Adrien and I took a quick trip out to Portland for the weekend. The trip was planned to coincide with our friends Renee’s visit to Portland. We got to spend the weekend showing Renee the wonder city Portland it. Included in the trip: visiting the rose garden, taking a ride on the aerial tram, strolling through the Allred’s lush back yard, drinks from a-top big pink, and time with friends and family.

We acted like tourists today, taking a sailboat cruise that went down to the Statue of Liberty. It was great being out on the water. The heat wasn't nearly as bad on the water and there was a nice amount of wind both keeping us cool and keeping the boat moving. The boat was fairly small, there were only about 30 people on the boat, and the trip lasted about two hours. They had a selection of drinks, although unfortunately the only choice for beer was Bud Light and Budweisers.










Afterwards we went to Chelsea Market where we discovered there is now a Ronnybrook Milk Bar. Ronnybrook is my favorite dairy. We buy their milk and ice cream every week from the farmers market. The milk come in thick solid milk jars that are returned each week, well thats when we remember to return them. The milk bar sold all of milks, and ice creams, and multiple combinations of milk shake type drinks. They also had lunch and breakfast foods using their soft cheeses and local ingredients. The interior design was some of the smartest interior design I've seen in a while. It was hard to get any pictures though- just because it was so crowded. The walls were covered in milk crates, some of which came out to create more seating. The glasses were made from the milk jars, filled with milk so fresh there was a layer of milk fat on top.

Today went to one of PS1's summer Warm Up summer parties. It was hot and humid, but there was plenty of overpriced beer, bottled water and netted seating. The D.J.s were good, and luckily I didn't get too much of a sunburn.

As today is the Forth of July, Adrien and I did the most New York-patriotic thing we could think of- we went to Conney Island. Unfortunately we missed out on the international hot dog eating contest, but we still had plenty of fun walking the board walk, playing ski-ball, eating cotton candy and hot dogs (well I didn't eat any hot dogs, but Adrien enjoyed one of Nathan's Famous.)