Wrapping Up The Jersey Trip

We've made it back to NW Arkansas safely and soundly, though I am damn tired of Newark Airport. The woman taking our boarding passes even made sure that remembered what New Jersey is most famous for -- screaming at people for no good reason.

Her: "MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HOLDS THEIR OWN BOARDING PASS!!!!"
R: "Yeah, like I'd let my 2-year old hold a boarding pass."
Her: "WELL I DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY BY SIGHT!!!"

Oh well, and after all that, it looks like I'm back to Manhattan (probably through EWR) again later this month. Yeesh.

But let us not focus on the negative. We're back in a good, positive place. Let me give kudos to Don at Olympic Airporter, who went well out of his way so we wouldn't have to change vehicles and wait in the cold with the kids and luggage on our car ride to the airport.

Also, on New Year's Day we headed into the city to visit Captain Sawyer and the Demographer, and after some fun at the Museum of Natural History, they treated us to some great pizza from Pizza Park (212-879-6444- 1233 1st Ave (66th & 67th)). The big pie was vodka sauce with fresh mozz and basil. Man it was good -- light and tasty crust (notice the lack of carbon), garlicky sauce, and 5 cows' worth of good fresh mozz. Probably one of the top five pies I've had (others being the tomato pie from Columbus in Trenton, NJ (I think that's the right spot in the link -- it's been 10 years) and the cheese and sausage from Apizza in Stayton, OR.)



The cheese was great too, though EtE loved it with the cheese ripped off. He's a carb man.

Anyhow, it's the Captain and Demographer's favorite slice joint (it sounds like slices are their primary business), so if you're on the upper east side go check it out.

One other quick note was a visit to the Neptune Baja Fresh, which is someplace we haven't eaten since the move. Very good, though the Salem location does the veggie quesadilla a bit better (veggies more cooked down). The item of note was the queso fundido, which was excellent, with a nice smoky chipotle bite. We devoured that stuff. Plus lots of fresh brewed iced tea, which is like blood to me (I had 10 cups at work today, plus a few at lunch. I missed my tea.)

I'm off to Reno on Sunday and will probably write posts but not post them until I get back, unless they hotel has a public computer. Until then...