New Jersey Adventures

I went back to New Jersey with Matt about a week before my flight. We got in on Wednesday, and mostly just chilled on Thursday. His mom has an at-home daycare for kids ranging from babies to maybe 4 or 5 years old, on average, and they are all so cute. Friday we went into the city. First we checked out a Filipino restaurant I found online, which was good but of course nothing like home cooking. Then we went to the Met and walked around a bit, followed by a stroll through Central Park and dinner nearby at an Italian restaurant. Then we went to a small bakery I also found online that was known for its cookies – and with good reason! One cookie cost a whopping 3.50 but it was definitely worth it. For one thing the cookies each weigh 6 oz, and they are rich, gooey, and pretty much these giant chunks of goodness. Saturday we went with his family to visit his grandmother, and his aunt and uncle and cousin were there too. She lives by a lagoon, so I learned how to fish and caught my first fish!! I think it was called a bluefish. I think Sunday we mostly stayed in because I had started to get sick, which is not a good thing to do before flying. Matt took me to Enza’s for dinner, the restaurant where his parents went when they were first dating. They have the most amazing, authentic Italian food, since it’s run right out of someone’s home. Then we took his sisters out for dessert to Bischoff’s, an ice cream place where you can actually be seated and just order from an entire menu of sundaes, floats, and more. Monday was mostly errands, buying last-minute things I needed as well as getting my last Jamba Juice for a while and doing a bit of shopping at the Garden State Plaza :)