Spill the Milk

It's true, I should post some stuff regarding my trip home. I'm heading back to Bologna tomorrow, so - as always - my blog is chronologically messed up. Oh well. What do you want from me? I have dry socket. It hurts.

My time at home has been great, despite the ouchy wisdom teeth problems. Perfect weather, lots of loved ones, plenty of kimchi. I can't ask for more! One of the highlights was my trip to NYC, which was too fast (it always is), but included a lot of adventures. New York City in the spring is so wonderful - it's really full of energy, and people seem cheerful (whereas everyone is mean in the winter).



One of the highlights was going to Jean's new second home, a super unique Japanese restaurant, Kajitsu, in the East Village. The food, which is served in a bunch of pre-set courses, is amazing - it's all vegetables, but you come out feeling as if you've eaten a million different food groups. Everything - literally, from floor to ceiling and every plate and chopstick - is specially selected and beautiful to look at. The bowl pictured above is 200 years old. I can't even believe we were allowed to touch it.


This lovely creature comes with the restaurant.

Of course, too much elegance is not something we can sustain. So we found the Ukrainian Festival down the street and I became determined to win a stuffed animal by knocking over the cans. But how difficult is this game?! It was impossible, I sucked, and truth being told I may have started out with some kind of alcohol-related handicap. Pictured below is one of my attempts to throw the beanbag.



This is how I ended up NOT winning, despite my leaning over the barrier and the fact that the guys running the stand blatantly re-organized the cans so that I had a better chance.



One can away from a neon stuffed dog!
But wait . . . we couldn't leave without taking photos with my kind, cheating-inclined stand managing friends.



After this grand scene, I had to leave New York to go to Rosa's graduation. That's for the next post. But first there are some required photos.

Like a cliched shot of New York:


And me with the best cat in the world:

He's awfully photogenic, especially when he poses for the camera and appears to have both eyes!