Bobby Van's Steakhouse

We had a great weekend!  Saturday night we went to NYC for Ron's Birthday Dinner!  We went to Bobby Van's Steakhouse on 54th St in Manhattan.  It was amazing!  We left at 5 pm and had reservations for 6:30 pm- should have been plenty of time to get there- NOT!  We were a half hour late, but thankfully they were understanding (and it didn't hurt that Uncle Phil is a regular there, so he called a few days before and told them to take care of us!)  We had 3 waiters, yes 3!  They totally kissed our asses, which was kinda cool but something none of us were used to!  The food was incredible, but pricey!  We all had filet mignon (and it was literally about 4 inches thick, no exaggeration!), mashed potatoes, mac & cheese (which was the most delish mac and cheese I've ever tasted!), fried zucchini, cottage fries, onion rings and dessert was comp'ed!  They brought our 4 different slices of "cake"- cheese cake, Tiramasu, some sort of flaky pastry layered cake, and a fudge-like chocolate caramel cake.  Very good, but very rich.  I'm not a big dessert person but I tried a little of each (except the chocolate, I really don't love chocolate).

After dinner we had planned on walking around after dinner, but, I wore new gladiator-like sandals  and they were KILLING my feet!  So we were going to just stop in a store and get me some cheap flip flops to wear.  Sounds easy enough right? WRONG!  Everything was closed.  We were on E. 54th between Park and Lex.  Business district.  Stores close at like 7.  Its not like in Times Square where everything is open late.  I was about to cry.  I had blisters, my feet were swollen, I could barely walk.  Plus it was still like 95 degrees at 8:30 pm.  We decided to just go back to the car and drive the FDR and take some pics by the Brooklyn Bridge/ South Street Seaport.  They have these beautiful waterfalls set up under the Brooklyn Bridge for the summer, so we tried to get a few pics of that.  They didn't come out well though, too many lights, air particles, people in general.  I think one came out decent.  Oh well.  

Yesterday, I went over my momma's house to swim and hangout.  Sal went down to A.C. to see The Dark Knight (even though I took him to see it Friday night!) in IMAX.  It was a pretty relaxing day, we took Aly in the pool and made burgers on the grill.  It rained on us twice and Aly thought that was just the funniest thing ever.  She's too cute!  

Out.