Carol Ott: 01/01/2008

Click Here for an 'Ode' to friends written by my friend Karla. The term was discovered by Amy reading a fashion magazine during our trip to The Black Hills ~ 4th of July 2002.

I met up with Jen, Shane and Craig last night for dinner in Jersey City. We went to LITM in Jersey City. We had a good time.

Restaurant Week is upon us! I will keep you posted on what I check out. :-)

I am working on the Finnegans Pub Crawl for St. Patrick's Day in MN. It will be on March 15th - I will be in MN March 13 through March 16th. I will let you know when the pub crawl tickets are available.

Ysabel stopped by on Sunday - She is holding her cookie high so Spike could not devour it. She is getting so big!

I came home from work and UPS delivered a package that got re-routed to my address and also my apartment. It was from Harry & David. I called Harry & David. They had the wrong address for this person and the street address, before the re-route did not exist. I asked if they were going to pick up the package. They said no and told me to enjoy the food and that they would contact the original buyer and figure it out. They thanked me for contacting them. What a great experience.

Lindsay and I met up on Saturday evening. Our main goal was to go someplace new. We met up around Times Square and headed to the East Village. We happened to come along an unbelievably awesome Italian Restaurant, Paprika where I enjoyed the best Gnocchi (Gorgonzola, Spinach and Walnuts).

We then wanted to check out PDT. It is known for having a great mixologist. To get into PDT you have to go through a phone booth at Crif Dogs. Outside of Crif Dogs in the East Village. How could we possibly miss this photo opportunity??? Hilarious!

PDT was recently written up in Time Out New York so needless to say it was packed and Lindsay and I didn't feel like hanging around. We then headed downtown to O'Hara's Pub in the Financial District. We were using a gift certificate that I had won during the Fireman Auction.

I met up Tuesday night with my friend Russell and Lindsay for dinner in the Meat Packing District.

I went to Brooklyn today to visit Kristin, Joe and the family. Jennifer, Shane, Ysabel and Rhys were also there. It was fun hearing about their trip to Italy. The kids play so nice together.

Ysabel and Kora

How cute is Kate in the red poncho????

Saturday ~ errand day

Friday night - I met up with some friends from work for a charity event in Hoboken.

Happy New Year!!

Spike and I flew back from Minnesota on New Years Eve. I went to Jersey City and hung out at Jen and Shane's place.

Bianca and Rhys ~ Bianca is the new nanny

Bianca and her friend were so great to Ysabel. They painted Ysabel's fingernails.

Ysabel the princess

Lara and Dana joined in the festivities

Sunday - Tom, Jean, JT, Sam and I brought dinner (homemade chicken enchiladas) out to mom and dads. It was great seeing them before I left.

Sunshine Factory for lunch - I met up with Troy, Renee, Andrea and Beth ~ It was great seeing everyone.

Sam being cheesy (enjoying one of Tom's very nice presents)

Spike and JT

Sam and Spike

Saturday - I went to Scott and Michele's house to set up their Select Comfort bed. I met Jenny Falk for dinner at Granite City in Maple Grove. We talked and laughed about Kim's latest googling activities.

Friday the 28th - It was my day to catch up since I was sick with a cold Tuesday - Thursday.
Breakfast - Calhoun Grill with Roland and Cindy (Heidi's sister)

Lunch - Met with Kim Dahlen, a college friend. We enjoyed a Caribou latte. (yum)

I met up with Karla, Buffie, Amy and Carolyn to celebrate Karla's birthday.

Amy and Carolyn being silly.

Ted and Amy

I was knocked out for 2 1/2 days with a cold.

Trying to get caught up on the web site. I had to adjust to a new digital camera.

Sam, David, JT and Ben ~ Christmas at Mom and Dad's house on December 24th.