NYC ~ Expanding our worlds!

We had such a fantastic trip to the city. It fulfilled our desire for *more* at this time in our lives. We're usually quite content to be at home and do what we love to do at home and around our area...but my spirit was longing for something bigger and it turns out everyone else's was, too.

Jake got to fulfill his desire to go to the Guggenheim, which Sam had complained about earlier (added to his complaints about all the walking we had to do...). But once we got there, we dispersed in the gallery room that held the classic paintings by the famous artists, and Sam would come up to me and ask, "Did you listen to the story behind number 39 over there? Van Gogh painted that a week before he killed himself...he was in a mental institution then." and "You should listen to that one...Picasso painted it before he got into Cubism..." and such...

It was one of those *living is learning* moments that made me do the Snoopy Dance of Joy!

Another highlight was going to one of Mario Batali's restaurants, Otto, with our friends that live in Greenwich Village (Adele, Geo and Emily). Sam is an aspiring chef and we love watching Mario at work on the Food Channel, especially on Iron Chef America.

We also went to the Chelsea Brewpub and met our friends Xina, Tim, Cedric and Stella there. Xina's brother is the brewmaster there and the beer was GOOD!! We got a tour of the place, but the most fun was just hanging out in this wonderful brewpub right on the Hudson River and watching the Super Bowl (Sam said he liked shouting really loud in a public place!) with some friends.

Oh, the FOOD we ate while in New York!! We're STILL recalling the incredible flavors...and we can't wait to go again to EAT some more!

Everything about our trip was just absolutely wonderful and definitely Unschooling/Life at its best!