I had a superb weekend! 

First of all, its officially Fall.  Last week it was in the 80s but it has since completely dropped and Fall is in the air, as is rain and wind, which has coincidentally put a damper on my bike-riding high.  Feeling slightly discouraged by my freezing and drenched bike rides to and from class last week I invested in a Lululemon rain resistant/wind breaker.  The elements will harm me no more!  And my $2.25 New York subway boycott will continue.

I now have a bright tourquise jacket with oversized hood and a bright neon helmet (which I am now being recognized by in the elevator of my building- embarrasing?) 

I am pretty much as attractive as bike riders come.

In other exciting news this weekend was Pumpkin's coming out weekend! 

Puppy shots are done and socializing is to be had! 

Nate and I took her EVERYWHERE.  Walks on the east river, Stuyvesant Park, Union Square, Lululemon, Petco, Bagel Shop.  She got lots of dog treats and met lots of new friends (both human and canine).

And lastly I finally got to spend real quality time with Nate.  We've both been super busy and stressed with school and work, so we haven't really spent real time together in weeks.  

We discovered this AWESOME restaurant about 5 minutes from my apartment called Frank's Trattoria.  It's a cheap average pizza place on the outside but in the back there is this beautiful hidden, literally hole-in-the-wall restaurant with awesome pasta, warm bread, great service, and cheap prices.

Then Saturday night, Nate, being an avid reader of all things news and travel, mentioned an imfamous New York place he read about on St. Marks famous for their Egg Creams - a magical drink mixed with milk, selzer water and chocolate syrup.  Supposedly they are classic and this place, Gem Spa has the best in New York and has been making them for over 70 years.  So we decided to go!  Expecting this fancy creamery with spacious seating and lines filled with customers I was a little surprised when it turned out to be this: 

 

It looked for like a gas station mini-mart.  But the second we got inside everyone told us the Egg Creams were classic and very New York.  

Personally I thought they were kind of weird, but quit the experience. 

Now I'm back to the long week filled with class, assignments, grocery shopping, work, and puppy training class.  I really do hate the week.