Mandy and Ray’s anniversary/goodbye Greenpoint brunch on Halloween
My favorite coupled pals are leaving la petite Pologne for la piccola Italia in a few weeks. The distance between boroughs and even neighborhoods seem to be continents away in New York, which is kind of ridiculous. And I am completely guilty of being the typical NY person who makes every excuse in the world not to go across the bridge. I hope their moving will inspire me to venture out more outside of North Brooklyn.
Cornmeal battered fried tomatoes, tofu scramble, and pumpkin pancakes.
Saturday also happened to be their wedding anniversary. We all got together over brunch to celebrate, and bid farewell to their current apartment. Everything Mandy prepared was awesome. My contribution, in spirit of a sort of Halloween, was the pumpkin pancakes. It worked out well with Mandy’s fruit topping.
New favorite pastry to try out later: Cinnamon rolls with puff pastry dough, chocolate, dried cherries, and crème fraîche topping.
A bit too much food, seeing a bunch of friends, a nap, and hanging with a group of people who make me proud to be with them. All in all, Halloween was great.
