Showing posts with label Birthdays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birthdays. Show all posts

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Spiderman on Broadway

February 25, 2012


The weekend after Andrew and I came back from Taiwan, we had tickets to go see Spiderman on Broadway. I bought these tickets for him ahead of his birthday. I had no desire to see Spiderman particularly but I know Andrew would really like it since he loves his superheroes and cartoons. And most of all, he's been asking to go! He rarely has these requests so I immediately put it on our "must-do" list. NYC Go happened to have a Broadway sale (BOGO) so I jumped on it!



We enjoyed the show very much overall. It is definitely differentiated since this is the only broadway show with high-flying action. The visuals were definitely over the top - it's amazing how creative it was and impressive with how much they can do with so little space. The music on the other hand was mehhh but hey, you don't go watch spiderman for the music right?

My only other complaint was that the theater had the tiniest seats ever. We've seen a decent amount of Broadways and this theater (Foxwoods) is the most cramped - even for me, mind you I have shorter legs than most humans :P. Not going to lie, Andrew and I were still a bit jetlagged and felt pretty tired half way through. 

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Big Birthday Weekend

I organized a surprise birthday gathering for Andrew's 25th. I'm not a good liar so the gathering came at slightly less than a surprise but Andrew enjoyed it nonetheless :) We had dinner at Zero Otto Nove in Flatiron. It was a nice casual classy Italian restaurant and had really great pizza and food overall.

We went back to the apartment for cake. I got him the blackout cake from Two Little Red Hens from the UES. Linda got me the same cake for my 24th birthday and I loved it. It's unbelievablely moist and rich. It is hands down the best cake I've ever had. I added some finishing touches with these adorable basketball candles. I know Andrew loved basketball since forever but I can't help but think of Jeremy Lin when I see these candles.


We headed downtown to Coopers for drinks and to hang out. It was a nice casual spot for a crowd our age. We saw a few friends from DSP as well so that was unexpectedly interesting.


Ended the night with some Artichoke pizza. Oh, it is so good. Best pizza ever.


Andrew and I spent a good chunk of the rest of the weekend apartment hunting. We mainly were looking in the UES. Josie stopped by the apartment to pick up some stuff for her trip to Mexico and we chatted for a while.

On Sunday, we had brunch at Jane's for Christine's 26th birthday. It was a fun, lively restaurant with a great brunch selection. It was fun to catch up and see everyone in a small group setting. I ordered the Benedict Johnny -


Our lovely party. Happy Birthday Christine! <3

What an awesome weekend!