the weekynd (mom edition)

last week when my mom was here was A W E S O M E.  you just don't understand.  but i will help you understand the awesomeness by writing it right now!!!!!

scary tree in Greenpoint! ah!

my mom arrived late on Friday night last week (the 19th).  it was pretty much too late to do anything but my little (but bigger than me) brothers came over to my apartment and greeted my mom as she got in.  saturday morning we went to Cafe Grumpy and got cappuccinos, a pumpkin chocolate financier, and a cinnamon chilean raisin pecan oat scone (yeah i had to write that one down).  it was so cute because my mom doesn't drink a lot of coffee and Grumpy makes their drinks really strong so she got all hyped up on caffeine!  we then did a little shopping at Brooklyn Industries because they were having a sale on top of a sale (yeah that's a real thing).

my mom getting hyped up at Grumpy! :) look at her! gettin crazy!

we then walked to meet my friend adam at Smorgasburg, a brooklyn food flea market held at the edge of williamsburg.  we ate pan seared scallops, s'mores from S'more Bakery, shrimp tempura tacos from Takumi Taco, s'mores pie from First Prize Pies (yes a lot of s'mores i know), and had some delicious homemade sodas from Brooklyn Soda Works.

my mom looking adorb at Smorgasburg!  (we changed outfits after
our early morning coffee run.  these are things girls do)

our buddy at S'mores Bakery making our s'mores!
they even hand blow torch them! See the thing
on the left? - blow torch!

post-Smorgasburg we walked around billyburg, sort of on a mission to find a dress for an event i'm going to, sort of just walking around to show my mom the neighborhood.  the weather was absolutely glorious on saturday and the entire weekynd in fact.  we ended up landing at a bar near where adam lives in the lower part of billyburg called the Woods, which has a large outdoor garden in the back.  andrew, my bro, met up with us here and we all had a round and watched Landhaus open up their little cart outside (they have a little food truck in the outdoor garden).  the food smelled delicious, so we snacked on some delicious butternut squash quesadillas.

andrew looking dashing in the backyard at the Woods.

after the Woods we went to a sports bar because alabama was playing some other team and andrew wanted to watch it.  chris met up with us here, which was nice.  the sports bar, called 4th Down, was alright, but i really didn't like their questionable strategy of playing the same game on two huge screen right beside each other.  the alabama game started on one of the screens, but halfway through they put the florida game on instead which was already playing right beside it and moved the alabama game to a small screen where we couldn't see.  this was pretty stupid to me, but whatever.  the best thing was that andrew and chris got to tell adam (who's from scotland and doesn't understand american football) how football works.  needless to say, it was really entertaining.

andrew telling adam the rules of american football. 

it was a lot for adam to take in at once. 

upon finishing our stint at 4th down, we had to leave chris and andrew behind because, well, we just couldn't take it anymore, and we headed back towards Greenpoint.  it was a nice night, so we walked back, and stopped in a cheese shop where i got some goodies for a care package for joseph, while adam bought some really expensive cheese.  we returned to Greenpoint and i took mom and adam to the Manhattan Inn (I've already mentioned this place on the blog once), my favorite piano bar (and place) in Greenpoint.  the ambiance was perfect and adam was beside himself with joy (as was i) after our seemingly long stay at the sports bar.

wonderful seats at the Manhattan Inn. 

the next day (sunday, 21st) mom and i went to Milk and Roses (previously mentioned) another favorite of mine in Greenpoint.  i had the oatmeal again, but this time with bananas and honey and my mom had an eggplant panini with goat cheese.  chris trickled in and then andrew and we all talked and drank coffee together and it was swell.

first it was mom and me

then chris dropped in

then andrew arrived! yay! :)

after breakfast, we walked around northern greenpoint and then made our way to the east river ferry! chris had to go read because he's in grad school and that involves a lot of reading, but adam met up with us at the pier!

view from the ferry 

mom!

adam, me, and a little greenpoint/LIC

after we arrived to midtown east via the ferry, we took a train up to central park to get some Wafels and Dinges, which has become a tradition for when my mom comes to the city.  we took a looooooong walk through central park because it was beautiful outside and all the trees were turning so it was really gorgeous.

mom getting some Wafels & Dinges 

CP!

this is actually the view from where joseph proposed to me!!!
:) he did good.

fam! andrew's hair looks really good here i think. 

one of me cuz it's fally. next prof pic?

after CP, which as i said before took quite a while because we explored the heck out of it, we headed back to brooklyn to go to Mister Sunday!  the only way to describe Mister Sunday is a huge outside dance party with food and drinks that takes place in gowanus grove.  it was so fun that even andrew danced.  imma say that again: andrew danced.  yep.  :)  after Mister Sunday, we went to a bar across the street to meet chris called Lavendar Lake that had a huge outside area which was really nice.  then home!  mom and i did lots more stuff that week that i will have to either update on the next bloggity blog or maybe just post some pics real quick sometime soon.

Mister Sunday!

Thanks for reading, y'all!

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