puppies!!!

i spent the weekend with one of these. em and her boyfriend bought a miniature english bulldog puppy on friday before our trip to the shore. he's adorable. (i'll put up real pictures of their pup when i can get my hands on one, we took a thousand but not with my camera. my camera was sitting at home and, therefore, missed all puppy picture opportunities. curses!)

the shore was uneventful. and by uneventful, i mean absolutely relaxing. someone decided to rent ghostrider and nacho libre. neither of which i'd recommend to anyone. i think eva mendes is quite possibly the worst actress of our time. feel free to leave other "worst actress" nominations in the comments if you disagree.

this week and next are restaurant weeks in nyc. you can get three course prix fixe lunch ($25) and dinners ($35) at a ton of restaurants in the city at which you'd usually spend much more to get the same amount of food. the bad thing is that the options may be a bit on the boring side as far as the courses go (think chicken entrees). all the same, if the restaurant is good, the food will still be a bargain.