Thanksgiving

My friend Anne Lise came to visit for a week. She brought her 16 year old daughter. We did a lot of the usual and not-so-usual NYC tourist stuff. 

The reservoir and Bethesda fountain in Central Park. 

Eating cupcakes from Magnolia

And cookies and hot chocolate from City Bakery 

A black and white cookie from Empire bakery ("Look to the cookie, Elaine.  Look to the cookie."

A trip to the farmer's market 

Riding the subway 

Drove to NJ to visit these goofballs. This isn't the best picture but I think my niece looks a lot like my sister in the picture, even though she's looking down. (Deciding who she looks like is the great debate of 2014) 

Thanksgiving dinner gathering. 

And then they were on their way back to Cali! 

No problems here! 

New Girl quote of the week--11/18, 11/25

November 18... Teachers conference 

Coach, remarking on Jess's crush, Ryan -- "Him? He looks like a boys' department mannequin." 

November 25... Obligatory Thanksgiving episode 

Jess to Ryan --"Do I sing Oasis songs to myself and pretend that they were inspired by your love for me? I do!"

Mindy quote of the week --11/18, 11/25

November 18 ..Mindy's diary 

After Danny reads Mindy's diary and reads that she likes his butt, he says, "Nice going, Danny Jr." 

November 25.. Mindy sets Danny's mom up on a date 

Danny when he saw his mother dressed up for her date-- "What the hell is this? Why is Ma dressed up like the tart of Staten Island?"

Mindy talking to Danny's mom about dating--"New York City is all hot gays and bald straights." 

Steelers v Jets

KB is a big Steelers fan. I'm a super nice girlfriend and bought him tickets to see the Steelers play the Jets here at the Meadowlands for his birthday. There were just as many Steeler fans as Jets fans at the game, and lots of "mixed" couples there.  I wouldn't say we were one of them since I don't care.  The Steelers lost, but it was a fun day anyway. 

Here is the crowd waiting to board the NJ Transit train to the Meadowlands. There is a lot of black and yellow in this crowd! 

Warning: selfies ahead. 

Here we are on the train. We walked way ahead and ended up on an empty car. They use the double decker trains to get out there, so there was plenty of room. 

And here we are at the game. 

I wore a down coat and we brought a blanket but the day was so nice and sunny, we didn't need either one.  Mid November-- who knew?!

It was so fun that I think next year I'll have to spring for tickets to see them in Pittsburg. 

Mindy Project quote of the week-- 11/11

Peter: "We had a night of crazy sex, now it's time for the punishment. So, where are we going for brunch?...  I just thought we should do what you want to do today, so you want to go to spin class, you want to go to see your friend's new baby?" 

Spoiler alert: I don't know why they broke Peter and Abby up already. She was a nice addition to the show. 

Mindy project quote of the week -- 11/4

I think you can guess what the quote will be for this week... 

Some guy named Paul : "Nowadays you fart too loud, you gotta go to counseling."

Dan: "tell me about it, brother. " 

Newport

My friend Angie came to visit the past week. She used to live in NYC but move several years ago, despite my best effort to sway her into saying by offering my spare bedroom in my rent stabilized apartment.  Anyway, she comes to visit every year and this time, she asked if I was interested in taking a road trip. So first I thought about going to the Poconos, but that is really set up for couples. My next thought was Montreal to see Jason, but he was coming here that weekend. So third choice was Newport and it was a good one!  The weather was perfect and the leaves are still glorious. We were there just for a day, but we did the Cliff walk and toured two of the mansions. We basically just picked two based on proximity and the fact that they close at 5:00 and we started at 3:00.

this is me before we started the Cliff Walk


 
 

 
 
 
 
 



Below is one of the houses that we passed on the Cliff walk.  I don't know if it was one of the houses to tour.  There were lots of people on the lawn, so we almost just walked up there, but glad we didn't!



 
 
Chateau Sur-Mer

 

The Elms (back)