view of the city from atop of the Empire State building

Ben viewing the lights of NY

Chara trying to figure out the binocular thingys

a great head thing above a door

Ben and Chara in Greenwich Village

Marcelleria, a great little restaurant in Greenwich village we ate at last night

Some pigs outside a very expensive Soho store

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i hailed my first cab..

We have arrived in New York....

We are here, and safe, and due to the very mean Hotel not letting us check in early because it takes them 9 hours to clean a single room to let us check in, we had some time to kill.

So wandered around, and hit Times Square, Broadway, and Central Park

Beautiful City thus far. Some pictures below.

Ben...

and remember this lesson. Always ask for a manger. They can get stuff done.


Ben and Chara sitting in the sun in Central Park on a brisk New York morning

Beautiful lakes, ponds, and bridges all throughout the park

View of one of the main walkways in Central Park

The way the new york skyline juts out of Central Park is amazing and beautiful

On our way to New York

Leaving tonight

arrive early Friday morning

so excited

We are off to New York for the weekend for the High Definition Film Festival and to take in a couple sights if we have time

We'll post some pictures when we get a chance

But first off to Phil's BBQ for dinner on the way to the airport. YUM....

Ben...

..why can't every day be just this good..

so i was going to spend all weekend studying for this big test i have next week.. that's what i was going to do..
instead of course ben and i somehow made our way up to the oc.. where we picked up our niece and nephew, and brother, and his girlfriend.. and we headed to the goldenwest swapmeet for a wonderful day of fun in the sun..
taking care of two kids.. between four adults was a little overwhelming.. but we did it.. we had a great time.. i love family day..
seriously though.. this blog entry would be longer.. but i really do have to go study..

..don't mess around with a guy in shades... oh no..

mi familia..

deborah and her super cool sunglasses..

loan and deborah taking it easy with trevor doing all the work..

isaiah and uncle ben ready for a nap

bye bye real pepsi..

we're doing a paper on nutrition for one of my nursing classes.. according to my height and activity level (which is none) i'm about 7lbs over weight... This teacher says that i should only be eating about 1500 calories a day - and if i would like to lose weight i can only eat 1000 calories a day for 7 weeks... that'll help me loose my 7lbs.. of course i could exercise.. but i kinda hate that.. so i'm trying to figure out what i can eat and not gain any weight.. it looks like i'm going to have to go on the diet pepsi/snackwell diet.. i'm not happy about it.. but you gotta do what you gotta do..