Thrillist Empire Oyster Festival

On Saturday Paolo and I went to an Oyster Festival in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I had been looking forward to this for at least a month, because I LOVE OYSTERS. I was introduced to them as soon as I moved to New York and they have been on my list of favorite foods ever since. Oysters are usually very expensive and the only time I ever get to eat them is if a restaurant is having an oyster happy hour. When I saw tickets being advertised for an all you can eat and drink oyster festival I was stoked!!! I really didn't know what to expect, but it turns out we had a really great time. We tried dozens of oysters and listened to a live band while we ate. We even got to vote for our favorite ones. Williamsburg, you know how to throw a party :)

These oyster were deluxe, that little piece of meat in the middle is pork belly. 

When it comes to eating oysters, the more simple the ingredients the better. I love dressing mine up with a little lemon and tabasco. So basic but so so delicious. 

This is a seaweed/oyster mini taco. This is won my vote! I had never tried something like this before. 

One Rainy Afternoon

The Smith Restaurant

Midtown, New York 

The Smith is one of my favorite places to eat in NYC

I love seafood and this lobster roll was so delicious 

 I am a bit of an Eggs Benedict junkie. 

It is always my go-to-brunch of choice. I love trying every restaurants version of it. 

Last Saturday, The Smith had a Lobster Eggs Benedict special. I wasn't daring enough to try it, but I did get to eat a bite of my sister's. It is two toasted buttery buns topped with lobster roll filling and two poached eggs, served with hollandaise. 

After we ate, we needed to walk our breakfast calories off.  We walked from Midtown East to the Upper West Side of Manhattan which is where my apartment is. The hotel my family was staying at gave us bright orange umbrellas to keep us sheltered from the rain. 

Thanks family for the fun weekend! Always great to see you! 

The Suite Life

When your shoes are matching but not really....but you still think it's cute so you take a picture. 

All you can eat buffets.... Yes we will take everything please....oh and can we have another hot dog? Thanks! 

Amy has some pretty sweet job perks and one of them included box tickets at the Red Bulls game  last night. We had SO much fun. When Amy first told me about the tickets, I was like what is a  Red Bulls game? I had no idea they had a soccer team. All she needed to say was free food and drinks and I was there! When we first got to the suite, we were like two little kids in a candy store, running around taking pictures!! We had to trek to Jersey for the experience but it was fun to have a change of pace from our usual city activities. 

Now....it's Sunday morning and to recover from this weekend (it was an eventful one) I am not moving from the couch. I have turned on The Office and I will probably be watching re-runs until the sun goes down. I can't believe it has taken me so long to appreciate how hilarious this show is. People have been telling me to watch it for years! I'm so glad I finally did because I can't stop laughing. I have to enjoy my last day of weekend freedom before the work week begins again :(