Even while in New York, we had a big dose of family and friends.

At the end of August, we went home for my Daddy-in-law’s 60th birthday celebration! He’s still as fit as an ox and can beat youngin’s more than half his age at tennis!

The in-laws…

Cousin Mike visited in early September for his 35th Birthday. Here he is about to blow out his birthday dessert. We celebrated at Peter Luger… yummy steak!

That same weekend, a bunch of friends also visited… There was Eli, Frances, and Brian as well as Sonya’s closest gal pals. It made for a huge group when we all went out… Continue reading →

I’m thinking of changing my xanga name. After all, I haven’t been a Miss for three and a half years now. I’ll let you all know in advance when I plan on doing that.

Looking back at life in NY really makes me miss that place, but thinking of the family I had in NY makes me miss it even more. Dan and I recently received a card from Angie (you might remember her from previous entries: 1 & 2) because she wanted to send us a “hello” the old fashioned way… through the mail.  It made me tear up a little bit reading it. It reminds me that we did make a home for ourselves while in NY.

Onwards! Summer in New York is all about being outdoors and so we jump at the chance to watch outdoor movies all the time. The next movie we watched was Tim Burton’s classic, Edward Scissorhands at Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Check out that backdrop. Amazing. Some people like looking at trees and stuff, but I can’t help but love looking at all that cement knowing there’s all those people walking around like little ants. 

We got a really good spot.

Dan and I went early and waited for Nam to arrive. Sonya and Adam didn’t make it in time before the park hit capacity.

And then he came… yay!!

Pretty soon, the park became more and more full as people arrived to get a good spot to watch the movie. Continue reading →

The day after Sex and the City in Central Park, I believe I flew a long way to Honolulu, Hawaii to visit Anh. He gets lonely sometimes. He moved there for work and has a great job, but misses his loved ones so he decided to fly me out for a week.

Check out the view from his balcony. (He has a new apartment now, but equally awesome view.)

Anh loves wine. He took me to a pretty cool wine bar where you purchase a card and can get wine by the ounce via dispensers.

He also took me to my first strip club. It was an interesting experience to say the least! Continue reading →