Showing posts with label travels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travels. Show all posts

Friday, September 20, 2013

Girls Only- New York Style

About a month ago, we found out that my little sister had no plans to do anything special for her 30th birthday.  My mom and all the rest of us sisters put our foot down. One simply cannot ring in such a special birthday quietly, at least not in our family. So we concocted a plan: pack all the ladies into a car and head to one of my sister's favorite cities. The fabulous guys in our family released us to have a girls weekend to remember. We had an absolute ball shopping in thrift stores full of name brand goodies ($6 Jason Wu shirt...yes, please), drinking obscene amounts of divine coffee, walking our legs off, exploring side boroughs, giggling as we attempted to annoy each other when the subway cars were packed, and indulging in gluten-free deliciousness at every turn.

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My sewing sis drooling over all the fabric at Mood:
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Gluten free bread sticks and dinner...heaven for food allergy girls:
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I was only willing to drag my heavy camera around for one day; so here are a couple iPhone shots, too.

Me standing in front of the hotel in Times Square where I stayed for my honeymoon over 12 years ago/ Chelsea Market...so drool worthy:
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On the Highline:
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Now that's how to ring in three decades.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Beach Photo Finale

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Ava was truly having fun...I promise...
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Dead jellyfish were everywhere...or as my dad called it "whale contacts"...
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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Quiet Time with Daddy

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Nephew in the Sandbox

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Costume Night at the Beach

Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's/ Logan from The Wolverine/ Spock from Star Trek
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Dread Pirate Roberts from The Princess Bride/ Elizabeth Bennett and the only real Mr. Darcy from Pride & Prejudice
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Katniss Everdeen and Effie Trinket from The Hunger Games/ Wonder Woman
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Sister Snuggles

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Why I Need Therapy

Twenty points if you can actually correctly identify each of my weird family members...
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Monday, August 12, 2013

Ocean Wildlife

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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Let the Relaxin' Begin

It's that time of year again...a pic a day from the beach is in order. When I first moved to the East Coast, I couldn't understand why everyone seemed obsessed with their yearly "beach trip". Now we're on our fifth annual beach trip, I can say that I totally get it.

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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Ethiopia's Natural Beauty

While in Ethiopia, we got to take in our fair share of natural beauty...

Our hippo excursion...
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Wild monkeys...
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Getting a little too close to nature...
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We were received access to a private reservation...
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The closest I've ever been to a lion...
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Oh, so high...
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King of the mountain...
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Mountain herds...
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Have you ever wondered what coffee looks like when it is just a berry?
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Slightly more fresh than Chiquita...
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We're off on our annual beach vacation with my family. I'll post my tradition photo a day so you can close your eyes and imagine you hear the waves...