Last week Nicks family came to NYC to celebrate Thanksgiving. It was 5 fun-filled family days in Manhattan. Paul & Gaynelle arrived on Tuesday afternoon and Kim rented a car to pick them up at the airport.
Tuesday night we had dinner at Butter right around the corner from our place with Paul, Gaynelle, Kim, & her boyfriend Sean. Dinner was amazing & very relaxing, the perfect setting to catch up!
Wednesday was a wet one, but it didn’t keep us inside. Nicks parents met us at our place & got the grand tour of our studio! It didn’t take long!! And then we showed them around our neighborhood, we went to the Law School, and Washington Square Park before we headed down to the Financial District to meet up with Kim for lunch. After lunch we browsed around by the water & walked around the shops on the pier while Kim finished up her day and came to meet us to go to Ground Zero. Not much to see as the site is under construction, can’t believe it’s been over 8 years! Standing there looking up into the sky it’s hard to imagine how far the twin towers “towered” over the rest of the buildings, it still gives me chills thinking about that day. We also stopped by the New York Stock Exchange & walked down Wall Street on our way to SoHo for some afternoon shopping. The boys went off to find a pub for a drink & Kim, Gaynelle, and I set off peruse the street vendors for jewelry. That evening we went to watch the floats being blown up for the Parade the next day and then headed back to Kim’s apartment for dinner, help her make the pies for Thanksgiving, and hang out until Lindsay arrived from Boston via the Lucky Star bus.
Nicks “Random walk down Wall St.” for his Investment Group
Nicks favorite float – The smurf
Thursday morning we met at Kim’s apartment and headed down 50th St. to 7th Avenue where the parade was going on. Since we were on a side street the crowd wasn’t as bad & we still had a spectacular view of all of the floats! Growing up watching the parade on tv you don’t really get a feel for how big the floats REALLY are, some of them were the size of neighboring buildings!!! On our way back to Kim’s place we stopped by Rockefeller Plaza to watch the ice skaters and snap a few photos. The tree was up, but obviously not lit. (I think Nick and I are going to stop by and take pictures in front of the tree tonight on our way to Kim’s place to watch the Civil War game.) Once home, Kim got to work cooking our feast! I tried to help, but she kept telling me no! :) Kim’s Icelandic friends from college, Bjarney & Elizabet, came over & watched football, drank wine, and grazed on appetizers all afternoon until the turkey was done around 5:30. Kim put together an amazing spread that was delicious! We ate & sat around the dinner table for a couple of hours until we were all so STUFFED we couldn’t move!
outside the ice rink at Rockefeller Center
On Friday Kim got reservations at the Boat House in Central Park for lunch. We walked down 5th Ave and got to enjoy all of the holiday decorations and store windows before heading into the park. The Boat House has a rustic feel with a large fire place, hearth, & leather club chairs in the waiting area complete with garland & pine cones strung across the mantle. Our table overlooked the lake with boats lined up on the far side, at one point a couple took one out on the lake for a row! After lunch we spent the rest of the afternoon in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This place is so big I get overwhelmed with it all, it was my third time there (two times since we’ve lived here) and after about 3 hours I am exhausted! Such a great place!!! We were all groggy after walking around the museum so we decided we needed a sweet treat to revive us! We headed to Crumbs for cupcakes & then on to a sports bar to watch football, basketball, and have some nachos!! After our backwards dinner, we headed back to Kim’s to play Cranium. We spent the next few hours acting, sketching, & rolling on the ground laughing at / with each other!! It was great!!!
Lindsay left early Saturday morning, and we went with Kim, Paul, & Gaynelle to shop at Bryant Park! Gaynelle got a customized ornament from a shop of a Christmas tree with all of our names on it to commemorate the holiday! (I have been looking for an ornament too to celebrate our first Christmas as a married couple & living in New York, but I haven’t found one that I LOVE just yet!) We hung out until Nicks parents need to go to the airport that afternoon!
Nick & I were sad to see them all go home! I had a wonderful holiday hanging out with my new family! It was perfect & I couldn’t have wished for a better time! I am so thankful!!!! Next up is Arizona to spend Christmas with my side of the family!
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