New York City In 5 Days

We went to New York City for 5 days to visit Christy and Jace. Jace is working for a law firm in the city, so we decided this was the perfect opportunity to visit our friends and see the city together. Remember us when your rich and famous Jace :)
Our 5 days were packed full of adventure and honestly not a moment to spare. You name it and we probably did it. Here is the list of everything we did and I'm sure I left out some adventures.
NBC news
Rockefeller
Diamond District
St Peters
Statue of Liberty
Katsz’s
Zarin Fabrics
China Town
Brooklyn Bridge
Time Square
Carnegie Hall
Letterman Show
Wicked
Grand Central Station
Café Lalo
Yankee Stadium
Tom’s Restaurant
Wall Street
Ground Zero
South City Seaport
Mets Game
Meat Packing District
Diane Von Furstenburg & Tory Burch
Little Italy
PIZZA
Columbia
5th Avenue
Union Square
Serendipity
Mass
Central Park
Macys all 8 floors
Temple
Ruff Riders
Madison Square Garden
Pier 59-Golf
Soho
Empire State Building

After seeing all those sites I have 653 pictures to choose from and I have no idea which ones I'm going to post. I'm going to be making a lot of collages so ENJOY !!
Rockefeller

St Peters
Statue of Liberty. The line was ridiculous. Note to anyone that goes in the future buy them online or go in the winter and you will be the only one.
Al's Lucky Number 5!!
China town was crazy as usual.
The first time I went there with Tonya we wanted one of the fine quality fake purses. Some lady took us into a building and locked us in a room with hundres of purses and we were like what the?? I was trying to explain to Al about what they do, so I decided it would be best for him to experience it hands on. Some lady walked us around the block, handed us off to another lady we followed into a parking garage and on the bottom level in the corner was a van full of purses. Definately one of the more unique experiences. I did my best at taking a picture with my phone so here it is. The guy selling the purses said to me "No Pictas Pwease" and I said "Oh I'm not taking a picture." SUCKA...lol
I stopped to take a picture of some fruit on Canal Street and the people selling it FREAKED OUT, so I pretended to take another picture...lol Pretty sure I can take a picture of whatever I want. You think they were selling Mangosteens or something.
Back to our adventures in NYC. Here is the Brooklyn Bridge
Time Square. Per Mayor Bloomberg they are trying to attract more visitors to Time Square(as if there were'nt enough already) They put cheap lawn chairs in the middle of the street to loiter and sleep(see pictures below) We saw a bride and groom. We saw a guy selling Obama condoms saying things like Get your Obama condom for this hard time or Get your Obama Condom for the economic stimulus....lol

Late Show, Carnegie Hall, and best of all WICKED!! I'm so glad I finally got to see it and understand what all the hype was about. It was amazing.
The Yankees were out of town while we were there which was a bummer, but we went to see the new stadium and ended up going to a Mets game later that night. I bought a new Yankee hat but Al said I couldn't wear it to the Mets game. I obviously still don't understand sports.Here is a picture of the old Yankees stadium all tore up. Mets Game.
As you can see Al is in his zone. At the game they gave eveyone a bag of potato chips and you were supposed to wait until the second inning,so a world record of 39,203 people crunching chips at once would be set. My life has changed since that night.
On Saturday we got to spend the entire day with Christy and we had sooo much fun. Thanks to Kat we got to eat the biggest and best slice of pizza for only $3.25


Outside we witnessed an intense game of Chess.
We walked around Columbia and all wished for a moment we would've went there for college.
We couldn't go to NYC without having sushi, so that night we had Sushi in Soho and went to Serendipity afterwards. There was only a 2.5 hour wait and after we sat down we were informed we had to spend a minimum of $8 a person.
During our wait we went to a candy store on the corner and had a little too much fun. We ended up getting our own little candy dispenser with a mini spoon. Best purchase ever!! The candy store had the best wallpaper ever and it totally reminded me of Willy Wonka, so we had to take a picture. The snozberries taste like snozberries.
5th Ave
We took a bike ride through Central Park, but we didn't do the pedaling. I loved seeing all the people laying out in the park. If I lived in the City I would totally layout there every weekend.
We couldn't go to NYC without doing something that involved golf, so here we are hitting golf balls. This is the coolest driving range I've ever been to because you don't have to put the golf ball on your tee everytime. A tee comes up after every ball you hit and you can adjust the height of the tee. We loved it!!
I made Al go into The Worlds Biggest Macy's with me and walk around all 8 levels. Every Macy's should be like that.
The last day we went to Little Italy and had lunch at a restaurant called Buona Notte. Al's dad went on his mission to Italy and this restaurant came highly recommended by him. I don't think he reads our blog, but we took these pics for you #4:D
New York City is the best. I ♥ NYC more and more everytime I go!!

