As the holiday chaos hits full swing I am receiving almost daily packages of ordered Christmas presents. I'm sure the post person, UPS and FedEx drivers are getting tired of my long driveway, gated yards, and over-protective "guard-dog". Everywhere you go you see advertisements for anything you could possible want for Christmas. No matter how…
Happy Father’s Day! 2017
Last week I said I would be honoring three men in my life this year for father's day; more on the first two see: honoring father's day As for the third? Last but of course not least I have to honor the newest father in the family, my husband L. Leading up to Z's birth…
BaByQ Oregon Shower
This past weekend my in-laws hosted a BBQ/baby shower for us and Baby Greene. L;s Dad, is locally famous for his BBQ and homemade sauce and loves to host parties to share his BBQ with others. The house was decorated in streamers, balloons, and flowers brightly colored with in our nursery colors of yellow, green,…
Very Special Baby Gifts
I went down to Southern California to celebrate baby Greene with friends and family. On Saturday my mom hosted a brunch baby shower at Mimi's cafe. For more on this see: SoCal Baby Shower If you have been reading my blog since the very beginning you would know that at my bridal shower I received…
SoCal Baby Shower
This past weekend I traveled down to Southern California to celebrate baby Greene with friends and family. My mom made reservation for a baby shower brunch at Mimi's cafe for 15 people and a high chair. Because of the time of day we had the whole room to ourselves which made it easy for us to…
Baby Greene Update
I realize it's been more than a month since I shared with everyone about baby Greene coming in May. I know also some of you are curious how the pregnancy has gone so far and how baby is doing? So I'll give you an update. I had my first ultrasound and initial appointment at 14…
Day 3: Dinner and a Show round 2
After our semi-down town tour we decided to go back to chelsea market for dinner. We had a few bites of lobster roll and shared some clam chowder but found both not to be enough food for actual dinner. So L walked over to a traditional Italian deli for a sandwich and I got a lamb pie.…
Day 3: Downtown Tour and a Surprise
On day three of our NYC trip, we started off by walking down to south street seaport. Here there are restaurants and tourist spots along the water. But we went to check out the discounted ticket spot. A small store front TKTS shows you what broadway shows have discounts for same day tickets. Several of…
Day 2: Dinner and a Show
On our trip to NYC:.After our afternoon outing we returned to the hotel to re-group before our evening plans. We change our clothes and left again for uptown. We had made reservations at a restaurant uptown close to the theater. K Rico is a upscale Latin fusion steakhouse. We were surprised to find the place…
Day 2: Greenwich Village and more
The next day of our NYC trip, we decided on a later start and took the subway over to Greenwich Village. It was a sunny cool spring day with a little wind, unlike the rainy day before. We walked over to Washington Square Park to see the Washington Arch the park view was amazing. We sat there…