Nana Banana and I

NY - Day 4

This morning headed up to Sharon's via subway. From there went to Jack and Bernice's for brunch. As usual, Jack made a great spread... french toast, pancakes, sausage and bacon. Great to see the kids and family.

We took beautiful walk afterwards with the kids. I think Jack enjoyed himself the most as he and Tighe lingered around the lake.

Naturally I couldn't be in New York without visiting Nana banana. So Sharon took me up there for a visit. It was short but very sweet.  

After I said my goodbyes, I took the train to meet Judith and we saw a comedy show. 

We made it an early evening. Got some burgers from Lucky's to go and watched the end of the Miss Universe Pageant. 

All in all it was a great trip!

Now I have 1290 chromebooks waiting for me to set up when I get back to school tomorrow. Fun, fun. 

NY - Day 3

Twelve years ago I visited ground zero after 9/11. Certainly a life changing experience. Today we headed downtown once again to visit the area. This time we went to the 9/11 Museum and Memorial. Beautiful tribute. Community is amazing. Still life-changing.

Met cousin Sharon downtown for dinner. We had pizza at John's Pizzeria and then we headed over to see Pippin. I knew nothing about it and was pleasantly surprised. It's different but enjoyable.

NY - Day 2

Well it wouldn't be New York if it didn't rain.  So with umbrellas in hand we headed to the International Center of Photography and took a look at some great pictures. Still raining, we went to the New York Public Library. Quite the place. I've never seen anything like it.

We ate at Juniors tonight. I had a great hotdog. The show tonight was Kinky Boots. This show was the highlight of my trip. Loved it, loved it, loved it!!! Headed back to Juniors for chocolate mousse cheesecake after the show. Not a bad day. :)

NY - Day 1

Arrived in New York and Aunt Bernice picked us up. That made traveling to our home away from home easy. We stayed in an Airbnb off of 52nd. Arrived in town just in time to go to Carmine's for dinner. We ate at the bar which was fun because you get so much food that everybody decided to share with each other.  Got to have salad, calimari, pomodora, veal parmigian and some bread.  Lucky us!

Saw our first show tonight which was Newsies. Amazing choreography! Off to a good start.

Broadway Bound

Needed a Broadway fix so decided to head east.  Convinced (not that I had to try that hard) my friend Judith to go to New York with me. Four days, three Broadway shows. I'm so excited!

Halloween

Had a great Halloween. Started the day out watching Kailei's costume parade at school. Then I went into her classroom and ended up staying for the whole Halloween party. I usually don't stay for the whole time but it seemed like the room mom was shorthanded and I was having fun anyway.  Kailei appreciated that I was there.  There were some creative games played and the kids had a good time.

As usual Mom, Dad, Mark, Tracie and family all came over for Halloween. We had a combination of pizza and chicken for dinner because some of the people are not liking pizza these days and then headed out for trick-or-treating.  I stayed home because it was pretty chilly out and I'm a wimp. 

Sad to say that Keara did not go trick-or-treating this year. She just wanted to hand out candy. I tried to convince her to go trick-or-treating for me but it was no go.  She blamed it on her braces and not being able to have candy but I think she is just getting older.  Sad moment for me. 

Kailei was a cheetah this year and Sydney was a nerd. They both looked adorable. Another Halloween put to rest.