The Bridenstines -- Random Rants, Daily Dish and Seriously Silly Stuff

Tuesday, January 1, 2008 --- FLASHBACK: Art? Hidden Message? Bad Joke?

Is this Michael's idea of art? Has fatherhood driven him mad and he now thinks a bottle is really a fungus? Do you even care? The answer is that this is what a NYC restaurant brings you when you ask for some hot water to heat the baby's bottle! Or at least that's what we got this past Sunday when we went to an old deli on the Upper West Side. Hey, they've been around since 1908, so they must be going Old School. It just struck me as being so very random and funny. Mushrooms?!

Superhero-in-training Nicholas Bridenstine was accompanied by his mother, Grandpa and Grandma Matthews and tag-along Daddy this past Monday as we all treked around NYC. Here's a pic of them shooting a pic of us on the subway!

This is their first trip together to NYC and it's safe to say they're converts! [Not that they're gonna buy a summer home here or anything, but at least they don't think it's the NYC of Taxi Driver.] It was a busy three days, with trips to Equinox at Columbus Circle (Lori's work), John's Pizziaria, Times Square, Macy's, Empire State Building, etc. And Mr. Nicholas was pretty darn good the whole time. See him being very composed within the crazy confines of Macy's Cellar Cafe.

And below is a nice shot of lovely Lori, who by the way, has lost all but 5 lbs of her pregnancy weight! Wow-za! No more cankles, people, this woman is ready to go and rumor has it can get into her pre-preggo pants, if she doesn't button them. One more week of my cooking and she'll be a regular Karen Carpenter. I, on the other hand, don't think I'll see my tummy exit so easily. I'm thinking of a cross between an intense diet of broccoli rabe and a high colonic. Whatever it takes. Really. I'm serious. That or I'm gonna just get pregnant. Whichever is easier...

Labels: Grandpa and Grandma, mushrooms, Nicholas, NYC

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The Bridenstines consist of five sentient beings of various intellect, value and potential, specifically:

Lori -- Wife and mother, taking a government-sanctioned maternity break from her personal training gig to birth, rear and guide her son as he begins his life and ends hers, a.k.a. “eating the metaphorical bon bon.”

Nicholas -- Newest addition to the family, born happy, healthy and eager to start blaming his parents for ruining his life. Predicted first word – Why?

Brummie -- Elder female feline, happy with warm belly rubs and cold bowls of milk. Tabby in coat, Tiger in heart.

Maya -- Deadly-but-delicious younger putty tat, with a soft face to melt the hardest heart and a proclivity toward urinating on Mom and Dad while they sleep.

Michael -- Husband and father, busy writing, producing and directing the next great American sitcom, if at least in his head. Loves to multi-task while on the phone, often by dusting while yapping.