friends

a picnic along the tribeca waterfront.


my gorgeous (and unbelievably talented) friend, erica lives in tribeca with her clark-kent-of-a-husband, chris. (i blogged about their wedding, here).


oh, tribeca! to live in tribeca where the air is fresh and the crowds are sparse! (and the rent is sky-high).


they live there (at a great price, as luck would have it) in a single bedroom (in a hotel). the catch is..
there's no kitchen.


this would deter most.
not erica.
she cooks. without the kitchen.
and when i say cooks, i mean...really cooks.


erica being brilliant (as she is) has created a kitchen-of-sorts in the bathroom and a blog to go along with it.


today we met up in union square which (while i'm not really a fan of because of the huge crowds) has a massive and versatile greenmarket. and from there we headed home and the cooking began.










what i really love about erica's take on food is that she's adventurous about simplicity. and she believes in educating herself about what it is she's eating and why it's good for her.


i'm starting to think there's nothing like a time outdoors, good food, and girl-talk (intelligent girl-talk, at that!).


to see why i gush about this girl check out her very new and very exciting foray into blogdom.

i looked for obama. but i suppose he was, oh you know, kinda- busy with some important conference.








i had the most wonderful time spending monday and tuesday in washington d.c.
naomi, josh, and kingsley so kindly welcomed me into their home.

we picnicked in the park, cruised around town in the bug, headed to the docks for live crab, spoke about beliefs, visited the national gallery, carefully dissected cupcakes, (josh even attempted to illuminate the male mind for me).

but mostly naomi and i did what girlfriends do. we talked. at our picnic. in the car. meandering through museums. with mouths full of frosting (me).
and i returned to new york feeling new again.

it's funny that for as long as i've known naomi--as long as i've watched her grow and change and fall in love, and build a life, i am still constantly surprised by the depth of her goodness. because the thing is, it just keeps going.

naomi, josh: thank you for showing me d.c., making me laugh, and for filling me up with such love.

d.c.




it's funny how a little time and distance, a lot of girl talk, and (just a few) cupcakes provides that long sought after perspective.

thank goodness for early week getaways and a better friend than i could ever dare ask for.