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United Nations

September 26, 2012Leave a comment

With all the hustle and bustle over the visitors to the UN (Obama, Agmadinejad), and road closures due to it, midtown has been a little crazy the past couple days. My friend Erin and I decided to walk over to the UN at lunch and watch the important people walk by! We ended up finding a raised park that overlooked the UN and stayed there enjoying the view instead of our normal lunch stroll…

And like the grownups we are, watching the important officials walk by…we had ring pops…

This is why we work for magazines and not the State Department.

Yesterday was also Rondo’s first day at puppy day care. It may be the best thing that has happened to Jay and I in months. We got home last night, he ate dinner, waited for Jay at the door, and then he was OUT for the rest of the night. Yes!!

This morning though, he was back to his hyper self. I got out of the shower to this scene…lovely boy.

At least he is using those long legs for something!

Nada

September 24, 2012September 24, 2012Leave a comment

This weekend we did a whole lot of nothing! After all of the traveling and weekends apart we were both looking forward to a weekend of napping, movie watching, and cuddling the pup…which is exactly what we did!

Saturday Rondo and I went to a new park by the river…check it out…

You could walk right into the river if you wanted! Naturally, Rondo gave this his best effort.

Jay and I went on a date to Sea that night and ordered enough for 6 people. The food was incredible and we had a tasty lunch the next day with all those leftovers.

(my attempt at a braid across my hair for dinner)

Then, like I said, lots and lots of napping, movies, snuggling, and an annoying amount of pictures with the pup…

On Sunday Rondo got to play with his new best friend Frank (which means I got to play with Frank’s mama Chelsea! yay!) Here are the two little guys together:

So cute and afterwards soooo tired and a little sulky because his friend left…

Now it’s back to another work week at Rolling Stone… I miss the weekend!

Subway Stranger

September 21, 2012September 21, 2012Leave a comment

This morning I was running a little bit late to work (shock!). When I got up the steps to catch my train there was a long line and of course, my train was pulling up and I was going to miss it…but then, the guy 4 people in front of me goes “are you all this train, here go ahead, I get the J” and let us go ahead of him so we could make the train. I just made it! I don’t know who this subway stranger was but he made my day. Thank you for restoring my faith in NYC stranger!

Last night we had a great time at Dr. Dog and Delta Spirit. Central Park is maybe my favorite place to see shows at this point…

Our delicious dinner at John’s…

And of course a pic of the babe yesterday…I mean, could he be more adorable?!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Festival

September 20, 20121 Comment

As usual, another busy week here in NYC. Monday Jay and I went to see The Master. It was fantastic! I had a quick dinner alone at Grey Dog before meeting him and had the best chicken sandwich in existence. See proof below…

Tuesday Jay cooked dinner (thank you thank you Jay) and he let me watch The Vow. Best. Night. Ever. (ha). Here’s Rondo on Tuesday after stealing my hair tie. Guilty much?

Wednesday for my friend’s birthday we went to the San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy at lunch. We both had massive sausage sandwiches (regretted that later) and walked around checking out all the vendors…

Then happy hour with friends last night, which turned into way later night than expected and a nice headache this morning. Whoops. Oh yea, and more guilt from this guy…

Tonight Jay and I are seeing Delta Spirit and Dr.Dog in Central Park. Like I said earlier, busy week!

New do!

September 17, 2012September 17, 2012Leave a comment

I can’t believe the weekend is over…it went way too quickly. Friday Rondo and I went to visit M&D in NJ for the night. Mom and I had tasty breakfast went on a hike with Rondo, did some shopping, got to Trader Joe’s (yay!), and dyed my hair. Rondo loves being in the grass so much, I feel bad bringing him back to the city.

I came home Saturday for a good friend’s birthday, and had a lazy Sunday before Jay got back from Cape Cod. I baked cookies, made chicken & rice dinner in the crock pot, watched Bachelorette, and took a long walk around the neighborhood with the little guy.

My favorite is the one of Rondo on the porch. While I was putting away clothes he decided to take the bathroom mat onto the balcony for more comfortable sunbathing…that is how I found him. Too funny.

And here is the new hair…I love it!

Officially NY

September 13, 2012September 13, 2012Leave a comment

Well, it’s official, I am a resident of NY. Goodbye NJ license (hopefully not forever). Even though I have been here for years now (don’t tell NY please), I just now got around to switching over since it’s about to be voting time.

This made me think of all the great, and horrible, times driving in NJ…amazing summers with friends, rides to the beach, great adventure, cruising around town, taking my dog everywhere with me…and of course the bad experiences driving which I will not mention…they were bad…real bad.

Either way, I am now part of NY for good. And though it can make me feel a little…

I have a wonderful life in NYC (graffiti by my apt).

For example, last night we saw Yeasayer (one of my favs) in Central Park…

Today I had the most amazing pizza ever…

And of course, most importantly, I come home to these guys which makes NYC actually feel like home…

Shake Shack!

September 7, 20121 Comment

Yesterday was a junk day! At lunch I went to FAO’s Candy store and filled a bag with jaw breakers and rock candy, then for dinner Rondo and I had Shake Shack with Lauren. Delicious day, but not a healthy one! We met Lauren in Madison Square Park for some burgers, fries, and a doggy peanut butter sundae for Rondo. He was really into it…

Before dinner Rondo ran around in the dog park there (a nice one!) and then we had a great time eating, catching up with Lauren, and enjoying the last bit of summer. Here are some pictures from yesterday…