I'm hungry

My maiden name family went to NYC to see my brother in his play.  It was an awesome trip.  

Because of a lot of things.

FIRST of all...we were soooo smooth as to get ourselves onto an earlier flight that only had 20 passengers so we were moved up to FIRST CLASS!  Where our seats went ALL the way down (we took a nap and lamented our flight wasn't a few hours longer) and we got FREE snacks (we took two...each!).

Being with family.

Yummy Yummy FOOD!

These burgers are from the Shake Shack.  Oh My.

I was showing Brian my pictures and it was pretty much "Here's where we ate and this is what everyone had...Then we walked past this to go eat here...and this is what I had.  This is where we couldn't eat, so we walked here and ate THIS."  Every day it was marvelously the same thing.  

AND - Lots and lots of walking which was a fabulous companion to all the eating.

This is Central Park.  So pretty.

We walked over the Brooklyn Bridge, too.

It was difficult not becoming attached to the structure.  But we did.  

We loved it so and loathed to leave it.  We didn't even get written approval!  

There was no time for that.  Hope we don't get in trouble.

Candy! Candy! Candy!

Dylan's Candy Bar was awesome.  

I had the best rice krispie treat EVAH!  With caramel and pretzels in the middle.  

Then there was this place.

'Nuff Said.

Except for this.  

I love my brother.  

He's amazing.

So that was my trip.  

(Except we went and saw some shows, too.)  

I wasn't in charge of anything. 

I just walked around, following the man with the iPhone (you were awesome!),

ate delish food, looked at pretty things, and hugged on my beloved family.

I also shared a FULL sized bed with my sister!  It's been YEARS since we've done that.  We would draw lines down the middle of the bed with our hands to determine 'sides'.   We didn't have to do that this time.  We knew our sides and didn't even try to hog.  We are so grown up.

So, THANKS DAD!  Let's do it again!

(Here is a link to Cally's blog for more pictures if you just can't get enough of our family trip to the Big Apple!  Also she edits her pictures so they look better.)

a bloggers trip to NYC - a documentary project

To begin, I must note that the subject of my documentary was unaware of my intentions as I believe one can capture more natural actions and reactions that way.

This is kind of a silent documentary (except for a saftey note near the middle)

because a picture, you know, can paint a thousand words...

Now ~ we begin our journey into the vacation world of Blogger Calico

This was indeed a close call.

(It's a good thing the documentarian had watched the

safety videos on line before the trip and brought 'blogger Cally'

back behind the YELLOW line in the nic of time!)

And then I was kindly asked to knock it off...

So....

The End.

The idea for this documentary came up suddenly as I watched the blogger in Cally imediately present itself upon the initial stages of our trip.

She is so fun to watch and be with.

I love watching her appreciate colors, textures, people and of course delicious food.

Cute girl.


love ya!

big city, fun times

Jaden Boy! Such a sweet beautiful boy.

Cally - There's the Radio City Music Hall.

Corrie - Where?

Cally - right there.

Corrie - Where? I don't see anything.

Cally - Follow my finger. That neon sign that says Radio City Music Hall right in front of us.

Corrie - Oh! I see it! That's it?

(repeat discussion substituting almost every landmark we visited! I had the hardest time seeing those things! I felt a little ditsy. Cally was very patient with me.)

We missed the Empire State building. Did we pass it? Wait - what does that banner on that building across the street say?

Oh...there it is. It was hard to recognize from where we were standing. Never mind the banners.

Wow! Tall building. And to think we were standing right across from it wondering where it was for 5 minutes!

That can't be it! It had lions! Where are the lions?

We walked a couple more blocks in confusion when we saw the lions!

I knew there were lions. We had the wrong building the first time.

suprise, suprise

And there is the Statue of Liberty!

Well, A statue of liberty.

Central Park was super!

So beautiful.

With a castle! It's actually a weather station now, but still cool.
- and tree shade.

walking around - in search of Balto.

A rare look at cranky cally.

She LOVES the subway and all its unpredictability, adventure and down right splendor.

What she really loves is my enjoyment of gathering materials for my documentary

"A Bloggers Trip to New York City!"

(coming soon to a blog site near you!)

...the coolest door. jd found it.

Neat things to look at around every corner in that huge, busy, fascinating city.

new york, new york

What a fun trip! I am quite pooped and will post some pictures soon, but until I get to that - check out Cally's blog for some of her great pictures and a quick run down of our exploits while in the big apple! What a city!

good to be home