Espresso Cookies and More NYC Holiday Fun

Last night I baked these Espresso Crinkle cookies. It was a new recipe so I wasn't sure how the cookies would turn out, but I think the pictures speak for themselves. They were amazing. And dairy-free, too!




Today when we left the apartment, we came across this little red-eyed snowman chillin' on the street. (Okay, pun intended.) Here he is, pictured with my mom's snowboot for scale:


I went uptown in the afternoon to visit the Museum of Natural History with Lael. There are two big evergreen dinosaurs holding wreaths at the entrance. They're both covered in lights, although you can't tell in the sunlight.


This was the first year that I've seen the museum's origami tree, which has a different theme each year. This year's theme is Origami, A to Z and features animals arranged by letters of the alphabet. The stars at the top of the tree were part of a mobile that slowly rotated.

Lots of letters, lots of animals

G is for gorilla and giraffe!

View of West 76th Street from Lael's apartment