March 2011 |

New York – Days 2 & 3

March 31, 2011

RECAP THE REST OF OUR TRIP: HERE, HERE, & HERE

Friday Summer took off work to show us around the city. It was so nice having her with us that day! We started out at Dean & Deluca. I’ve always wanted to go there. I used to watch Felicity on TV and I remember her working there in NYC and the food always looked delicious!

Look at all those fresh veggies

And the chocolate oh my!

Pretty flowers

We also saw ground zero. It’s a big construction zone right now. I can’t believe it’s been almost 10 years since 9-11. It’s crazy how much progress they’ve made and how different everything looks now. In the museum they had pictures of all the debris after the towers fell and it was a complete disaster! It was nice to see something positive going up in a place where such devastation had taken place.

Gone but never forgotten.

New building going up in corner of ground zero

The above is a model of what the memorial will look like when finished. The two pools are where the towers stood. Everyone who died on 9-11 will have their names engraved on the site.

A beam from one of the towers in the shape of a cross found after it fell

We also had a carriage ride around Central Park. We got in the purple carriage….GO TCU!!!

Summer & I

Summer feeding the horse a carrot 🙂

Visiting FAO Schwartz toy store

Next Up :

TIMES SQUARE

Summer & I warming our cold selves with a cup of hot chocolate!

Next Up:

CHINA TOWN / LITTLE ITALY

Uhm…not so sure I would eat this?

Fishy Fishy

Little Italy

Headed back to Summer & Adam’s to get ready to go to the airport 🙁

Such a sweet couple

We love ya’ll!!!! Thanks for the best trip ever 🙂

This is the view from their rooftop.

Isn’t it amazing how you can see the Brooklyn Bridge in the background?

New York we had a great visit….until next time….

xoxo

Becky & Terence

New York Day 1 – Part Two

March 30, 2011

After we got off the ferry from the Statue of Liberty we met up with my friend Maria. She took a train from New Jersey to come see us. Maria and I have known each other since I was in the 4th grade. I was best friends with her younger sister Jennie growing up. Her Mom used to drop us all off at school together. It broke my heart when they moved back to New Jersey from Arkansas 🙁 It was so good seeing a familiar face and I so enjoyed our visit with my little Italianista Maria!

Meeting at Madison Square Gardens

Maria suggested we eat lunch at Eataly

It’s a restaurant that Mario Batali started and it was such a cool place!

There were seven different Italian restaurants/eateries in Eataly to choose from. We ate at the pizza and pasta one. It was delicious!

Flat Iron Building

Empire State Building

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

30 Rock

The famous Magnolia Bakery

walking…walking…walking…

View from Top of the Rock

Central Park

Terence finally building up the courage to look over the ledge…he’s a weenie!

This room was pretty cool! When you moved and danced the colors on the walls and ceiling would jump around. I felt like we were in a Nintendo game!

The next Apprentice 🙂

I don’t own any Tiffany, but maybe someday! ha..ha..

Look at these Louis Vuitton shoes???

They were all hatching out of eggs. It was a pretty cool window display.

The Plaza Hotel

The Apple store

I thought this was a cool shot! You go underground in a clear elevator to get to the store.

Dylan’s Candy Bar

A chocoholics dream I tell ya!

The staircase to Heaven….

Of course we HAD to have some frozzzen hot chocolate from Serendipity3

But wait there’s more…..tomorrow…..

Love ya’ll!!!!

Thanks for all the sweet comments on the pictures!

New York Day 2 – Part One

March 29, 2011

I am going to split day 2 up into two parts. Our second day in New York was probably one of the busiest. We got up early Thursday morning, got coffee, then headed to Wall Street and to see the Statue of Liberty. Here are some of the pictures from the day….

(Note: I am still recovering from all the walking we did and getting back home from vacation. I know we wore poor Summer out on this trip! ha ha! We are all plum tuckered out! I think I did 5 loads of laundry when we got home. It sure was good to see my Connor boy though and next time hopefully he can come too and meet the B’s future kiddos 🙂

Wall Street was actually a lot smaller than we both had imagined. It’s a very cute cobblestone street full of people hustling and bustling about. I imagined a four lane freeway or something like that, but in reality it was a narrow, quaint little street that just happens to be a financial capital in the world. Lots of $$$ on this street and major businesses stood side by side.

