It’s time for the Best Day of the Year in NYC! I’ll be in Wave 2 in this year’s New York City Marathon | @nycmarathon which kinda sucks as that means a later start and, more importantly, a later finish which means a longer wait for that delicious Gray’s Papaya dog.

The product on the field in the second half of the season was atrocious - thankfully, the product going into my stomach was on point.

Brunch at St. Anselm | @stanselmbk - great to see them reopen after the fire last fall.

Woke up at 7 am and snagged a 5 pm resy on… Resy for Lei | @lei.wine - seeing folks added to the wait list for the evening throughout my time there, I totally lucked out on this one.

A wonderful couple of Sundays eating and drinking my way through the US Open | @usopen.

Summer doesn’t (un)officially end without a visit to the US Open | @usopen during Labor Day Weekend.

I braved the TM queue and managed to get a ticket for Louis Armstrong Stadium on the newly-added first Sunday at the US Open | @usopen.

A wonderful time eating and drinking my way through NYC between Independence Day Weekend and through Labor Day Weekend.

To paraphrase Captain America singing in a musical…

I can dumpling all daaaaaaaaayyy! 🎶

Ahead of seeing Japanese Breakfast take the stage at Brooklyn Paramount, some food and drinks in Downtown Brooklyn were had.

Citi Field rafters: I got 5 on it 🎶

A wonderful time eating and drinking my way through NYC between Memorial Day Weekend and Independence Day Weekend.

As a Midtown office worker drone, pre-theatre drinks and bites at The Elgin | @elginnyc is a solid option.

Cocktails had over several visits to Attaboy | @attaboy134.

Homestand number six on the season started out well enough with the Mets sweeping the Nats, of which I was in attendance for two of the three wins. The rest of the six-game homestand with three against the Rays? The less said, the better.

On an absolutely sub-drenched day where the thermometer nearly hit 90°, Chez Ma Tante | @chez_ma_tante and Natoora | @natoora threw a delightful street party filled with skewers, drinks, and fresh fruits.

50:09 for this year’s New York Road Runners | @nyrr Queens 10K - that’s not great but a 26:03/24:06 which is a very nice negative split. I won’t dwell on how much I left in the tank when I finished because I honestly wasn’t sure how much I had in the tank to begin with.

The fifth homestand of the season saw the Mets go back to their winning ways, winning all four games I was in attendance for, bringing me to 12-3 at Citi Field for the season. Sure, it helped that three of the games were against the Chicago White Sox and the Colorado Rockies but that other one? That would be against the defending World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers!