Flushing Quens

Chris and I went to one of our favorite areas of New York~ Flushing, Queens. First we stopped by the mall for the tasty snack cakes filled with cream called DeLi Manjoo. A video of our tasty treats being made and Chris ordering in Chinese!

DeLi Manjoo from karen plemons on Vimeo.

After our delicious breakfast we took a shuttle to Spa Castle. Spa castle is a Korean wonderland of hot tubs, saunas, and relaxing areas. The outside area is especially lovely when covered in snow.














For Dinner we took the train to the Indian district for an array of delicious Indian dishes.

More Snow!!!

We got more snow, prompting another day of sledding.

Chris Sledding in Fort Greene Park from karen plemons on Vimeo.

Valentines Day (an excuse to make heart shaped foods)

Heart shaped apple turnovers for breakfast














Making heart shaped ravioli while Chris was at work














Our simply lovely dinner














Not heart shaped, but still delicious

Snow Day

We got our second heavy snow fall, prompting school closures. Chris's was one of many across the city shut down for the snow, allowing us to explore Central Park on my lunch break from working at MoMA. It also gave us a chance to try our Chris's new camera.

Fake Christmas

Since Chris and I were spending Christmas with our families we had designated the Sunday before to be our "Fake Christmas." The day ended up being extra lovely when New York was blanketed with snow.
Shortly before Christmas we got this little tree on the street near Chris's school and carried it home on the train. I sewed us some stocking out of some leftover scrapes of fabric from Ikea. For breakfast I made my favorite Christmas dish, cinnamon rolls. After breakfast and presents we put our new sled to use sledding in nearby Fort Greene Park.

Thanksgiving

For our first Thanksgiving together, we decided for a low key day of cooking and eating traditional dishes. We made mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans with fried onions, rolls and, since we are vegetarians, veggie pot pies as our main dish. For dessert, we had Chris's family's pumpkin pie, which came out a bit weird-looking (see below), but great-tasting, and a pecan pie, both covered in generous amounts of freshly-made whipped cream. Most of the produce was purchased at our local farmers market in Fort Greene park. We ate on our new table, which we came across at a sidewalk sale in our neighborhood. The table was only $15, but we did have to walk it the 10 blocks home.

Some holiday appropriate decorations:




























Our lovely feast:

Halloween Weekend

Both Chris and I are big fans of the fall season in the North East. So, this year we took full advantage of the changing leaves by going upstate a bit over Halloween weekend. On Saturday morning we took the train to Sleepy Hollow where we ate croisonts at the Sleepy Hollow graveyard (we figured it was a holiday appropriate outing). After seeing some beautiful gravestones, we headed to Stone Barn Farms. Stone Barn Farms is a working farm/ educational center/ the home to a foodie outpost Blue Hill. Farm animals were seen, delicious food eaten. Next we went up to our bed and breakfast Pig Hill Inn in Cold Springs. Upon checking in we were given freshly made apple pie, which we had by the fire while reading the Times before strolling through the antique shops of the town. Sunday morning a lovely breakfast was brought to our room. After breakfast we spent the day in Beacon NY. Beacon NY is known primarily for its contemporary arts center DIA Beacon, which we went to. We started the day with a lovely 3 mile hike in a state park, which was at the peak of fall foliage. Had lunch at a farmers market by the river. Walking around the main street. The weekend was topped off with the Retro Arcade Museum. We played arcade games as old as from 1954. Even though it was only a 36 hour trip it was well worth it to get out of town for a couple of fun days. As a side note, because my digital camera has been missing for a couple of months, all photos were taken with Chris's film camera.