The last couple months have been busy! One of my friends joked that I was running a hotel, which is kind of true of the last little while. No complaints from me though (okay maybe a small complaint about the increase in the frequency laundry is required. There, I'm done!), I've really loved having all my visitors. I really, really, really love NYC and I love showing off my city (it's pretty great- so if you haven't been here yet, my hotel is still open for business).
In between weekends of visitors I've had to work or always had something going on... so by the time Sunday afternoon came around (blog time) I was exhausted. Or booked- I feel like Sundays have turned into some of my busiest days lately. Enough excuses... Here's the scoop on what I've been up to lately.
Sabrina and I decided Labor Day weekend required an adventure outside of NYC. So we took a little trip up the East Coast to Maine. Why not, right? I'll give you a teaser picture here and try to get around to an entire post about this trip in the near future :)
After our Labor Day weekend trip, my friend Julia who was visiting from Australia stayed with me for a week and we had fun trying new restaurants and enjoying the city. We even celebrated her 30th birthday while she was here by eating crepes, going to the movies, and eating Levain's delicious cookies topped with ice cream and chocolate. Yum. And apparently I failed to take pictures that week because we were having so much fun... Guess that means you'll have to come visit again soon, Julia! Or just move here, I'm not picky ;)
As usual, I spent more time in Central Park. The usual exploring, and even a night of opera performances at the bandshell.
My friend Elise got us free tickets for a preview tour of the last section of the High Line that is currently under construction. (Here's a tip for you. NYers love things that are free but require a ticket, especially if it allows you to see something before the "general public" ;) It was interesting to see and hear what they're planning. I really enjoy the section of the High Line that is completed, and I'm looking forward to the rest of it!
I officially made it to all five boroughs with a little Saturday adventure to Staten Island with Sabrina last weekend to find Sabrina Lane. We took the ferry, had a little bus adventure, and successfully found the street. After that adventure we got a bucket of popcorn from the theater around the corner and brought it back to my place for a movie night watching Hocus Pocus (a pre-Halloween must!).
Speaking of Halloween... I didn't do much other than work late and walk home. But I did get to see the light show at the Empire State Building, and it finished with the ESB looking like a pumpkin :)
A couple weeks ago Elise and I went to see the Broadway play "Once." It was a lot of fun- and we got to see one of our ward members make her Broadway debut! (That was actually the reason we went.) She did great, and it was a lot of fun to watch a show and know somebody in it!
Last weekend I hosted the Iron Chef event at my place- Ingredient: Apple. Sabrina and I made homemade apple cider- it was so easy, and sooo good. Seriously, I was disappointed at the end of the night that it was so good because there wasn't any left! I'm going to have to go back to the farmers market to get more NY apples.
And... Friday night I went to my first concert at Madison Square Garden (actually the first time I've been in there) with Elise. We went to Ed Sheeran and the concert was so good! And there was even a surprise appearance and performance by Taylor Swift. Bonus! And he debuted a new song about NYC (of course we're going to love it, right.)
So it's been awhile, but it's been fun!
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