gratitude + tiny embedded nyc 2015 recap

thankful for:

• this picture, courtesy of greg
• pasta, specifically, those pasta sheets at via carota, oh my god
• our pretty faux amish waitress at via carota
• clyde, jacob, teddy, all pets everywhere
• meeting greg on the last car of the bergen stop of the F train and almost blowing it by getting on without understanding that i wasn’t supposed to get on without seeing him first, BUT it all worked out, namasté
• friends who put double extra blankets on beds in preparation for a friend sleeping
• dan making delicious coffee every day
• listening to classical music LPs at dan’s
• bagel parties at eric’s
• eating pie for breakfast
• plays, yes i said it, PLAYS!
• wine slamming in faux irish pubs before plays
• becky and julie and dan willing to eat at a once-great, now-brassy restaurant that played red hot chili peppers loudly throughout dinner, just because i wanted to go there (ugh red hot chili peppers, why)
• ross
• amos! levi! fox! nora! dorothy! all the babies in all the land that i love so much
• family
• all the best friends
• mobility
• health
• laptop
• starting to watch the sopranos with mom
• mystery novels that you accidentally skim to get to all the juicy plot stuff
• white wine
• chile con queso
• accidentally leaving my phone in houston for my journey to the east coast (not that hard actually — only things i missed: talking to ross; google maps; ny times daily update; the occasional text; taking photos — the rest is prob garbage)
• potential of eating pancakes at le peep with kathryn and her children tomorrow morning. “le peep: just getting the breakfast job done”
• not living in new york
• drives to albany to visit chookbuttercup in dan’s car listening to dan’s iphone and rediscovering this kinks song i once put on a mix