Deciding where to eat on special occasions like Valentine’s Day can be a little overwhelming in New York City. In an attempt to avoid the crowds and high prices we stayed local and agreed on Alobar. It’s our neighborhood’s newest restaurant (although we have a Petey’s Burger and Corner Bistro opening on our street soon) with a lot of really interesting, delicious things on the menu. Everything they serve comes from within 200 miles so it supports small, local business too. We received complimentary champagne cocktails when we arrived and two red velvet chocolate cakes for dessert. Jen really wanted me to try the maple walnut bar so we added another one on, as if the other two weren’t enough, ha. It turned out to be as amazing as Jen claimed. It had the sweet and salty thing going on (which we love; no need to eat a bag of chips afterward). We’re searching for similar recipes online and plan on making test batches till we find the right match. We also brought some leftover pork to our Valentine at home : )
My coworker Teresa and her boyfriend were also looking for a place to eat on Valentine’s Day and felt they had already done everything in their neighborhood. They wanted to try something in L.I.C. so we recommended Alobar, among other places, and we ended up seeing them there in a nice booth, an even better table than we got and we had reservations! It’s all good. It was obviously the place to be that night as my roommate from my first NYC apartment was also there with his girlfriend and stopped by our table to say “hi.” I hadn’t seen or heard from them in so long that I thought they had been deported back to France. Wonder if they tipped their server…
Wednesday I had my final practical exam for Chan’s class. I think I did very well but, as I always say, you never know with Chan. I’ll know for sure this week after I complete Tuesday morning’s written exam.
Today we took the Metro North train to White Plains to visit Jen’s grandma with her aunts and cousin Lisa. We went to wish her a belated 84th b-day but also to help convince her that the assisted living community she’s testing out for a few weeks would be perfect for her. She has Parkinson’s and is still recovering from a pretty traumatic fall that broke her right hip. She would receive all the assistance and therapies she needs all in one location but, we understand it’s a tough decision for her to leave her current home. We were so impressed by the grounds, many community rooms, and the apartments that we definitely wouldn’t mind living there. Every day they have a variety of planned activities on-site or trips out about town. We also went out for dinner at a hibachi restaurant which was delicious but I think the highlight of the day was 3:30 Bingo with Grandma and Lisa, who’s quite the Bingo pro. Lisa patiently repeated the numbers for me when I was having a little trouble paying attention (he was just going so fast! Ha!), played two cards at once, and she won two rounds! Those old ladies were clapping but I think they got a little bitter when the jackpot was handed over to a seven-year-old… twice.
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