weekend in brooklyn no. 4

We had lots of adult, responsible things keeping us busy this weekend -- sign lease (! more on that in a future post); work out our budget; errands, etc. But we still managed to squeeze in a bit of fun...

I went somewhere I've been dying to go ever since I came to New York. I'll give you a hint... can you guess where I was?

It's Big Gay Ice Cream Shop! This is the "Bea Arthur" -- vanilla soft serve, swirls of dulce de leche, all rolled in crushed Vanilla Wafers. In the background is the "Gobbler" -- vanilla with apple butter and bourbon butterscotch with pie pieces. I can't believe it took me so long to get to here. Best. Ice Cream. Ever. No lies.

I finished the book, The Book Thief, last week -- just in time to see the movie this weekend. Of course, the book was better (the book is always better), and you must read it if you haven't. But I don't care what Rotten Tomatoes says, the movie was really beautiful, too.

We also went to training class with Miss Pancake here.

She's having some lead issues, but she's doing good on her commands. I'm hopeful she'll soon be as consistently sweet as her name suggests!