What a long, wonderful, wander-y weekend this was.
Saturday started with brunch ramen at Menkui Tei (yeah, for the second time in a week; this place is REALLY good). Kendrick had the Ten Ten Ramen (pictured above), the spicy ground pork-topped soup recommended by NY Mag; I tried the Shoyu (soy-sauce flavored) ramen. I loved mine; he loved his. Love this place. Go!
Kendrick had a few things to take care of Saturday afternoon, so I went off on my own for a few hours to window-shop and find cozy spots to finish up Medium Raw. I stopped into St. Patrick’s to take a look around, and discovered that a wedding was taking place (apparently sightseers are still welcome to wander in and out during weddings), so I sat down for awhile to watch the service.
Saturday night involved unphotogenic things like video games and Indiana Jones (the second one, this time), but Sunday started beautifully, with breakfast burritos at Mxco with Morgan and Tyler.
If a trip to Mxco isn’t in your future, just go HERE for my incredibly easy perfect-breakfast-burrito recipe.
We napped off our breakfast burritos in the park for a bit…
…and then made our way downtown to Sullivan Street, where we split an Elvis at Peanut Butter Co. We also did a little taste-testing of their peanut butters (thank you, nice man at counter), and decided that our favorite flavor (and one that works quite nicely on an Elvis, incidentally) is Mighty Maple (buy some HERE).
How to make an Elvis:
1. Butter one side of two pieces of white bread.
2. On non-buttered side of one piece, layer excellent-quality peanut butter, sliced bananas, and bacon.
3. Drizzle with honey, and top with other slice of bread (buttered side facing out).
4. Toast in a pan until golden brown on both sides.
Since the 6 train had decided to completely stop running below 14th Street, we had to walk uptown for a ways. This ended up being fortunate, because on our walk we discovered The Market NYC, a weekends-only warehouse market with not-crazily-overpriced wares by emerging artists (emphasis on jewelry, vintage clothing, belt buckles, and leather bags, with a sprinkling of art).
I fell completely in love with a necklace by Issy Salomon, who creates pieces using reworked vintage necklaces and found objects (the one I loved incorporated a section of navy blue beads, a section of gold-and-pearl drops, a thick gold chain, and an enormous green cut-glass stone; amazing).
