November Fun! Gobble, Gobble!

Mom and dad Robb came to visit for Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time visiting Brighton Beach, Coney Island, shopping at Macys! The best was Dave Brubeck at the Blue Note! An incredible night~

Thanksgiving served~

Dad carved the bird...yes a turkey.

Snoopy danced on the heads of spectators!

Macy's Day Parade was perfect!

Our latest adventure in theater was American Buffalo starring John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer and Haley Joel Osment. It had mixed reviews. We enjoyed it!

Happy Halloween!

New York is the place to be for Halloween!

Fletch and a box of Woodbridge wine hit the town on Saturday!

The Village parade was packed! Manhattan was filled with Halloween hoopla!

Park Slope had a kiddles costume parade!

WesterFeelies Visit

Westerfeelies took on NYC! Rain or shine... they hit the streets!

Central Park Pumpkin Harvest...Dead Sea Scrolls...Greenwich Village...DUMBO...Park Slope...Brooklyn Bridge...Times Square...

Natural History Museum...Prospect Park...and a delicious bagel (from La Bagel Delight) with cream cheese, onion, and tomato...

They even figured out we could the Statue of Liberty from our kitchen window! (it's small, but it's there!)

Broadway or Bust!

Some people run the New York Marathon...we're walking Broadway. All of it! 13.3 miles! Saturday we took on the tourist section. Our trail head started at Wall Street. Well the stock exchanged hasn't turned around. RIP. At Bleecher we had to break away from the crowd. 1.5 miles! Yay! As we turned down Bleecher Chad spotted Salman Rushdie heading to a Barack Obama rally for writers.

A Must See!

Come to New York! If you can't... it's going on a national tour starting August 2009. This is an amazing production! It's 3 1/2 hours long but felt like one! When it ended, we wanted more. It's a dark comedy that will make you laugh, cry and shout just like the characters.
Osage County

Specs and the City!

The Daily News said it perfectly! Sarah Palin was in New York this week. The Daily had their own fake Sarah Palin running around NYC! Here's some links:
Gothamist
Daily News

Goodbye Old Apple!

This weekend marks the end! The Mets final regular season game is Sunday! A report just came out that the old home run apple will NOT follow the Mets to Citi Stadium. In fact, a new apple will be made but the hat will placed in the new stadium. Tears. As one blogger on ESPN stated,"We loved her to the core!"
Shea Stadium

Yankee Stadium Bases Only $1,500!

Yankee Stadium ends its long run this weekend. Sunday is the last game. If want Yankee items it will cost you. A urinal is $3,000. Bases $1,500. For ballpark seats click here:
Ballpark Seats
The Bensons came out in August for a Red Sox game. Monument Park was packed but we managed to sneak in! The Yankees lost but we got to see the old ballpark one last time.

Kissing Summer Goodbye!

Elin,Ethan,Chad and I went to the MET rooftop garden to officially end summer! It was an incredible day! The MET was overwhelming. I swear they have more Egyptian artifacts than Egypt. Great modern art collection!

Some Pictures from Egypt!

The camel is smiling too!

The old traditional tourist shot.

I loved the colors and patterns at the bazaars!

First day of school and other stuff!

September is here! Where did summer go! Chad had his first day of teaching on Tuesday. The kiddos at NYU are eager youngsters. I started at PS 11 in Chelsea. A world of difference from Bed-Stuy! Student run farmer's market, music class that includes guitar lessons and a science lab. Here are some August highlights:
Chad and some folks went to Levon Helm's house for the famous ramble. Levon's house is a wooden mountain man's dream castle. They also took a side trip to see Big Pink.
While at ramble I was in Egypt seeing every temple in the country. Amazing. I'll spar you the 560 pictures.
Big Pink

Cyclones vs. Staten Island Yankees

Medieval Night at Keyspan Park! Sword fights, knights and everything that the Medieval Times entertainment center in New Jersey could offer the Cyclone fans.

Pat Venditte,the Staten Island Yankees star pitcher did not play. We were disappointed because he wears a special glove so that he can pitch using the right or left. However, King Henry (the Cyclones host) brought all kinds of excitement as usual. Miss New York made a visit and the Beach Bums (summer Cyclone Interns)lead the crowd in cheers.

Count the Calories

So we head out to see a Cyclones baseball! Excited to eat peanuts, drink a beverage and have a hot dog at the old ballpark! However, we were faced with sticker shock! No, not by the price but calorie count. On every item! I won't share with you how much a bag of peanuts will pack on the pounds. It's not pretty. Putting calorie stickers on every item in restaurants is New Yorks new thing! Thanks, Kristi for sending this link!
Sticker Shock Article

Off to Seattle

Here are the highlights from our trip! We miss you Seattle!

We rented a house in the mountains with our friends! We went on a hike through the woods to find the lost city of Wellington! Enjoyed putting together the world's most difficult jigsaw puzzle, Boggle battles, Apples to Apples and spending lots of time with people we miss!!

Olympic Music Festival: Violin, Viola and Cello performance in the barn!

Hurricane Ridge! Love the Mountains!

Tide-pooling at Salt Creek Campground! Yes, we actually camped!

The moody Pacific Ocean!

Lake Quinault Resort

Siren Music Festival

D.C. Friends
95 degrees did not stop us from heading out to see music. Epstein and his friend from D.C. drove up for the Coney Island Siren Music Festival. Broken Social Scene performed with 100% energy! Even with a drummer recovering from heat-stroke.
Carni Game

End to a 95 degree Day

New York Philharmonic in Prospect Park

We headed down to Prospect Park for the summer New York Philharmonic concert. The sky was incredible and the weather was actually cool. Fireworks ended the evening. The encore was chosen by the audience via texting! So high-tech!

The Breeders at McCarren Pool

Where else can you play dodge ball, relive your childhood cruising down a slip-n-slide and listen to live bands! McCarren Pool the greatest venue ever. Basically, it's a old pool that's filled with concert goers instead of water. Chad and I went for the Breeders but fell in love with Kim and Matt (a high energy Brooklyn band).

Cyclones Loose to the State College Spikes

On Saturday we were back at Keyspan Park! The Cyclones saluted Billy Joel, had motorcycles circling the diamond but could not pull out a win. Loosing to State College put a hurting on their standings.