NYC Saturday night, pre- NYC 1/2 Marathon

Wow. What a weekend. I think we are both still in a state of shock that this moment has come and gone. It was only months ago we first had a conversation with the PKD Foundation about getting the 10th position on the team to run the NYC 1/2 marathon. (See the New York Road Runners allow certain charities to run but they limit the # of runners.) We got the last spot. By we, I mean my husband who has never run a race before in his life. He started training right after Christmas and before we knew it, it was race day. We have been so blessed by the support of our family and friends that we were able to raise over $3,500 for the foundation thus helping the team raise just under $14,000 in total. Pretty awesome.

So the moment was finally upon us. We headed to the city during the foggy rainy saturday to pick up his bib # at the Expo, we checked into our hotel (a bit old school) The Salisbury, but it turned out to be PRIME location. Just two blocks south of the race entrance and only feet away from the 10K marker.

I had written Sal (my old college acting professor) last week for his best recommendation for the perfect italian dinner before race day. He said he knew the place. Pepolino's. & for me to call, ask for Enzo and tell him Salvatore sent me. We were in for 6:30pm reservations that night. It was all of that and more. The atmosphere of this quaint and adorable little restaurant on the corner of canal and broadway was exceptional. The service was terrific. The food, out of this world. We started with a pear & endive salad and a smoked cheese and eggplant melanzane. I had to ferrotto special of the day with homemade italian sausage and plum tomato and Mike had the braised rabbit fettucini. We finished with the homemade ricotta cheesecake that does literally melt in your mouth and is by far the best dessert I have ever tasted in my life. (& yes...that is MY martini.) Delicious.