Our Neighborhood Restaurant...and the BEST cheap Brut I've EVER had.

Wow. We went to AppleWood last night for dinner and I'm still thinking about it. We got the Tasting Menu with Wine pairings and it was out of this world. We had this amazing Brut with the first course which I need to find. Its from a California winery called "Wycliff." I thought they said Wyclef - so I've been Googling and getting nothing but results on Wyclef Jean. I found bottles of the champagne online for $5! Time to Case up! Too bad they won't ship to NY unless you are a restaurant or a liquor store. Its honestly the best (cheap - a Ernest and Gallo product!) Brut I have had. And I've had my share of cheap ass Brut.

So I read not ONE but TWO articles on Bedbugs on the NY Times today. The first article was about buying second hand and vintage clothes/furniture. The overall consensus of the article was that it was generally "OK" to buy second hand, but to be cautious. This scared the shit out of me, since I LOVE to thrift store shop and LIVE to find Vintage goods. I haven't bought anything second hand since we've been here however.

The second article was out right scary. Literally skin crawling. Danny and I have developed a phobia of Bedbugs (having come from a environment that was entirely void of bedbugs - for states and states). I had to Google bedbug bites when I first arrived here in NY, as I had amassed a number of bites on my legs. We were able to deduct that they were not, in fact, bedbug bites - but mosquito bites. (I had been out in our garden cleaning up brush and must have hit a swarm of those blood suckers) But still we are nervous Nellies about Bedbugs.

So - what did I just go and do? I bought some second hand stuff around the corner at a childrens resale shop. Swimtrunks for Max (in case we go upstate this weekend), a summer hat and some super cute winter booties. Yes, I'm living life on the end, I tell you.

Max is up! Madre out...ttys

Max's First Meal...almost

I swear...I'm really trying to blog more often

I can't believe how time has been flying by. Work has been so busy and I have been working on a big project which was completed today. Whew.


My life has been like this: (I know - its SO exciting.)
- Wake up at 6am to pump for Max's day at the sitter.
- Feed Max when he wakes up around 7am.
- Get him dressed and ready for the day.
- Entertain and play with him for a little bit. Get online for work, calls and emails.
- Run Max two blocks to the sitters.
- Come back, work and not lift my head up until an alarm appears reminding me to pump.
pump.
- Back to work. Eat lunch. Work. Pump. etc etc until 5pm.
- Run over to Paula's to pick Max up.
Let the good times roll....

Here's a cute pic of Danny and the little man on 24th Street, after having dinner at Sushi Bistro. Love love love this pic of Max wearing my sunglasses.

So today I went to Whole Foods determined to get Max some rice cereal. Danny and I have been debating when to start him on solids. At his pediatrician's office, there are 2 doctors. One said to wait until he was 6 months and the other one said we could start now. Gah doctors always contradicting each other. He's just turning five months. The reason to wait, would be that it gives his body a little longer to develop more digestive enzymes. However, I feel like a good indication that he's ready to start on "real" food is that he always is chewing on his fingers/hands. Also, when we eat dinner, he sits on the table in a bouncer and stares at us while we eat. Max is already almost 20lbs (roughly) so he's not starving :) I say 'roughly' as I weighed him last week on the Wii Fit Plus and he was 18 lbs. 5 months and 18 lbs - he's going to be a Big 'Un Ok getting back to his "first meal" - We weren't able to give it to him tonight as he was too sleepy and almost falling asleep at dinner. Tomorrow night it is. I got the Earth's Best Rice cereal - anyone use this before? It seemed to have gotten good reviews. Look at me - I'm such a mom now - I am fricken reading reviews of rice cereal! Cmon now! as Sawyer from Lost always says, "Son of a Bitch" Actually, I am secretly addicted to reading reviews of EVERYTHING. I live and die by reviews....and coupons.

As the Cheap Ass Bitch will agree, I am a deal finder. I found Max a Jumperoo this past weekend on Craigslist. I've been on the thriftstore circuit finding lots of great clothes and books for Max. He's growing out of clothes so fast, I just can't see spending alot of money on them. However, I have found some darling stuff at thrift stores. Thrift Town on Mission Street is my favorite so far. I am very careful not to get any older clothes as some of the zippers or buttons can contain lead. So no cute vintage Levi's jean jackets for Max. Only Gap jean jackets from last season. He's still styling. H&M has some absolutely darling stuff too...and its not too costly.

I've noticed that I have no time to shop for myself - and when I do - I end up shopping for Max. This has really put a damper on my deal finding of designer goods. This means that I have been doing alot of shopping online. Actually I do a lot of shopping cart filling online. I never seem to be able to convince myself to purchase. I monitor the items that I like such as this cute cardigan... But once again a slave of reviews, read the 1 review and was deterred from buying.

ahh I forgot just how good Hoegaarden beer is. I'm having one while I blog and Max's sleeps. This is the life.

Ok MM is going to look for some bargains while enjoying the rest of this Hoegaarden

xx