JWtDO - Part 2

Did I mention caching? Of course we cached. I tease Sean about being the cache junkie in the family but I'm probably just as bad. After all, I was the one who loaded the Manhattan maps and caches onto the GPSr. The one thing we didn't really consider was the difficulty in getting a good signal in the "canyon" of tall buildings. Which explains why there aren't far more caches in NYC.


We did, however, manage a few fun ones in Central Park (CP Guardian, Swamp Gas, In the Ramble, and Lakeside View) and a geeky-tourist webcam cache in Times Square (see pic above). All-in-all, not bad for a couple of out-of-towners.


We also managed a pilgrimage to Washington Square Park so Sean could get his chess fix. After walking around for awhile he finally talked himself into a game with one of the resident players. Eric was very friendly and...well...normal. (Forgive me, but some of the regulars there are a tad...um, eccentric.) After two games Sean had a loss and a win and was content to walk away. I'm not normally a chess spectator but these were two very fun games to watch.

Dinner on Friday night found us acting like a pair of foodie-wannabes. We looked up Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles restaurant. I've never been to a French restaurant, per se, so I thought this might be interesting. (At this point, I'll take a page out of Sean's blog....)

Restaurant: Les Halles, Park Ave., NY, NY

Avg. Cost of entree: $24
When: Friday, September 16th, 2005.
Who: Sean & Jo
Our Order: Filet de Boeuf Bearnaise (beef tenderloin, bearnaise) and Tranche d'agneau grillee aux herbes (lamb steak w/fresh herbs) both of which are served with a generous side of pomme frites

Review:

• Look & feel: Large open room, noisy, bustling. Not for that romantic quiet dinner gazing into each others' eyes.
• Unexpected: Who knew fries could possibly be so good?
  
• Would I come back?: Absolutely
• Dress: Business casual - casual
  

Recommendation:

We had an incredible dinner here. Of course there were no Chef Bourdain sightings (although, we found out later that he'd been in the restaurant earlier in the week) we thoroughly enjoyed our dinners. The meat was cooked perfectly and tasted wonderful (although the lamb was a tad garlic-y). The wine selection was nice and the Pinot Noir we chose with our entrees was very nice. All-in-all an excellent meal.