We Found Our Favorite Restaurant in NYC

...only a half block from our apartment! Before we even moved to NY, we used Google Maps to scope out the restaurants around our place. We knew there was a nice looking Italian place in a converted drug store close by, but we had been saving a trip to Locanda Vini e Olii for something special, since it isn't cheap. But wow, it is great, and really authentic to what we've experienced in Italy. The owners, chef, and all the servers are Italian. The interior of the restaurant still looks like an old drug store straight out of the early 1900's. We had an amazing ricotta appetizer, two homemade pastas, Jer loved his duck, and I loved my beet and romano cheese salad, all accompanied by a lovely Valpolicella.

And why were we celebrating? I am 95% sure that I finally found my new job!! Since it isn't a done deal, I will simply say I likely will be the new Director of Civic Engagement & Service-Learning at a large university here in town, with more details will follow once I know them...