Ethan's 30th Birthday

Ethan turned 30 yesterday and we celebrated over the weekend. Ethan's brother Matt flew up from VA and their cousin Joel drove over from NJ. On Friday, we went out to eat at restaurant/bar near Madison Square Garden called Stout. We watched the Indians/Red Sox game and had some good food.



The next day, we headed back into Manhattan. We stopped at FAO Schwartz ---that place is a zoo---complete with any kind of toy ever made. There were demo people showing how to play the toys (including someone getting really excited about a Dungeons and Dragons type game). There were people playing the lifesize keyboard--- you know, the one from the movie Big. It was fine when kids where playing and hopping on it...but once the 2 FAO Schwartz performers started playing, it was hard to watch.... a little too cheesy.

Here's the brothers at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. As you can tell, it was a beautiful, sunny day!



I had to include this shot. I spy with my little eye the Wizard of Central Park.



Saturday night, Matt, Ethan and I went out for Ethan's birthday dinner. I surprised E by getting reservations at Wild Salmon, a Pacific NW themed restaurant. The chef at Ray's Boathouse moved to New York and opened up this restaurant, complete with salmon dinners, Tillamook cheese and NW beers. Ethan was very excited and we had a great time at dinner. It was like being back home again...

Since yesterday was Ethan's actual b-day, I baked him a cake. We had a laidback night, went out for Italian, talked to family and that's about it. Turning 30 takes a lot out of you!