One of my most favorite things about NYC is its amazing energy.  We love going there just to walk around taking it all in. I love thinking about the history of the buildings and what stories must be hidden in the walls, streets and roads.

On Saturday, we did a a lot of walking and a lot of exploring.  We went to The Frick Collection which is housed in a beautiful building, walked around Central Park in all of its snow white glory, then we perused the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market.

One of my favorite things was walking along The High Line, which is “a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side”. I loved walking through, looking down on the streets below and peeking into windows and buildings nearby.

I still have one more day to share~ see you soon!

at a random corner in NYC

First off, thank you, thank you, thank you for all the wonderful birthday wishes.  I had such a wonderful birthday this year.

We had the most wonderful time in NYC. New York welcomed us in with snowy cold weather. Much, much colder than we are used to, but it really didn’t hold us back any.  We just bundled up and headed out.  This is our third time to NYC together, so we didn’t go to the usual places.  We tried to do things we hadn’t done before. We were there for only 48 hours, but we managed to do a lot.

The first day, we didn’t land until around 4pm because of snow delays. It was beautiful flying in, seeing all that snow everywhere.

We managed to check into our hotel, take the subway to the Guggenheim to see the Maurizio Cattelan exhibit. We got in 40 minutes before closing to see his amazing and very complex hanging sculpture.  There were so many people there, it felt like a big party.  After that we went to Candle Cafe, which was divine.  It’s not every day that we can go to a restaurant and eat anything we want on the menu, so we splurged.

We got to go the the rooftop of our hotel in Greenwich Village to see a very spectacular view of the city.  Breathtaking!

I have so much more to tell you, but I’m splitting this post up into small pieces. I still have 300 pictures to go through, sort and edit. Sorry, to have to put you through two (or three) more NY posts but I’d like to share and have a record of what we did.

I love New York! Love it!!

p.s.Thanks for all the birthday orders. All packages were sent out yesterday!  Yay!!

Today I am forty.

It’s not at all as bad as you might think. It’s pretty darn great, actually.

I’ve had the most awesome week.  Lots of mail, calls, text messages and lots of loveliness in general. I went out with my friends last night and boy did we laugh.

Tonight, more loveliness (and yumminess) with my beautiful and most perfect family.

Tomorrow, off to NYC with my hubby, Grandma’s in the house to take over kiddo duty and we are headed to cold weather and an AWESOME time.

What more could a girl want?

So, i did it. I put pink, peek-a-boo highlights in my hair.  Just enough to be fun, but not too crazy.   Pretty big deal for me, because I don’t dye my hair.  I did a few different shades of brown in my very early 20′s.

It’s just something I’ve always wanted to do.  Not a regression thing, I don’t think. Just a ‘feeling good in my own skin’ thing.

I had to bleach my hair first, which is just yucky!! Then I used Special Effects Burgundy, which is supposed to be more of a darker purplish-pink. A lot of it has rinsed out already…maybe I need another application?  Of course, I did it all by myself, because I’m a self proclaimed DIYer.  It worked out, but next time I’m letting my friends help me.  It’s just too messy.

I want to keep it, at least until Artfest.

“As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” -Marianne Williamson