Happy Happy 4th

We went to Santa Barbara for the Fourth of July with some friends and when we found out Michael Jacksons viewing was going to be at Neverland we knew it was meant to be. RIP MJ

Al talked me into staying overnight in Primm and golfing early Thursday morning on our way to Cali. I agreed to go as long as we went on the Buffalo Bills roller coaster and shopping at the outlets.
We got to stay in one of the luxurious rooms at Buffalo Bills. I think the horse wallpaper and peach padded headboard did it for me.
It was definatley an unforgettable night....
We went golfing on the only day it rains in Nevada, but we actually lucked out because it made the heat bearable. I was Als caddy and photographer for this golf trip, and I putted with him at a few of the holes. I will have my own PINK golf clubs with matching shoes SOON!!
We saw the coyote in the pic above on the 16th hole.
First things first which was the beach. Here are some pics of Santa Monica.
That night we went out with Ross and his friends and dressed up Al.
Al's family was also in California for the 4th and Michael Jacksons viewing so
we met up with them at Venice Beach Saturday morning.
Venice Beach is always a good place for people watching. This guy below doing stretches was my favorite.
The weather was cold and cloudy at the beach and when I say cold I mean 45 degrees colder than Vegas. My blood has thinned out as I've gotten older and moved to Vegas.

Afterwards we drove to Santa Barbara and good thing it only took us 4 hours to get there versus the 1.5 hours it should've without traffic. I can only imagine how much worse it would've been if Michael Jacksons viewing would've been at Neverland.
The traffic was all worth it when we pulled up to this beach house....
That night we went to Jenny's families Mongolian BBQ restaurant. Here we all are.
On Saturday which was the Happy Happy 4th of July we walked into town and watched the parade for about 5 minutes until Al was bored. My favorite thing about parades is the floats and I didn't see one in this parade.
Later we all went to the beach and enjoyed the festivities. We sat right by a stage that played Michael Jackson music all afternoon. Here are some pics of Al playing with his wiffle ball & bat, Dennis laying on his t-shirt because he forgot a towell, and Ross with a smiley face on his stomach(he woke up shortly after so the smiley tan didn't work).

and the most exciting thing about the 4th....FIREWORKS
It was a fun filled weekend in Santa Barbara until we had to drive home, but at least we had entertainment like this. When I saw this I was like "Are you serious?"...lol What are people thinking.
Happy Fourth of July!!

We Are Off To See The Wizard

I saw a banner on the freeway for The Wizard Of Oz Play and thought it might be a fun friday night activity. I talked Al, Danielle, and Chad into going. The play was ok, but with Chad sleeping and Al glued to his phone we ended up leaving early. The saying you get what you pay for is true.

On Saturday while Al was golfing in St George
Kristin and I went to the pool at the Mirage. Apparently you have to start saving chairs at 7am and that isn't a joke. Some guy walked by and gave Kristin and I passes to Bare which is their new pool area like Tao Beach. What we didn't know is that they charge you $50 for a chair or you have to buy $50 in drinks, so we didn't stay there long. Plus look at this mini pool with way too many people in it.
The crazy thing about laying out in 105 degree weather is that you burn your skin on the chairs and there are NO gaps between the chairs meaning you can get a little cozy with your neighbor. Meet my neighbor(we will call him Joe)We asked our other neighbors to take a picture of us and she made a joke about taking a pic of her husband. Ya just checking she really took one of him and the one she took of us was deleted shortly after because it sucked. Thats what I get for asking drunk people.
You can make all kinds of friends at the pools in Vegas!! It was a good weekend. More fun to come for the 4th of July and NYC next week .