Snowcreatures

The snow falling today was/is perfect for building snow people. I took a walk around Gantry State park and there were snow people everywhere. I didn't have a partner in crime to build one with, so I just enjoyed the toil and ingenuity of my neighbors.

I'm not sure what this one is, but I like the creative use of carrots

This is a big one, at least seven feet tall. The top hat didn't make him come alive.

Another big one, seven feet or so. It appears to be a snow cat or bunny. I deduct this from the cleaver use of sticks as whiskers.

I wasn't impressed by the amount of debris in this one. It might be a pirate (black eye patch?), if so I forgive the debris.

Perhaps the most creative, the lounging

You can see a little snowcreature on the top of the mound and a bigger one peaking over the mound on the right hand side.

Brooklyn Flea

I've been wanting to visit Brooklyn Flea Market for awhile now. Today I finally made it. For the this winter it is located in an old bank, which is in a beautiful old building. There was a large selection of vintage goods and some artisan goods, mostly jewelry and screen printing. We didn't get anything, but it was neat to see the building and know what kind of things they carry. I saw a few antique tablecloths, but not one perfect for my table.

The bank vault door

Chandelier and mosaic

Booths in the main section, there were more on either side (through the teller booths) on the mezzanine, and in the vault.

From the ground floor

Connetquot River State Park

A few weekends ago, we had some pretty nice weather (not bone chillingly cold) Adrian and I took a hike around Connetquot river state park, the river was damned in several areas to create lakes. There were some lovely swans in the water, but the more we chased them the faster they swam away.

Fun with shadows

Gator? Snake? Log?

80s Awesome Prom

A friend of a friend of a friend was having a birthday party at an 80's Prom and I got invited... So the birthday boy's roommate is an actress in this off-off-off broadway performance "Awesome 80's Prom", which is an interactive show and the perfect place to celebrate. We were encouraged to dress 80's and were part of the prom. The music was awesome and the performance was, well entertaining. The actors strolled through the crowd interacting and had several scenes, mostly surrounding the voting on Prom Queen and King. The show reminded me of my senior play in highschool, which was an interactive dinner theater (I was an alligator wrestler), in that the characters seemed to overact. Overall it was a fun night and it did take me back to my high school prom, just a little bit.

Carrie and I in our 80's garb... when didn't go all out in the prom dresses, but many people did. Notice the Swedish foreign exchange student in the background.

The prom DJ on stage

Grooving out with the nerds from the show.

Carrie dancing with him

MC Hammer showed up. Hammer Time!

In case you didn't think I looked 80's enough... check out my awesome legwarmers.

Bird watching city style

Yesterday was a beautiful day in New York. I sadly didn't get out to do too much but I did take a walk along the waterfront. I didn't see any Blue Jays or Cardinals but I did see a few birds.

A seagull hanging out by the gantries

And another checking out the Empire State Building

PBR at Madison Square Garden

Thanks to a facebook update (thank you Susan) I found out that the PBR was in town this weekend. I put my cowboy boots on, convinced Adrian that it would be a good time, and took the subway to the Garden. I wasn't sure what other type of people would be there, but our section (not the best seats) was filled with people our age having a good time.

If I didn't know better I would of thought I was at a Worldwide Wrestling competition. There were fireworks, confetti, fire, drama, music, cowboys posed like models and that was just the first ten minutes.

Before the show started

These letters would later light on fire.

WOOOOOO!

Yee Haw!

There was one Missourian. He was the first to make it to 8 seconds, but didn't score very high. They also had mutton busting, which was won by a young lady and had a very enjoyable little boy dancing, and a band played two songs out in the middle while they were changing bulls.

Overall it was fun and it included a lot less clown bathroom humor than the events at the Johnson County Fairgrounds.

Empanada's a second time around

My first attempt at empanadas didn't go so well. So for the second time around I was tipped off that Goya makes dough all ready to go. Ten discs to a pack, defrost them (doesn't take long at all), roll them out a little flatter, and fill.

Thanks Goya!

The filling this time wasn't much different from last time- rice, tomato, onion, ground beef, potato, and seasonings

Filling the shell

Two with pretty pressed down edges. We also made this yummy passion fruit juice smoothy thing.

Filling in the fore ground smoothy in the back ground and empanadas in the middle

We baked them instead of frying. Delicious!