What a weekend GG and I had in The Big Apple for K and B's wedding!
The best part about it was returning Sunday night and having all day on Monday to get caught up on laundry, etc. before heading back into the work week!! The kids had a ball with Mimi and Papa in Crozet and we all convened here Monday morning for coffee and bagels to share of our adventures. We ate up the boys and they seemed to be happy having us home. The weekend did us all well! :)
Our trip recap
Friday 4:15am--we oversleep our alarm at 3:45am because we've packed until 1am! GG thankfully awakens from his beautiful, classical music-filled dream at 4:15. Thankfully, we have little to accomplish and are still on schedule and able to leave by 4:20am. All is well.
6:00am--flight to JFK on Jet Blue. Okay, we are official fans of Jet Blue. GG catches up on ESPN news while B-mama watches infomercials(!) and now thinks there is a miraculous new product to teach her children how to read. lol. We enjoy ourselves.
7:13am--we land and make our way to the airbus and subway. This takes much longer than anticipated bc we have no idea where we are going and neither does anyone else. GG and I soon realize that we are both used to being "alpha" and have to adjust to being a complimentary couple again. Where are the kids when we need them?! :) We eventually make it to the subway and realize we are part of the morning commute and stand most of the hour ride into the city! Crazy!
10am--meet up with our friends, the A family, and enjoy bagels on their beautiful apt. terrace... later on, a run in Central Park with J and baby C; such a gorgeous green space
Friday afternoon: a quick jaunt to the Natural History Museum
B-mama, the former Oceanology teacher, loving the Blue Whale exhibit.
Afterward, we sat on a park bench outside just because we could.
Feeling the effects of the 3 hours of sleep!
That evening: a delicious and authentic Italian meal with the beautiful A's!
They are the best!
Afterward we enjoyed a tour of their apt. building, ending on the roof.
Our friend, J, and his girlfriend, S, met up with us later and we had such a good time communing with these great people.
Saturday brought a fun Italian brunch in the city with Princeton pals.
Followed by a K's lovely evening wedding at a church on Park
and then the reception down at the Fulton Market on the southeast side of Manhattan.
Here is baby C at the wedding brunch the next morning--what a sweetie!
And her mommy and me, enjoying the brunch (and weekend) together!
Later that afternoon, GG and I were maneuvering our way to the Brooklyn Bridge and happened to see our friend PJ's campaign posters in a supermarket nearby. How cool that we know someone running for city council in NYC! Go PJ!
We did venture across the bridge to Brooklyn and the rain held out (thank goodness!) After a lovely dinner, we headed back and caught the subway back to JFK. What a brilliant time!
7 comments:
Wow! Up at 4:15 a.m. and out the door at 4:20a.m.!!! That's pretty darn good!
Looks like a lot of fun! When ya'll go, you go hard! :)lol!
Don't you just L-O-V-E NYC?? Ahhh...to visit sans a lil Boo...
Looks like you had a nice weekend! Such great pictures of the two of you! Caught up with the Mosses last weekend as they were in town for the Neveda/ND game. We miss the Gasperini's! :)
I was grinning ear-to-ear looking at these pics, listening to Shakira (sp?) and living vicariously thru your fun trip. Ahhh, to brunch! to wine! to dine in the Big Apple!
Thank you for sharing. Now, I'm off to clean my kitchen! ;)
Beautiful pictures! I'm so glad you guys were able to have a little "getaway!" :)
Love the shot's B'. So sorry we didn't join you for the Bridge adventure (and sorry for any odd behavoir...I just knew T was tired!)...so glad you made it and had such a full weekend though.:)
Hugs dear one!
It was so fun! Great to see you both!
fun to see the pics. we loved having you guys here. come back soon! :)
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