On Tuesday night, Jes and I took a red-eye to JFK and we celebrated my 36th birthday in the Big Apple.  Jason had to go to class and Jia had work so Jes and I went exploring and found the halal cart that we went to 2 years ago.

It was just as delicious as we remembered with the cream sauce AND the extra-spicy sauce.  Mmm…

In the afternoon, we stopped at Jia’s office to get our eyes checked and I got a pair of new birthday sunglasses!  Woohoo!

Afterward, we got some ice cream from Chinatown Ice Cream Factory.  I love this place.

For dinner, we took the train to Brooklyn for a delicious steak dinner at Peter Luger.  We ordered the bacon with tomato and onion along with Steak for Two.  It was a huge slab of meat and enough for the 4 of us since we also ordered two baked potatoes.

For dessert, I was treated to a key lime pie, shlag (the whipped cream), and their famous gold coin chocolates.

I was happy happy happy on my birthday.