Romeo & Juliet On Broadway!

Romeo and Juliet for Chelsea's Christmas/birthday that is coming up in 14 days! She was sooooo excited that I got tickets for us to see this. It was riveting and beautiful and oh my gosh I could watch it again. It ends in February after valentines day so if you're in the city go see it! After the show we walked around Times Square and walked through the holiday village where we found a shop that sold ate 30 dollars worth of tongula. This candy coated fruit was delish! It began to snow a bit and the flurries were falling so gently. We walked toward radio city and captured pics in front of these huge iconic red ornaments! Christmas time in the city never gets old and walking to see all the ornaments on this side of Manhattan is always the best!

Happy 2025!

 

Happy 2025. Hope this year is more gentler and kinder to us. 

Merry Christmas!

 

Happy Christmas from our little family to yours! Glad to have one of my daughters home for the holidays! 

Sarah McLachlan In Concert!

I can't believe it's been thirty years since Sarah McLachlan released her hit album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. That is one of my favorite albums and it came out at the right time in my 20's. Besides the 80's, the 90's were the absolute best. I loved that era and grew and learned so much as a young adult before marrying and having my firstborn daughter. This concert was everything and she is amazing. Still has the voice and looks gorgeous. She and I are about the same age and have daughters so I feel her when she writes some of her new songs. I am so glad we drove to Connecticut to see her and it was yet another fun date night with my best friend!

30th Wedding Anniversary Date!

This past weekend we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary! THIRTY!!! Like how is that possible! I swear I feel as if I met Jon three years ago! I am just so grateful I get to spend my life with him. He's so wonderful and always makes life easy for me. I love how he loves me and treats me. We celebrated by going to the city to see the final performance of the Notebook and although it triggered a memory in losing my mom to dementia it was a great show and I'm so glad I saw it. It was a simple and perfect evening. It's the little things you know. So a simple drive into the city to see a broadway show and admire the Christmas decorations on 5th avenue, including battling the crowds just to capture a photo of this years tree at Rockefeller center and eating pineapple cheesecake at Juniors is always worth it in mid December. It truly was the perfect anniversary gift! Oh...and we also saw the infamous Naked Cowboy for the fiftieth time! LOL! Love, love that our wedding anniversary is in December so that we can come to the city to celebrate! I really appreciate Jon's love and how he puts me and my feelings first. This is one of the main reasons why we've lasted this long.

Hell's Kitchen on Broadway!

 

After spending the day in Dumbo, we went to see the new show Hell's Kitchen. And so far it is by far one of my favorite new broadway shows. I can watch this over and over again. It was magical, funny, dynamic and captivating. Everyone performed so well. This one late spring day was absolutely perfect. So grateful for my wonderful husband who knows what puts a smile on my face when I'm feeling blue. It was the perfect gift after saying goodbye to all my girls after Lexie's wedding. Yes, broadway is therapeutic for me in every way! 

Under The Brooklyn Bridge.

I can't believe we are one week away from Christmas and 14 more days until 2025! I have been so unmotivated to write on here but alas here I am about to document a moment under the Brooklyn bridge  from June 4. 

After my daughter got married and chelsea flew home from JFK Jon wanted to cheer me up by taking me to the city for a broadway show to see Hell's Kitchen and to relax at one of my favorite spots in Brooklyn. Dumbo is my absolute fun zone and on this day we saw art, had some yummy ice cream, or in my case a root beer float because that always makes me happy. I absolutely loved this day and to tell you the truth, looking at these photos, at times...I miss summer. 

Noah At The Plaza!

 

December is here and going to the Plaza has become tradition since Noah was five and even at the age of 15 love seeing Christmas through his eyes. Nostalgia always kicks in when we come here. Sure there are times where he will sigh when I ask him to take a picture but at the end of that sigh comes a smile with a "sure mom" answer. I love how agreeable he is and how much fun he actually has once our date begins. He was in awe with the decor and even though he'll say things like, "their just red big balls" I know that he thinks they are the coolest and biggest ornaments. The fact that he reminded me of Kevin Mcallister form Home Alone even for five minutes while he was wondering down the halls made me smile. Makes me extremely grateful to be able to experience the magic of christmas (without the room service.) So if you're ever "lost in New York" come and experience the magic of staying at The Plaza...even if it's just for breakfast!

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2024

For the first time in years we experienced watching the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade in the rain! Never in the past 12 years that we've been going has the parade been rained on. First time for everything I suppose. Nonetheless we had fun and endured it until the end. Some of us were drenched but luckily it wasn't freezing cold. We managed to come home in time to cook and have a nice thanksgiving dinner. So grateful to have Lexie and Hyrum here for thanksgiving. They say once the kids get married and are on their own holidays with them are shared and I hate sharing! Wish they can be here every year for every holiday. Here's hoping that everyone had a nice Thanksgiving filled with an abundance of love and gratitude.

Countdown To Thanksgiving!

 

The countdown to Thanksgiving has begun and Macy's is all decked out for the holidays! Always look forward to taking a photo of Noah standing right smack in the center of the entrance. It's become tradition since the pandemic happened! Looking forward to Thanksgiving this week and to have at least 2/4 of our kids spend it with us! So excited for the holiday season to begin soon! 

Stephen Sanchez & Paper Kites at The Met Philly!

I'd be remiss if I didn't document Noah's first concert! Jon was originally supposed to go with me but he got called into work and luckily Noah is a good sport and didn't hesitate to see Stephen Sanchez with me! He really enjoyed the concert too! I think the fact that Stephen Sanchez plays the guitar got Noah so interested. He is now hooked on his music. He also enjoyed seeing the Paper Kites and meeting them was the coolest thing. I didn't know they were opening for them until I got the tickets so I killed two birds with one stone by seeing two great artists perform on the same evening! It was a fun evening with my boy and look forward to many more little concert dates with this kiddo!