I have been back in the city for just over a week.  Really happy to be back with Elizabeth, and I am even getting comfortable with being here.  When I first returned to the city Elizabeth's father was out for a visit as well as to attend his nephew's wedding.  It was good to have him visit, and sooth some of his anxiety over his daughter living in Harlem!  Elizabeth has begun working in the emergency department, long days/nights full of interesting people and ailments(the guy with maggots in between his toes topping the list). We have ventured past, looking forward to going into, a few historical homes nearby.  One being Alexander Hamilton's country home, just a half-mile away or so, the other being a pre-revolutionary war home built in 1765.  Other notable experiences; encountered our first bootleg DVD seller on the subway, and then saw her again a few days later on the some train(must be her route), had our first NY Bagel(unfortunately H&H Bagels closed down in January), walked over the Brooklyn Bridge.  We found a relatively quiet pub in Brooklyn Heights to wet our whistles in, and were rewarded with a west coast brew on tap, Rogue Dead Guy.  We also discussed our waitress, she was personable, seemed to want to do her job, and asked a very rare question for the East Coast 'how are you?'.  So, we of course decided she was not from around her, and naturally assumed she came from the West Coast.  I had to ask, she wasn't from either coast but from Tennessee.  That was a good experience.

 Checking Elizabeth's ears for wax in the good sunlight of the Brooklyn waterfront.

 The cream cheese case at Absolute Bagel.

On the Brooklyn Bridge, with downtown in the back. 

She can't keep her lips off of me, Brooklyn Bridge and downtown in the back.