Tuesday's Treasures...on Thursday!

I love this piece of art! It is titled Devil's Food and was done by Mary Emily Hogan. Some of you may know her. She is the daughter of Tom Hogan and niece of Tricia and Mike Hogan.


Several of us immediately wanted a print! It has been with me for a VERY long time and my mom has one too inside her pantry. I think the girl looks so innocent with all the junk food behind her! This is where it lives in our home. (FYI this is the one wall in our kitchen which wasn't big enough to house last week's T.T.)

Enjoy!

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no belated treasures or wisdom today....still searching

BUT

I do have the best husband ever who made yummy quesadillas for dinner tonight and cleaned up the entire mess!

Tuesday's Treasures will have to wait
so much going on...so much to celebrate.

All Star Game, Bastille Day and the Philharmonic
so many choices how will we pick?

An impromptu Philharmonic picnic in the park
surely to be home well before dark.

The blanket is gathered and off we go
have no worries Grace is in tow!

Good Night!

Battery Park

We headed out on another adventure on Saturday...all the way down to Battery Park. We started off by stopping at the World Financial Center. Look at the beautiful park we stumbled upon right outside our subway!





We then made our way to the esplanade on the Hudson River. This went from the World Financial Center all the way down to Battery Park. It was a beautiful walk. Check out these boats. They come in three sizes: small, medium & large. We'll take the large please!


We even had a great view of Orie's office building. He is on a very high floor on the south east corner which means he has great views of the city! His is the tall cream one in the middle.


It was a little bit overcast and the wind was starting to pick up but we tried to get a nice photo of Lady Liberty. Isn't she a beauty?


Once we made it to Battery Park we had some interesting street entertainers. Usually they are really nice and funny and then put on a great show. These guys weren't so nice and their trick wasn't THAT amazing. Check out the video though for a little bit of fun.




After that we were on our way back to a subway stop...I had no idea we were all the way down by the Staten Island Ferry.

I really wanted to ride on it but we decided not to since it was late in the day and the weather was getting questionable. However, it only costs about $3 to ride and they say you get some nice views of the Statue of Liberty on your way out to Staten Island. Side note...the crown to Lady Liberty is now open. It has been closed since 9/11. All signs say that tickets to the crown are completely SOLD OUT!

Look at what we stumbled upon walking to the subway...


He was pretty cool. We also came upon this beautiful building. It is an existing Catholic Church smack dab in the middle of 2 HUGE buildings in downtown Manhattan. Amazing!



Crazy how something so lovely can still exist among a neighborhood full of ugly office buildings.

We finally made it to our subway station and had a long trip home. Look how far down we were...

What a great day we had! Hope your weekend was wonderful too...

We're Artists

If you're ever looking for something to do on a Friday night...here's a great game (at least when your husband is a "techy").

Last night we were watching a movie and Orie was constantly playing on his laptop with Photo Shop. I suggested that we make a picture together...sending the computer back and forth taking turns. It would be a beautiful joint collage of stuff. Look at our beauty....

Ahhh....if only I had made plans for our Friday evening instead of taking a nap...we might not be so nerdy!

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so not to be jealous again....BUT....I did wear a sweater today to work....much like I do everyday...AND our temperature is 64 degrees!

CRAZY!

day late and a dollar short

Well I meant to do this yesterday but oh well!

I am looking forward to starting something special on our blog for Wednesdays....Wednesday's Words of Wisdom.

So...I need all the help of our fellow friends and bloggers. I am in much need of wisdom right now and would love your input. If you have something inspirational, please e-mail it to me. I will choose which word of wisdom to put on next Wednesday's blog. We'll try and keep this going...so please have all words of wisdom to me by Tuesday of the blog week!

Happy wisdom searching and thanks for helping me out!!!

Tuesday's Treasures

So...in no particular order...my 2nd piece of art for Tuesday's Treasures.



This is an original Tess piece of art. She made it for me shortly after we registered for our wedding. I had chosen some beautiful items: dishes, pewter pieces, some sit arounds, and some napkins. I think most of those were the inspiration for her painting. I love having it in NYC! I would love to have it in my kitchen but I don't really have any wall space in the kitchen. I would love to have it in my breakfast room but I don't really have one of those either. For now it looks super great in our entry way.



Thanks Tess for such a great piece of art...I can't wait for some more!

4th of July

We spent our 4th of July weekend at the beach. We headed out with some friends on Friday to Long Beach on Long Island. We had so much fun on Friday that we decided to head back again on Saturday. It was such a fun experience and how crazy that we are just another short train ride away from something wonderful. Check out our day...

When we arrived on Friday we knew that there was a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. This is what the sky looked like soon after we arrived.



Laura and Geoff had no trouble with this one...they brought rain gear...to the beach!




No worries...the sun did come out and we enjoyed every moment for the rest of the day. They even had a beach umbrella and chair rental company set up on the beach. Orie...our white friend...was thrilled. Check out his nice chair...



We loved soaking up the sun...at least I did!







We had a blast...even though we did not do the trip the right way on our first day out...we had no picnic, beverages, or anything...have no fear we did it right the second day! I told Laura that our mothers would be so proud of our classiness...a gourmet picnic with white wine in a Nalgene bottle! Nothing but the finest on Long Beach!





And what 4th of July picnic would be complete without patriotic cupcakes and American flags?



We had the flags staked in the ground all day marking our 4th of July party. They were so fun...we even had noise makers for party favors. We were a big hit on the beach...as I am sure you can imagine. Look at all the people...



We loved having a great weekend with friends and doing something fun and adventurous! I know I will miss these things if we ever leave NYC...I just wish we could experience them with more family and friends!

We hope your weekend was super fabulous too!

Who's Jealous?

We just returned from a beautiful 75 degree run/walk with Grace. The sun was shining on the river and people were out on their sailboats. It was fabulous. Did I mention that it was a blissful 75 degrees...on July 1st?

Seasons...a beautiful thing about New York