Saturday, two days before my birthday, a group of friends and I went to dinner at Esperanto in the East Village. It was a perfect night, cool and breezy, as we sat in the Brazilian-inspired eclectic restaurant. Fruity sangria, earthy black bean dip, sweet plantain chips, and lots of other interesting appetizers filled the table as we ate and talked for most of the night.
Monday I walked into class and Tracy (the expert baker) had made cupcakes for the class to celebrate - chocolate cupcakes with milk chocolate caramel icing! Being that we are in school at the "Natural Gourmet Institute", these cupcakes were made from fresh cream and eggs from the Farmer's market, high quality chocolate, organic whole wheat pastry flour, organic sugar, and pure vanilla extract. They were topped with organic sugar crystals colored red with fresh beet juice!
As if these weren't enough of a celebration, Monday night I met a few girls from Bible study at Serendipity! Of course we ordered the frozen hot chocolate - with 5 straws!
Nestled into a side street on the Upper East Side, the 2 story restaurant welcomes its diners to a "coffee shop meets sweet 16 birthday" decor and a cozy, utterly happy atmosphere. Everywhere you look, patrons are smiling, sighing, and looking just plain content. Us 5 girls definitely fit this mold, as we slurped the last drops from our monstrous cup of frozen hot chocolate.
The day ended with flowers and a starbucks gift certificate from Lindsay. I think it's a sign of true New Yorker to absolutely love and appreciate a Starbucks gift card - its like gold around here!
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