Brooklyn...

Hi Everyone,
I hope everyone is good!
We had a lazy sunday! We got up and headed into Park Slope in Brooklyn to have brunch. After walking in the wrong direction I finally found the place that we wanted to go. This was a cafe I went to with my parents and jen, they do really good brunch for $12.95 that includes unlimited champagne, mimosa or bloody marys!!!
For the record so we don't have to hunt for this place again, this cafe is called Sottovoce and its on the corner of 7th Ave and 4th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. I had eggs benedict and Rob had omelette! We both had lots of champagne as well! I still cannot believe this only cost us 6.50 pounds each!!! Bargain! IT WAS SOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!
After that we headed along 7th Avenue having a look into lots of shops, picking up bits and bobs (prezzies) as we went along!!! We got a cup of coffee in a place called Ozzie's and headed to have a wander around Prospect Park. If I remember correctly Prospect Park was designed by the designers who designed (sorry! lol) Central Park, however they had learnt from any mistakes they felt they had made in Central Park so Prospect Park is reported to be better. It was really cold (and we weren't really dressed for cold weather) so we had a wander around but not a huge one. The park seemed less 'designed' and less segmented than central park. I liked it a lot. It felt like more of a retreat than Central Park, less stylized and more relaxed! The meadow takes up more of the park so I suppose it feels more integrated. I liked it alot.
After this we headed back to Ozzie's for some tea, this was really nice and we made a few lists of things we need to get done before we come home! Only 4 full days to go! We thought about going to a place called 'The Farm on Adderley' a restaurant in Newkirk but I couldn't remember if this was expensive or not so we decided to go and have a drink in St Mark's Place (back in Manhattan) and then work out dinner from there.
After our drink and a look around St Mark's Place (including a comic book store) we went over to Soho/Greenwich Village (it was right on the border) to a place called Arthor's. This place is up with Lombardi's as the rough guide's best pizza 'pies' in the city. I have to say... it does NOT beat Lombardi's. The pizza was good but Lombardi's has a better sauce and base, also the place in general was really really dark. It was however very nice that they played live jazz while you eat. But even the jazz does not push this restaurant into Lombardi's league! lol!
All in all a really lovely day. Tomorrow we are hitting Chinatown, Soho and Little Italy! I'm very excited! We've decided to break through the dumpling barrier and go to the excellent dumpling house at lunch time. I think this has to be done in order to allow me to eat dumplings again! lol! I'll report on our day tomorrow... although we are going to Lombardi's tomorrow so I maybe too full to type! lol!
Lots of Love,
Sarah xxx