Weekend Treats: In The City & Out to the Country Edition

We kicked off the weekend on Thursday with a date night in the city. We've basically been trying to plan one of those in New York for about 5 months. Either I was too tired, Ryan was working too late, or the weather was icky. It just hadn't worked in our favor until now.

Way back in February, my theme for our V-day was romance to sort of spice up our love life. Getting married, moving, conceiving, buying a house, long work hours for hubby, and all that comes with those minor life changes can really put a damper on your *sex* life. So I was trying to think of ways to make our first married Valentine's Day hot-hot-hot. There was a Groupon for the Museum of Sex in New York. Bingo! I bought tickets for 2.

Fast forward to Thursday June 21st and we finally got around to using them :) I hopped on the train and headed into Grand Central. While Ryan wrapped up a few work things, I happily shopped at J Crew (finding the most precious 4th of July outfit for our party!) before we walked the 15 blocks in the sweltering heat to the corner of 27th & 5th Avenue. Glittered in pink with full frontal windows, we arrived at our destination. We took the 3 floor tour examining exhibits from sex in the cinemas to mammal intercourse to modern day exploration. We laughed like school children at times. We read intently at times. But mainly we just had a good time as husband and wife...and Ryan blushed a lot :)

Having worked up an appetite, we decided to dine at Michael Jordan's Steakhouse. It is centrally located in Grand Central with a gorgeous view of the architectural beauty that the building exonerates. We had a romantic corner table filled with wonderful people watching. The "23" burger was amazing as were the sweet potato fries and finished off with a delightful piece of good ole' New York cheesecake made for the perfect date night meal.

Friday Beau-man and I headed on a little walk around Croton Point Park in the am before the heat index hit 95. *Warning* preggo outside in heat does not make for a fancy sight. 

After our exercise, we spent the day inside prepping for the big camping trip. Thanks to our friends Christie & Wes who seem to camp a lot, I grabbed some great tips off of her Pinterest board and put them to good use.

prepping for Sat dinner

prepping for Sun breakfast

all sorts of goodies in Ziploc baggies

stuffing for the campurritos

campurritos ready for Sun breakfast

Friday night we prepped for our big getaway on Saturday morning. We headed up to Fahenstock Park in Putnam County, a mere 30 minute drive, for some outdoor adventure. Enjoying an easy hike around the Pelton Pond followed by some row boating on the lake. And of course, a whole lot of campfire time including a picnic, steak dinner, and s'mores!

you'd think we are going for days...

Beau in paradise

yummy steak dinner

captain Ry

gorgeous

roasting mellows

yummy s'mores

breakfast campurritos were a hit

mornin'

setting up camp

loungin' pup

setting up for our picnic lunch

easy  breezy hike

Beau, Baby, & Me

Dad & Beau

get those arms moving...

love

water dog

little swimmer

toes in the water

amazing wedding gifts: camp couch and table stop (REI)

pooped after the hike and water

veggies!

evening fun

I also took the liberty to make a small comparison chart between the two coasts and their camping (+)s and (-)s...

East Coast vs. West Coast Camping

East                                                                                         West

(+) Civilized meaning no animals except skeeters                                                    (-) Home of bears, raccoons, et al

(+) Thanks to above, bathrooms & trashcans galore                                               (-) Nature is your bathroom                  

(-) Due to above, any Tom/Dick/Harry now camps                                                (+) Must be built Ford tough to camp

(-) Loud drunks up until all hours thanks to Tom/Dick/Harry                                 (+) Due to above, peaceful & serene

All in all, we had a great time living it up in the great outdoors before Baby T comes. If we can, we might try to squeeze in one last camping trip this summer. Fingers crossed!

Sunday we headed home to do some house maintenance and run errands before dining with Liz & Win. You might remember Win, one of Ryan's bfs/groomsmen/handy man, from past posts. Well his bride was visiting in NY so we took the opportunity to feast on some homemade BBQ at Memphis Mae's in Croton. A little hole in the wall place with dynamite entrees. And since Win refuses to come see us without making a stop at The Blue Pig, we enjoyed dessert outside to wrap up the weekend.

lagunitas for the fellas

What did you do that was "city-like" or "country-esque" this weekend?!