una excursión

I know that yesterday was Father’s Day—and I did spend a lot of time with my dad—but I also took a beautiful bike trip with my brother. 

The weather was perfect, sunny and not too hot, so we rode to the end of Sandy Hook.  There’s a historic army fort—Fort Hancock—and a great view of New York City.  If you look closely, you can see the new World Trade Center (it’s the tallest building), and if you look even closer, you can see the Empire State Building. 

All in all, we rode about 20 miles—the first 10 were nice because the wind was at our backs.  The last 10 made us work as we peddled (and groaned) into the wind!

(and if you're keeping track—we had spaghetti, homemade gravy, and hot Italian sausage for dinner!)

buen provecho

I am in NJ for a chunk of the summer, and I am so excited to be here. My third favorite thing about being home (after family and friends) is the food! Every time I come back, I seem to appreciate it (and crave it) more and more.

I'm not sure that everyone will appreciate my choice of summer blog topic, but I have decided to report on all the great things I have been eating.

I started my trip with a classic diner meal: a BLT and a matzah ball soup...there's just nothing like a NJ diner.

Since then, I have been enjoying some good home cooking. One thing that I love about my house--specifically about my dad--is that everything here is made from scratch--bread, tomato sauce, etc.

So at home, I've had chicken parmesan, bratwurst, deliciously sweet Jersey corn, burgers, French toast, waffles...and way more to come!

I also had some pasta, pizza, and gelato at a great Italian restaurant and tacos at a NYC food truck.


To be continued…