OK Pho
So yesterday- Painted the ceiling in the cottage, am going up there soon as I finish this to do the second coat. Then I’ll install the light fixtures and ceiling fan. Then G came up and we had a nice afternoon, just relaxed in bed and veged out. Last night drove all the way to Poughkeepsie as she found that they have a vietnamese place there and we have been wanting a nice bowl of pho for some time now. Went on Mapquest and got directions, drove up there and believe it or not there were 2 places within a half a block of each other.
The first one we tried Saigon Cafe was Zagat rated and supposed to be good. Well the spring rolls weren’t that great and the pho was too sweet. We split vitenamese steak and I liked, she didn’t. So don’t ask me why, but after driving all that way, I just had to try the place up the street also, it was much bigger, maybe 15 tables compared to 6 in the first place, and more of a restaurant atmosphere. The pho was better, but they still used wider noodles, almost like pad thai, rather then the very thin vermicelli that in mind is the only proper noodle for pho. So to sum it all up, you need to go to Mulberry street downtown to get really good vietnamese cuisine. The place I love is called Pho Viet Huong at 73 Mulberry St. in Manhattan and I wrote about last time I went there and have pictures too, in this post- so I won’t go on and on about it. If you are in NYC’s Chinatown, do yourself a favor and stop in and try it, you won’t be disappointed.
So we kinda had a discussion/argument about all kinds of heavy stuff on the way home, then G went home, and I called her to make sure she got in OK, it was raining and foggy as all hell last night. We talked for a good hour until she fell asleep on the phone, then I went to sleep. Relationships are hard, when you’re really in it and you really work on stuff, but I love her with all my heart and it’s worth it, even if it is painful at times. We talked again this morning, and now I’m drinking my morning coffee and writing this! I’m going to go turn the space heater on in the cottage to warm it up so I can paint. I’ll surf and add some cool links and a post tonight. Oh yeah, how’s that war going? And can people click the “view my guest map” button on the link bar and PLEASE post a pin where they live?? Pretty please?
