here are some photos from our dinner at eataly. it was a lot of fun exploring the market and restaurant. it was a little confusing and there were many places to stand or sit down and eat. we had a lot of fun exploring and eating very good italian food.

my plane arrived at laguardia at five and kelsey and riley (there's a photo of them somewhere below) were waiting for me there. we got in the car and immediately headed to manhattan. we walked around madison square before heading for dinner. i took way too many photos of the historic flatiron building (also below) and of the beautiful buildings surrounding us. the details in the city are remarkable. i couldn't help but looking like the biggest tourist looking up and all around me to take it all in. although, i think even if i lived in new york i would do the same. there is so much, it would be impossible to know it all. i had already cut out so many photos, so it may take quite a few posts to share my entire trip with you, here are the photos from maybe my first thirty minutes in the city. don't worry, i started to take a little less as the week went on.

i mentioned in my last post that natalie and ian visited for the weekend. ian made us butternut squash risotto and it was delicious. he took over the kitchen and did all of the cooking, thanks again ian! i've never made risotto because it seems so intimidating, but it was so good i might have to give this recipe a try. afterward we grabbed frozen yogurt in fountain square.