Weekly adventures with Madeline

Tonight Madeline and I went to Essex for dinner because she had a Groupon. While we were looking at the menu, Madeline even mentioned that she had read awful reviews for the restaurant, but she got the Groupon anyway. Well, Madeline was right, the food wasn't that great, but we did have some rather delicious mussels as an appetizer! Afterward, neither of us wanted to go home, so we wandered around the les for a while. We wanted to go to the Doughnut Plant, but they were already closed. boo. So we decided to go to the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory and we struck up a conversation with a famous person and his very large crew about ice cream flavors and sprinkles! We didn't know it at the time, but an elderly woman informed us that it was Matthew Gray Gubler! Then Madeline and I wandered the aisles of Duane Reade looking for hair dye and stuff for bug bites, respectively.

Lazy Summer Days.

It was a sweltering 89 degrees with 47% humidity today in NYC. I bought something at the MOMA design store a few weeks ago, and got a free museum admission with my purchase, so I decided to escape the heat and head uptown for a wonderful day at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). I didn't have too, too much time to spend in the museum, but I definitely got the highlights.
Afterward, I met Madeline at Stuffed Artisan Cannoli on the LES. They have so many flavors! I had peanut butter cup, girl scout cookie and key lime pie—I didn't think I'd like key lime pie, but all three were amazing! They have around 75 flavors, and many of them (like key lime pie) are seasonal. I can't wait to go back in the fall and get a pumpkin cannoli!
(note: I forgot my camera, so the pics are from my phone. booo)