A long, intense, good, life-loving day.

A busy but good day. The morning and early afternoon was taken with food shopping and laundry while juggling Edie, Mil and a very tired B, immediately followed by taking Edie out on the bike to ER park: not to ride, but to lull her into an afternoon nap. Once she konks out, I stop, remove her helmet and make her comfy (in a sleeping bag that attaches to the seat, hood up, bike on stand tilted back a little) and read until she wakes in 45 to an hour - a little pool of quiet much appreciated.

This is the second day I tried this format -- Edie has been resisting naps outside of school -- and it works like a charm, the LES equivalent of a parent jumping in a car with their toddler to get 'em to sleep. I only hope when she's older she'll get excited about going out for a ride and not just associate it with falling asleep, he he.

In the afternoon, D came over, visiting from the other coast, and after playing with the kids and wife, we went out to meet E, then walked across Central Park to Telepan, a good restaurant of a chef who I saw lecture while in c-school. The room was beautiful, very NYC 2011, nice to be able to sit for 2.5 hours with good friends and talk -- something you can't do at a crowded joint where they need to flip your table ASAP. Most of the food was on point, but a pasta middle course was surprisingly unspecial -- and at this level, everything is expected to be a minimum of special. But regardless, a great night out, makes me want to cook good food for my family.

AM SNACK: 9am, iced green tea

LUNCH: 11am, green salad, potato chips, breaded shrimp, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 4pm, potato chips, chorizo, grenadine soda, handful of chocolate covered espresso beans, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
D brought an amazing chorizo as a gift, what an incredibly tasty snack. I may have to find some of this in NYC to have on hand .



DINNER: 6:30pm, smoked trout on a blini, spaghetti bolognese with a little lobster, pork with kraut & potato, variety of desserts, bread, 1 beer, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5