Welcome Home

After a fantastic two week paternity leave, it was time to head to New York for the first time since Matilda was born.  Lynne handled both kids like a champ, and I was so excited to get home to see my girls.  I was only gone 3 1/2 days, but the garden also welcomed me back with lots of surprises.

Not pictured – more and more raspberries (yum!) as well as a few cantaloupes growing from seeds that were in our compost!)

In New York, I was able to spend some great time with my team, have productive meetings, and enjoy good eats:

• Momofuku Noodle Bar – decent ramen, but amazing pork and shrimp buns
• Red Hook Lobster Truck – not cheap, but the most delicious thing I ate on the trip were their lobster rolls (both the Maine and Connecticut style)
• Asiadog – hot dogs with a variety of tasty Asian toppings, the Sidney was the best (I hit up a lot of food trucks this trip)
• Bon Chon Chicken – still the best wings and fried chicken I’ve ever had (as well as scallion pancakes, zucchini fries, and fried tofu
• Kickball in Central Park! – we lost (DC.org went winless this summer), but it was so much fun and made me feel like a local
• Great New York beers, including
  • Brooklyn Brewery’s Highline Elevated Wheat (made exclusively for The Lot)
  • Captain Lawrence Liquid Gold
  • Ommegang Rare Vos
  • Southern Tier Crème Brûlée Imperial Stout