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January - May 2021

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Hoboken

Day 1 Itinerary

Places visited: 380 Newark Street

Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Happy Virtual New Year! COVID style NYE at home - we made sweet potato chili, enjoyed some beers from our fall Vermot trip, and played Among Us with The Budnick’s! Not our typical NYE, but surprisingly more fun rah we expected 🎉🍻

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Union

Day 2 Itinerary

Places visited: Union

Union

Car-parade baby shower turned into a front lawn gathering to celebrate the impending arrival of Baby Bateman #3 hosted by Ashley and Katelyn. 🍩🍼

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Hoboken

Day 3 Itinerary

Places visited: 380 Newark Street

380 Newark Street

380 Newark Street

Valentines Day at home - homemade pasta in skillet chicken parm with Insignia wine ❤️🍷

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Vint Hill Farms, Washington

Day 4 Itinerary

Places visited: Mount Marshall Trailhead - Old Bust Head Brewing Company

Mount Marshall Trailhead

Mount Marshall Trailhead

Set out to do an out and back hike at Mount Marshall but didn’t make it very far because MC‘s new hiking boots started to give her blisters. Headed back to the car before they got too bad.

Old Bust Head Brewing Company

Old Bust Head Brewing Company

Post hike - we still decided to reward ourselves with some beers. Old Bust Head had a nice patio where we were able to joy enjoy their beers outside outside.

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Delaplane, Oakton, Waterford

Day 5 Itinerary

Places visited: Sky Meadows State Park - Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery - Vale Road

Sky Meadows State Park

Sky Meadows State Park

Hike number two of our March VA trip - this time at Sky Meadow State Park with Dad’s friend Jen. Despite a slow start (forgotten phone in the car!), this hike was completed successfully! 🥾

The hike started with a solid hill, and then the rest was relatively flat. MC had to switch into sneakers halfway through, but was prepared with Band-Aids so this time she was able to finish the hike!

Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery
Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery
Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery
Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery
Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery
Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery
Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery

Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery

Met up with Don, Ann, Stephanie and Jonathan at Wheatland brewery after the hike. We were originally going to use an igloo but it turned out to be a nice day so we sat outside at the picnic tables. Good selection of beer and really yummy panini‘s! Great way to finish off the afternoon!

Vale Road

Vale Road

When we got home, Dad got to work in the kitchen and made us some artisanal homemade bread! Delicious!

trip-journal-location
Clifton

Day 6 Itinerary

Places visited: Ghost Hawk Brewing Company

Ghost Hawk Brewing Company
Ghost Hawk Brewing Company
Ghost Hawk Brewing Company
Ghost Hawk Brewing Company
Ghost Hawk Brewing Company

Ghost Hawk Brewing Company

Celebrated Nrupen’s 40th birthday with some outdoor cupcakes and beers at Ghost Hawk in Clifton. Surprisingly, many north Jersey breweries aren’t child-friendly right now, but this one was - Pavan was able to run around the “dumpster chateau” (aka parking lot on the side of the building)! It was great to see friends after a cold, COVID/anti-social winter.

trip-journal-location
Hoboken

Day 7 Itinerary

Places visited: 380 Newark Street

TikTok Dinner Trends
TikTok Dinner Trends
TikTok Dinner Trends
TikTok Dinner Trends
TikTok Dinner Trends

TikTok Dinner Trends

Got on board with the TikTok baked feta trend 🤣

trip-journal-location
Hoboken

Day 8 Itinerary

Places visited: CVS

COVID Vaccine #1

One step closer to normalcy!

trip-journal-location
Hoboken

Day 9 Itinerary

Places visited: The Stewed Cow

Easter Brews

Easter Brews

Post run / failed grocery store visit brews from 902 Brewing.

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Union

Day 10 Itinerary

Places visited: Union

Union
Union
Union
Union
Union
Union
Union
Union
Union

Union

Return of Lapka “adult” Easter although there may be more kids than adults these days! A&E hosted a COVID-style Easter with friends including outdoor games (an egg decorating, spoon race, egg hunt , sack race relay race - we won but had to borrow Charlotte for our relay), food and trivia (of course Kevin won!). It was SO nice to see everyone and get back to traditions!

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New York City

Day 11 Itinerary

Places visited: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dad stopped in for a quick visit on his way to NY, so we spent the day in NYC at the Met. It was pretty empty at the museum, probably a combo of it being midweek and COVID. After a late lunch at Tamama, we headed home to relax and cook dinner at home.

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Livingston

Day 12 Itinerary

Places visited: barre3

barre3

barre3

Jess’s return to barre teaching after BB3 (aka Davin) was born! She taught a Friends & Family class which was most excellent! Rainy weather prevented us from grabbing brunch afterwards 😖

trip-journal-location
Hoboken

Day 13 Itinerary

Places visited: Hoboken

Hoboken
Hoboken
Hoboken
Hoboken
Hoboken
Hoboken
Hoboken
Hoboken
Hoboken

Hoboken

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