Dad's 70th Birthday in NYC, Dec 2018

For my dad's 70th birthday this year, we all met in NYC and had a weekend full of good wine and food and company. Brunch on Saturday was at Union Square Cafe, a great place close to Jose and Erik's condo. After lunch we headed over to Downtown Brooklyn with Erik's dad Randy to check out Erik's current project. We oohed and aahed over the finishes, floor plans, and models. The birthday dinner was at il Buco, a fantastic Mediterranean-Italian restaurant (click that link to go to the website, the top photo is the table where we sat!) Everything was delicious, but the highlight of the meal was the 40-ounce ribeye special that we all shared. It was definitely one of the best steaks I've ever had. And we totally devoured it! We also gave Dad a photo album that Jose put together with our two weddings (17 years apart!) bookending the family photos. On Sunday, we toasted Dad's birthday with champagne, then Veronica gave a recorder concert for him. For lunch we went to Rosa Mexicana where we met Janay and Maurice, who coincidentally were visiting NYC for Maurice's birthday that weekend. Janay is a friend of mine (and Adrian's and Jose's) from TJ and we hadn't seen each other since early 2012! It was great to catch up, but the time was entirely too short! Happy 70th birthday Dad/Lilong!

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