to keep walking. We ended up walking from 88th to 57th, stopping at some children's stores to look a shoes and clothes for Galya. The walk was very nice and before we knew it two hours passed. It was certainly very nice despite the heat.
I got a bagel with cream cheese on the way back to serve as dinner, since I wasn't too hungry but I knew that if I didn't eat, I will be hungry at midnight. So overall, a lovely birthday.
I also signed up for RS Games, which felt like a present to myself.
Birthday Loot:
1. P!nk "The Truth about Love" CD (Papa)
2. The Iron King by Maurice Druon (Papa)
3. $25 gift certificate for Amazon (Papa - he got it for new Neil Gaiman book but Marianna told me she will buy that, so I'll use it for something else)
4. Ralph Lauren blue summer dress (Mama)
5. "Traviata" CD (Medusa)
6. fancy soap with peacock design (Janna)
7. Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style (Janna - I saw this book at the Met last week and it giant and amazing with lots and lots of illustrations. Great coffee table book. Very heavy too).
8. "Les Miserables" DVD (Marianna)
9. "Dirty Dancing: Limited Keepsake Edition" DVD (Marianna)
10. The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (Marianna)
11. promise of new Neil Gaiman book (Marianna)
12. Yeva forgot her present and will bring it over tomorrow
13. This is for both Bear and I from my parents: formal dishes set from Ralph Lauren (my parents are renovating their house so the dishes are somewhere in their house, but everything is packed a bit, so they'll bring it over some day)
14. Broadway show "Once" tickets for June 12 (Bear)
15. money from Grandparents
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Date: 2013-06-04 06:28 pm (UTC)You scored on the loot there :D That’s awesome.
And w00t, you still use the icon I made you ages ago, I see :D I should get back into icon making, but freaking lost the CD I had for photoshop and really don’t want to buy it again LOL.
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Date: 2013-06-05 01:48 am (UTC)I do feel very fortunate on all the loot.
I love those icons. For some reason, they always feel June/birthday to me - I often forget to change the icon but around this time of the year I always remember yours.