NYC Part 3

Saturday we started things off by heading to the Metropolitan Museum to enrich our souls by partaking in the beauty of priceless works of art. (And so our whole trip wasn't about shopping and eating) 

New York Bagels. Yum.

Michael decided to drive up from Ohio to surprise us while we were in NYC. The whole crew came up including Mischa who was in town working with the boys. They had to drive all night long to get there.  So we all went to the Smorgasburg in Brooklyn. A summer food fest with about 75 different food vendors.

Maybe my favorite thing I ate the whole trip. Gourmet ice cream sandwich. Oatmeal, chocolate chunk cookies with sea salt. With delicious vanilla ice cream and salted caramel on the inside. Mmm...

The boys really liked the jamaican jerk chicken.

Met up with a friend from Florida who moved to Brooklyn, Jenica Heintzelman.

Even with taking the subway we still walked about 10 miles on Friday and Saturday.

Grand Central Station.

We went to the Upper East side to the oh so famous Laduree (the original is in Paris). The best french macaroons in the world. Mmm...

Hit up another candy store. FAO Schwartz

And we couldn't have gone to NYC without getting some delicious pizza.

Times Square. And yes by Saturday night I had to give in and wear tennis shoes. No more cute shoes.

Sunday we got up and went to Sacrament. It's always so fun to go to church in other states. Then we headed to central park.

We rode the 7 mile loop. It was so fun riding through the park.

Before we could head home we had to try a waldorf salad at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where the salad was invented.

It didn't actually have any lettuce in the waldorf salad. Apples, celery, grapes and walnuts.

Then sadly it was time to head back home.

We had so much fun on our girls trip!!! We can't wait to go on another one next year.

NYC Part 2

Friday in the big apple started off with lots of shopping!

 

 

All that shopping worked up my appetite. And I love food trucks. Especially when it's a Lobster Roll truck. Mmm... (First lunch)

Our shopping adventures took us further down town to SoHo.  After a few more hours of spending our money we needed some sustenance. (My second lunch) Kelly introduced us to this amazing Jamaican restaurant, Negril Village.

My salmon was amazing! I almost licked the plate.

Then we were off to more shopping! TopShop was a given, since the only one in America is in SoHo.

 

 Shopping really does work up my appetite!! Rice to Riches. The rice pudding was so delicious. We had 4 different flavors. French toast, coconut, vanilla bean, and cheesecake. Mmm...

 

After the first day we started keeping track of how much we were walking (pedometer iPhone App). Even with taking the subway we walked 9 miles on Friday by the end of the day. Phew! Good thing since I was eating my way around the city. 

Dylan's Candy Shop.

We finished off the night with some yummy thai food.

Then back to the Waldorf Astoria to finish watching Maid in Manhattan.

Clearly the theme of Friday was shopping and eating. Two of my favorite things to do on vacation!!!

NYC Part 1

New York City!!! A few weeks ago Kelly, Mom and I met up in NYC for a girls trip. Seven years ago when I was 16, we all went on a girls trip to NYC. So needless to say we were long over due for another trip.

Mom and I flew in on Thursday and met up with Kelly in the city. We dropped off our bags and got right to site seeing and shopping.

Mmm... Magnolia Bakery was amazing... 

Red velvet cheesecake with an Oreo crust

 We love NYC!

Giant Nike Store

Our first night there we went and saw the Broadway show Once. It's a musical of a love story based in an Irish Pub. The accents were so fun! During intermission the audience could go up on stage and order something from the Pub on set. Kelly and I got waters :)

We walked so much that first day that we decided to use pedometers the next couple days just to see how far we walked. Part 2 coming soon.

Michigan Adventures

Michael and I are living in Grand Blanc, Michigan while I am interning at the Hurley Medical Center in Flint, MI. We live about 45 minutes from Ann Arbor and Detroit.

I wouldn't say we love living in Michigan, but we are making the most of it. There's not much going on where we live, but there are definitely some cool places around us.

One of the first Michigany things we did was go to the National Auto Show in Detroit. We had a blast sitting in tons of fancy cars and seeing the crazy concept cars.





For lunch we ate at Slow's BBQ. The best BBQ place in Detroit!



The pulled pork sandwich was incredible! North Carolina style with cole slaw and pickles. Mmm...


Michael and I really like Ann Arbor. It's a cool college town with lots of restaurants and shopping. The BEST place to eat in Ann Arbor is Zingerman's Deli. The deli has an in house bakery so all of the bread is baked fresh daily. They import all these amazing cheeses and meats for the sandwiches. It's incredible!!

For Valentines Day I got Michael tickets to see the Detroit Pistons when they were playing Sacramento. We were the only ones cheering for Jimmer!!!

More recently we went to a Jazz concert at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall. We of course got Slow's BBQ for dinner and then finished the night with some Jazz. It was too dark for a picture of us. But the symphony hall was beautiful.

Needless to say we can have fun anywhere we live. More to come on Michael working in Cleveland.

Park City

In March (I know... I'm always behind) Michael and I flew to Park City to meet the family for a ski trip and Duke's baby blessing.

We stayed right in Downtown Park City. We had a blast! The weather was really warm, which I love, but the snow was a little slushy, which stinks. Pretty much everyone has converted to wearing helmets. We like to keeps our brains safe, plus they are comfy and have headphones built right in! Kelly and I have both reverted back to skiing from snow boarding.

We did our annual sushi night! I made around 25 rolls with the help of my sous chef, Dad. It was so delicious! We had spicy tuna, spicy crab, california, tempura, and eel rolls.

Friday night we all drove to the Gruber house in Alpine for Duke's blessing. It was great seeing all the Gruber's and having both families together. Yeah for little Duke being blessed.

Veronica and Nate came up for a day. It was so fun! We've missed hanging out with them so much. Saturday night the boys all went night skiing and the girls went shopping and walking around downtown. We happened to find a few art galleries with free cookies and tea. Mmm... I love appreciating art :)

More Michigan adventures to come!