Day 2.5 & 3

After a power nap we rallied to go to a highly recommended restaurant, Telepan. We arrived and even with a tiny baby in tow, the were very kind to us in this upscale restaurant. We all easily decided on the four course tasting menu for $55 (a veritable bargain, even by NY standards). I started with a foie gras appetizer, then a lobster pasta dish, a corn soufflé and dessert. I was in such a food coma I really don't remember what I ate.

At that point, John and I parted ways with the cousins and headed back downtown.

Our dear friend Michael Ross was playing guitar with a blues band in the West Village. After the first set we walked over to a tiny divey club where we heard another band play. John was excited because Sean Pelton, the drummer for Saturday Night Live was playing. t the end of the evening John spent a little time chatting him up and then we headed home.

Phew! All this and now finally Friday. We awoke to a rainy day and decided on a late breakfast (11:30) and the museum of natural history ( a la A Night At the Museum). I refrained from asking where Ben Stiller was, though I was tempted. Upon exiting the museum few hours later we found the rain had passed.

We decided to head over to herald square to check out the new road turned to parklet. John and I had a busy evening ahead of us: coffee with one of John's conductor bosses, meeting our friend Jimmy down onWall Street where john would sit in with the band,and meeting our friend Lisa!! So we met with Boco for coffee at a Starbucks (he has a gold Starbucks card!), then we headed to wall street- saw Jimmy, met Lisa, and after went to blue ribbon cafe for dinner at 11 pm! This town really never sleeps! Blue ribbon, aside from having amazing food, serves dinner until 4 a.m. This is where the chefs go when they are done for the night.

We ate and ate and ate and ate! Our waiter adjust come back from Oakland raving about Commis. He was thrilled to serve us. We started with oysters, then salt and pepper shrimp, john had the marrow, plus fresh baked bread, wine and... There was another dish in there somewhere. Phew. Again at 2 we headed home to refresh our batteries Nd prepare to eat some more.