Trump Tower

New York Stock Exchange

American Express Building

Terence with the bull on Wall Street

I’m not sure how I got the back end here….everyone was blocking the front!

The Sphere that used to stand in the World Trade Center

A hot dog cart

Terence tried a hot dog and said it was “okay”. I had a pizza filled pretzel and it was pretty good!

The entrance to get on the ferry to see the Statue of Liberty

On our way…

There she is 🙂

Inside the base of the Statue of Liberty

Life size model of her face

The evolution of Lady Liberty

Life size model of her foot

192 steps to the top of the base of the Statue of Liberty. I was huffing and puffing 😛

One of the bolts that holds her down

Ellis Island

It was COLD on the top of that ferry ya’ll!

It was a great day and we had a great time exploring the Statue of Liberty and taking lots of pictures!

On the way back to the city….

I love this guy 🙂

Tomorrow:

Serendipity3

Dylan’s Candy Bar

Top of the Rock

Meet up with Maria – dear friend from New Jersey

And more exploring of the city

New York Day 1

March 28, 2011

We had the best time in New York! The B’s were the best hostess and host in the whole wide world! I know Terence and I would have been running around the city like two chickens with our heads cut off if it weren’t for them. They have such a cute apartment and live in a great little neighborhood in New York.

Sum and I have been blog friends for almost 4 years now. It meant so much to finally…after all these years meet her. It should have happened a long time ago, but I’m just glad it happened at all! She’s just as wonderful and awesome in person as I thought she would be! She’s my triplet and I love her so much! 🙂

Terence and I started off the morning at 4:00 am to get to the airport in Dallas on time. Our flight left at 6:00 am. I thought I was going to literally die because there was NO Starbucks in the airport and it was so early! Hello??? What airport terminal doesn’t have Starbucks these days? When we finally landed in Chicago there was a Starbucks there. Unfortunately we had an hour and a half delay and then found out our flight was re-routed to Pittsburgh for GAS! Oh boy! When we finally landed in New York we had our first experience in a cab and it was crazy! Terence just kept laughing at the way they drive. He said “Staying in your lane is not the law here it’s a suggestion.” It would be our first of many cab rides….

This is like 2 minutes after we walked into the B’s apartment….I think we were both in shock that we were finally meeting each other 🙂

They took us to a fabulous pizza place that night. I’m telling you this pizza was SO good!

I don’t know why I look like a doof in this picture, I was just being silly!

The B’s

Okay….now I am really really missing this pizza……

After dinner we got cupcakes and walked home in the snow and hail. It was a full blown hail storm with lightening and everything! It was CRAZY! Thankfully that was the only night the weather was koo koo and the rest of our stay in New York it was just cloudy and cold. The sun peaked through the clouds occasionally. I am telling you I ate my weight in cupcakes on this trip! We walked a ton, but I don’t think it did any good because I ate so many sweets!

Day 2 coming tomorrow…..

These are going to be some LONG posts because I think we took around 300 pictures! Yikes!

Thank you B family we had the best time and we love ya!

A Bachelorette, A Birthday, and Vacation!

March 22, 2011

It was wiiiindy up on the rooftop!!!

This past weekend I attended a bachelorette party for Lauren, a co-worker and friend of mine. The gals I work with are crazy and a lot of fun. We had a great time and it was nice to get out and have a little girl time for this Momma 🙂

Lauren & Cassie

This is the bachelorette Lauren

I also wanted to remember Miss Arielle’s 1st birthday….

Connor and Arielle spend every day during the week together and are very close. They were born a day apart and are almost like twins. We are so thankful for the time they get to spend together.

The beautiful cake Rebecca & my mother in law made

Our nephew Benjamin

Connor mowing Grana & Pop’s yard

Eating yummy ice cream

Our niece Alisha

And Mr. GQ

Connor modeling his “Chick Magnet” shirt from SheSheMade

Terence and I are packing to go to New York on Wednesday so we’ll see you when we get back!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!

The Year we all turned 30

March 20, 2011

Terence’s best friend since elementary school, Kyle, turned 30 tonight. We celebrated dining on Kyle’s favorite food….Mexican. Kyle has always been a very special friend to Terence, and I’m thankful that he has such a good friend! Happy birthday Kyle we love ya!