Happy Birthday, Mom!
Sorry it took so long to post this, but our internet connection has been down all day.
Hope you had a great day!
Dec 082003
Dec 072003
In remembrance of those who perished on this day 62 years ago.
You can see our personal photos of the Arizona Memorial in the gallery.
Dec 052003
Well, almost a year to the day after the first snow storm of our hellacious winter last year, we have our first snow storm of this year…and it’s not even really winter yet.
We woke up this morning to about four inches of snow covering the ground and our cars. I went out to shovel the snow from around the cars and clean them off, and Monica came out to shovel the sidewalk. I can’t believe I’m doing that again. I had enough shoveling last winter to last me a lifetime.
But it is very pretty. Really makes it feel like the holidays.
Unfortunately, I have to work (as does Monica). It’s a mix of rain and sleet right now, and there’s more snow expected this afternoon through tomorrow. I’ll try to take some pictures later and post them.
Dec 042003
So the Thanksgiving holiday weekend was alot of fun. We left our house at 5 am on Thursday morning and were able to miss the bulk of the traffic as we arrived about four and a half hours later at Julia’s house. We rested for awhile as Julia prepared the Thanksgiving meal.
With football on the TV (what else?), Julia and Monica were preparing the turkey, stuffing, and all of the usual Thanksgiving fare, as well as the holiday favorites of ambrosia and napa cabbage salad. The family started to arrive and we finally sat down to eat around 3 pm. We stuffed our faces and topped it all off with the usual pumpkin pie. It was a great meal!
On Friday, after recovering from the previous day’s gorging, we had leftovers, and then headed downtown to checkout some of the holiday festivities. We started out at Macy’s where we visited the “North Pole” and actually saw Santa.
Yes, Santa Claus! I never knew Santa had a New York accent.
After walking around Macy’s for awhile, we walked (in the rain) for awhile and eventually caught a cab up to Bloomingdale’s where we checked out their Christmas section (very nice!).
At this point, we were really hungry, so we headed over to a club called Swing 46 where we ate a great dinner and listened to some really good jazz. I highly recommend it!
On Saturday, it was another lazy day, but we did head back downtown in the evening to look at the wonderful store windows at Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Sax Fifth Avenue, and Lord & Taylor. My favorite had to be the “A Christmas Story” theme at Macy’s. We also got to see the inside of St. Patrick’s Cathedral which was very pretty.
I even got to finally eat some fresh roasted chestnuts. Woohoo! Ask Monica how good they are. 
To finish the evening, we stopped by a restaurant called the Jekyl & Hyde Pub to have some drinks and eat some food. It’s a great little place with a wonderful theme. I don’t want to spoil it for you so be sure to check it out if you’re in New York.
After the great time in New York, we once again got up very early and left the city around 7 am. We were able to miss most of the traffic (which was terrible later in the day), picked up Jack, and arrived home before 12:30 pm.
Thanks to Julia and Aramis for a great time!
