A nice quiet 4th

So yesterday we spent the entire day in the city. NYC is actually very nice and quiet on the big holiday weekends because everyone leaves. We hit the High Line which was really amazing. I will be taking the boys there the weekend the husband goes to Chicago with TK. Afterwards we met up with PF and DR at the Met. That is another place I'll be taking the boys as they have a huge collection of ancient Greek armor and weapons. We took in two exhibits- the Model as Muse and The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984. They were both interesting, I did recognize one of the artists in the Pictures exhibit as the husband has one of his photos hanging in our apartment.

Our older dog spent the day at the vet to get his teeth cleaned and the vet had to extract some teeth that had cracked and were decayed. So not he is a toothless, grumpy old Scottie. We were going to go into the city for a cookout this evening but he is definitely still out of it and the vet told us we need to monitor him for at least twenty-four hours.

Last night we had dinner in the new new gayborhood- that'd be Jersey City. We dined with JD and JW. The restaurant they picked, LITM, was very good. Our waitress was a bit out there but the service was good. The only thing I did not like was the dessert. I tried lavender creme brulee- gross, won't be eating that again.

This morning I actually went into the city and swam 1800 yards. I got lucky on catching a bus in and back from the city as the Saturday schedule is limited. There were no any hot guys of note but I did have a good swim.

We had lunch outdoors at a local place. Hoboken is going to be a mad house tonight. The fireworks are being done on the Hudson this year to celebrate Henry Hudson's 400th anniversary of sailing up the river. They have closed down a bunch of streets in Hoboken already. At our end of town all of the residential buildings closed their front drop off areas starting at 3 PM. I'm glad we are not going anywhere tonight other than the roof deck of our building. The fireworks start at 9:20. So they husband and I are making pizzas, having wine and then taking in the fireworks.


The boys are camping out in the backyard at their mom's tonight. I am very psyched my oldest got his grades back to where they were supposed to be so that he can text again.

No plans for tomorrow, hopefully just a nice lazy Sunday.