i love ny. i love brooklyn

where can you hear new music, enjoy free spiced punch, dance, and party on a deck with a view worthy of a post card on a WEDNESDAY night? only in new york. i love you brookyln.

holly and momar, acting silly and patiently modelling for me with my camera phone.

bronx little iItaly date day!

things that make me terribly happy...

last minute plans

going where we've never been

exploring another borough (we've only been there for the zoo)

the energy in the bronx

sidewalk gambling

accidentally stumbling upon rob's dad's alma mater

imagining my father-in-law as a 'young buck' walking this beautiful campus

dreaming about myself in a traditional college experience

husband reminiscing about his time at syracuse

scary skies...

spring blooms (EVERYWHERE!)

husband excited when he heard a baseball game

sitting to watch an inning

arthur avenue!

knowing all the right places to go (thanks dr. nitti)

borgatti's for fresh pasta (we bought ravioli)

mario posing with the pasta he was about to cut

the absolute niceness of people

cuddling to keep warm

loving the day...and talking about it...a lot!

this cute man making mozzarella

the lovely girl who invited me to the back to take photographs of him 

prosciutto and artichoke hearts

butchers and their amazing windows

madonia brothers bakery

lovely people offering recommendations

raisin fennel bread (we ate half a loaf on the way home) 

cannolis-filled to order! crispy and creamy deliciousness (we also ate these on our way home)

things i could do without...

forgetting an umbrella

gloomy saturday

cold, cold, cold rain

husband nauseated on the 1 1/2 hour train ride home (maybe from all the eating)

delay in the F train...what's new

bad goat (not from little italy)=candy...lots of candy

i didn't believe they would come...

we are always glad to have guests and we were thrilled to have mom and dad in town. we were in a state of happy shock to have the hopping clan here as well.

brenden (cousin) was super happy to spend his 6th birthday in nyc. he decided that he no longer dreamt of becoming a firefighter but he would much rather work as a subway driver! he adored the trains and loved riding the 'b' for brenden train.

mom and dad prefer suburban living but they embrace city life to spend time with us!

the hoppings in times square...heading to toys r us for the birthday boy!

kayleigh in the life sized barbie house...

we spent the next day in lower manhattan touring some of the city sites including the statue of liberty via the staten island ferry...

we headed up through the financial district, into china town and finished at the empire state building. by then my 13 year old cousin had a whole new outfit and posed for the camera in her 'new york' gear...

I LOVE the Snow!

I absolutely love snow but who doesn't right? What's not to love...it's clean, white, sparkly and fresh. I don't have to shovel it, clean it off a car, or drive in it. It is fun to play in, ski on, build with. In a nutshell snow in New York is awesome. We have had no shortage of it this month and NYC has been dumped on every week since the day after Christmas!

Here are a few pictures from the latest storm. It was such a

 peaceful and beautiful walk to work

-the gorgeous sunrise was icing on the cake!

The husband and me on our Windam ski trip