I know it has been over a year, so I apologize. But this is for those who have been wanting to see wedding pictures!
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Saturday is a Special Day
What I plan on Doing:
Find a Rite Aid in this crazy city
Go to class (technique 1-3, composition 3-4:30)
Play the rest of the day by ear...I don't know what we are doing nor do I care
What Really Happened:
Found a Rite Aid....but it was a failed attempt...Planned to find one after class
Was late to class because there was construction on the subway
Shared some sushi with Justin to tide me over until dinner
Walked through Central Park and saw a roller blade dance party (see story below)
After walking 33 blocks and a few avenues, we found out that the Rite Aid pharmacy had closed. Fail.
Found a really cool diner where we enjoyed dinner and took home red velvet cake and strawberry shortcake.
Watched Mary and Max on Netflix
While on our very long walk to Rite Aid, we ran into a roller dance party of sorts. We were a bit confused as to what it really was, and still aren't quite sure. It was enjoyable, to say the least. It was filled with huge (muscular) men rollerblading while at the same time getting groovy. But amidst the muscle we happened to see a cute skinny little old white man getting groovy in his own way...(look for the white man with the hat...and prepare yourself)
That little old man did that dance for as long as we were there. He later had recruited others including the very defined man in the white pants you see grooving across the screen. What a funny guy. It just goes to show....dance is for everybody!
Hope you had a great Saturday!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
A New Look
Notice anything different? Or are you the type of person who sees a friend with a haircut and notices something is weird but does not quite make the connection? Welllll, my good friend Bri over at The Secret Life of Bee designed and edited my blog for me. Isn't she the best?
On a different note, I always seem to be humbled when I need it most. That is always how it works, isn't it? You may have seen my status on Facebook exuding my excitement about being here in New York on the 4th of July. You really can't blame me. But this is how our day went:
We woke up early so we could scout out a good spot to watch the fire works along the Hudson (My mom and Kaylee came to the city to celebrate the 4th with us!). We found the perfect spot at about noon:
Seriously, people. This was the perfect spot. And we were so proud of ourselves for getting here early enough to snatch this spot. So we played Phase Ten to pass the time...played a little Farckle, ate some lunch, enjoyed the beautiful weather.
A man in a uniform approaches. Keep in mind police men have been passing back and forth for hours. This man, in all his power, tells us that we cannot stay there any longer because the entire park will be closed for the firework show...you mean to tell me that you have passed us multiple times for the past couple hours and decided to keep that bit of information to yourself? Wow. Okay. You mean to also tell me that I can't exercise my CIVIL RIGHTS on INDEPENDENCE DAY and sit in our perfect spot in a PUBLIC PARK? Where are we suppose to go? This is seriously the only place to see them.
He told us we needed to move across the street...ahem, excuse me--across the HIGHWAY to see the show.
We were a little flabbergasted, as I'm sure you might have been.
On our way across the highway we see people cursing at that particular officer because they had been at their perfect spot since six that morning. I even saw a woman crying about it.
We found an okay spot on the corner of the street and played more phase ten, ate some more food, played more farckle, went to buy some lawn chairs from rite-aid while Justin and Kaylee watched our spot. By the time we got back to our spot, the highway was closed off. Justin had moved our spot to the middle of the street where everyone was congregating. This spot was almost as good as our spot by the river. We had space, we had food, we now had chairs, the air was cool, and life was good.
A couple phases later (an hour and a half before the fireworks start) another police officer comes to the middle of our huge congregation and proceeds to tell us that we all had to pack up our blankets, our chars, and our games so we could squish together to allow for more people to see the show. I don't know. Everyone seemed pretty content to me. By the time we all squashed together, we felt like we were on our way to a concentration camp or something:
We no longer had our food, or our space, or our phase ten, OR our chairs that we had bought. AND we were canned together like sardines. It was hot, the little boy in front of us was screaming bloody murder for the entire hour that we had to stand shoulder-to-shoulder until the show actually started...any my feet hurt.
After sweating it out for an hour, the show finally started...and let me tell you, this was probably the coolest, biggest, loudest, most beautiful firework show I have ever seen:
The pictures really do not do it justice.
SO, after an extremely long day and a pretty much worth-it show, we were ready for dessert. We huddled together and traveled through the masses. And believe me when I say masses.
We made it safely to Junior's for some world famous cheesecake. Let me be completely honest, all of the misfortunes of the day were well worth this cheesecake:
It turned out that our terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day had turned into quite the adventure and a very full and happy tummy.
I hope your 4th of July was as adventurous as ours.
On a different note, I always seem to be humbled when I need it most. That is always how it works, isn't it? You may have seen my status on Facebook exuding my excitement about being here in New York on the 4th of July. You really can't blame me. But this is how our day went:
We woke up early so we could scout out a good spot to watch the fire works along the Hudson (My mom and Kaylee came to the city to celebrate the 4th with us!). We found the perfect spot at about noon:
Seriously, people. This was the perfect spot. And we were so proud of ourselves for getting here early enough to snatch this spot. So we played Phase Ten to pass the time...played a little Farckle, ate some lunch, enjoyed the beautiful weather.
A man in a uniform approaches. Keep in mind police men have been passing back and forth for hours. This man, in all his power, tells us that we cannot stay there any longer because the entire park will be closed for the firework show...you mean to tell me that you have passed us multiple times for the past couple hours and decided to keep that bit of information to yourself? Wow. Okay. You mean to also tell me that I can't exercise my CIVIL RIGHTS on INDEPENDENCE DAY and sit in our perfect spot in a PUBLIC PARK? Where are we suppose to go? This is seriously the only place to see them.
