When the music was over, we headed out to Brooklyn to check out Barcade, a bar in Williamsburg featuring great microbrewed beers and about 15-20 classic arcade games that still only cost a quarter per play. Delicious drinks in hand, we were joined by friend and Brooklynite Allison Blum as we pumped quarters into Asteroids, Frogger, Donkey Kong, and Crystal Castle.
The next day started early with a visit to Williamsburg's own Egg, a one-of-a-kind restaurant which features free range eggs, local produce, and personal-sized french press coffee. We highly recommend this to anyone in the area looking for a great meal.
The party continued with a trip to my grandparents house on the Upper West Side, where we were joined by my father and serenaded by Grandma Lily's Shostakovich Preludes for Solo Piano. We definitely appreciated both her unique musical selection and the homemade barley and dill soup she served us! It was great to see them again and have a chance for everyone to meet.
After re-adding Lauren to the crew, the next stop was the supposed largest gothic cathedral in the world, St. John's Cathedral, just a few blocks north of my grandparents. We happened to enter just as the weekly tour of the organ was getting underway, and were lucky enough to hear the $6 million, century old beast in action. After the Q&A session, we were invited to go check out the manuals up close and personal. It was a quite a treat.
We bid farewell to my dad and headed back out to Long Island, where we were greeted by yet another great meal with Lauren's family, this time also accompanied by Lauren's Uncle John, Aunt Suzanne, and niece Maggie. We chowed down on delicious steaks and potatoes amidst conversation of mayor Bloomberg's security detail and then passed out cold for several hours, content as could be. Tomorrow will be a long day, with the 8 hour drive to Pittsburgh, hour long show, and immediate 3 hour drive to Cleveland. Tour!
Great trip! Fun to read only if we can just get away from worrying about the car.
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