He told us we needed to move across the street...ahem, excuse me--across the HIGHWAY to see the show.
We were a little flabbergasted, as I'm sure you might have been.
On our way across the highway we see people cursing at that particular officer because they had been at their perfect spot since six that morning. I even saw a woman crying about it.
We found an okay spot on the corner of the street and played more phase ten, ate some more food, played more farckle, went to buy some lawn chairs from rite-aid while Justin and Kaylee watched our spot. By the time we got back to our spot, the highway was closed off. Justin had moved our spot to the middle of the street where everyone was congregating. This spot was almost as good as our spot by the river. We had space, we had food, we now had chairs, the air was cool, and life was good.
A couple phases later (an hour and a half before the fireworks start) another police officer comes to the middle of our huge congregation and proceeds to tell us that we all had to pack up our blankets, our chars, and our games so we could squish together to allow for more people to see the show. I don't know. Everyone seemed pretty content to me. By the time we all squashed together, we felt like we were on our way to a concentration camp or something:
We no longer had our food, or our space, or our phase ten, OR our chairs that we had bought. AND we were canned together like sardines. It was hot, the little boy in front of us was screaming bloody murder for the entire hour that we had to stand shoulder-to-shoulder until the show actually started...any my feet hurt.
After sweating it out for an hour, the show finally started...and let me tell you, this was probably the coolest, biggest, loudest, most beautiful firework show I have ever seen:
The pictures really do not do it justice.
SO, after an extremely long day and a pretty much worth-it show, we were ready for dessert. We huddled together and traveled through the masses. And believe me when I say masses.
We made it safely to Junior's for some world famous cheesecake. Let me be completely honest, all of the misfortunes of the day were well worth this cheesecake:
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| Strawberry shortcake cheesecake, carrot cake cheesecake, devil's food cheesecake, and chocolate mousse cheesecake. |
It turned out that our terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day had turned into quite the adventure and a very full and happy tummy.
I hope your 4th of July was as adventurous as ours.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Saturday is a Special Day
What I plan on doing:
Going to see Billy Elliot (the kid who plays Billy is on our ward!)
See the Statue of Liberty
Have dinner at some unique, quintessential-new york restaurant
Go shopping
Eat a really yummy dessert
(all of the above done while flirting with my man)
What happened today:
Saw Billy Elliot
tried to speak with a New York accent
Went to the M&Ms store and the Hershey's store (M&Ms store is way better)
Had dinner with the worst service ever. Food was okay.
Had REALLY good gelato.
Ate our gelato while walking down the pier and watching the sunset and the Statue of Liberty
We sat down on a bench and we both started humming a different song but we were harmonizing...we looked at each other and busted up laughing
What happened today:
Saw Billy Elliot
tried to speak with a New York accent
Went to the M&Ms store and the Hershey's store (M&Ms store is way better)
Had dinner with the worst service ever. Food was okay.
Had REALLY good gelato.
Ate our gelato while walking down the pier and watching the sunset and the Statue of Liberty
We sat down on a bench and we both started humming a different song but we were harmonizing...we looked at each other and busted up laughing
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| Little Tade who played Billy in Billy Elliot |
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| It's small...but it's the statue! |
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| An attempt at getting Lady Liberty in the picture with us...excuse our faces. |
Friday, July 1, 2011
Get your yoga on!
It has been a very long but exciting week here in New York. I have already learned so much and I am not even half way done! I'm dancing at the Martha Graham School for their Summer Intensive and it is such an amazing experience. That is not what I want to talk about, though. Yesterday after class, Justin picked me up and he handed me some yoga clothes. He said we were doing yoga at Bryant park. Cool. Yoga in the park. I later found out that it was put on by Lululemon...I THEN found out that they were anticipating about 300 people. Not only was it an amazing experience feeling energy from hundreds of people, but we found out at the end of the class that 550 yogis had come to participate. The record! I can't wait to see if we break the record again next Thursday!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Saturday
Boy, this has been a while.
What I Plan On Doing:
Review material for my math test
Pass my math test with flying colors
Clean my house...the whole thing
Go tanning
Work out
Play outside
Study for finals
Go to bed early
What really happened:
Reviewed material for my math test
Barely passed my math test
Had a really long talk with Justin about the math program at BYU
Had a really long talk with my mom about how my mind does not work mathematically and how it never will in this life and yet I am still required to take math in school
Watched The Human Condition on Netflix (highly recommend)
Went to the mac store to waste money on a charger that we desperately needed
Visited some friends while Justin was fixing their car
Went tanning
Went on a walk with Justin
Was really grumpy about how messy my house is
Went to rock Canyon to play with Shane and Alyssa and their dog
Ate cheap chinese food
Watched Secretariat
Went to bed late
I was really grumpy all day after my math test. I probably should have worked out. And I found out that I reeeeally need some summer clothes. I have none.
Hope your Saturday was better than mine.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Star Trailing
I have been taking an astronomy class this semester and we are required to do 4 big projects so I thought I would share a couple with you. With the help of Bri and google I was able to figure out how to star trail. Of course without my wonderful husband none of it would happen because he drove me laaate at night 30 minutes into the canyon to get away from light pollution...blah blah blah...here are the results from our late night adventures!
And for another project I had to wake up extra early (before the sun rises) and look for Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter.....unfortunately our Provo horizon is a bit too high so I only saw Jupiter...but the picture isn't working out...so never mind. You don't get to see it.
If you get a chance to try this some time, you should. It was a blast. We probably won't do it for a looong time because of how many time we had to go out and do test shot to make sure it works.
There you have it.
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