Hey guys. I know, I suck. I think my problem is that I want to write these cool blogs with pictures and the whole deal, and so I am never satisfied enough to actually finish them and post them. But then I just end up with no new blogs and a bunch of disappointed fans. Haha. I like referring to you guys as my fans, it makes me feel like a celebrity. :-)
Anyway, I am on my lunch break at work right now, so I don't have a lot of time, or any pictures or anything cool like that, but I can give you a rundown of what my life has looked like this past month. So here goes...
I feel like I was made to live in New York. I really love it here. The transition, surprisingly, has not been nearly as hard as I thought it would be. In fact, I think it has been pretty seamless. Those of you who are friends with me on Facebook (which I am much better at updating, so add me here if you haven't already!!) know that I have been getting to do a lot of cool things (and meet a lot of cool people!). My celebrity run-ins have been many, as I sure you would've expected, and I am trying to take in all New York has to offer me in the way of culture.
The biggest change since I last posted is that I started my job! Today is the end of my fourth week here, and even I am surprised at how much I love it. I am working for One Medical Group, which is a pretty amazing company that I believe is changing the face of health care. If you are in San Francisco or New York, you should definitely consider us for your primary care. But business aside, what I love about OMG (oh yeah, that is our acronym) is the people. I was so worried leaving the children's home, because I loved working there so much. It was hard to imagine anything even comparing to the relationships I made there. But I have been pleasantly surprised over these 4 weeks. Everyone here is amazing. I felt right at home from the first day on the job. People have gone out of their way to make me feel welcome and teach me how to do my job. I still have a lot to learn, but having great people around me makes that seem a little less daunting. I am working out of all 3 of our offices, 2 in Midtown and 1 in the financial district. In my next blog, I'll post a picture of the view from our financial district office. We are on the 45th floor and have a SPECTACULAR view of Lady Liberty herself. That's where I am now. I can't believe I get to look at that all day.
In other news, I am pretty excited about a couple of things...
Rachel is here again (she had to work in Jersey this week) and she stood in the rush line this morning and got us tickets to How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying for tonight. I have been wanting to see this show for forever...it stars Daniel Radcliffe (of Harry Potter fame) and it's got some really good reviews. I'm really pumped about that.
But even more pumped that I get to see my mom and dad in exactly FIVE days!!! They fly in on Wednesday and they will be here for 6 days. I can't WAIT to see them. Plus, we have 9th row seats to see Memphis, which is the other show I have been dying to see!!! It's gonna be a good week, folks. :-)
I haven't been able to make it to any more baseball games since I saw the Rangers and Astros play the Yankees and Mets, respectively, but I'm really looking forward to seeing some more games here in New York, and also maybe hitting up some games in Philly or DC soon. The Astros are not giving me too much to be excited about these days, but let's not forget that things looked about this grim in 2005 at this point in the season, so don't EVER count us out. I'm kind of pumped about our new owner, even though I have mad respect for Drayton, and I'm hopeful we are headed in a good direction with the management. It'll be an adventure, regardless. Haha, isn't it always for us Astros fans?
Alright, my lunch break is wrapping up, and I hear from my co-worker Danielle that there is a super-hot maintenance man in the other room, so I'll probably head out and go check that out before I get back to work. Haha.
Show me some love in the comments and of course any questions or suggestions on what I should blog about. Promise to post some pictures soon. Happy long weekend, everyone!!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
"Guess That Celebrity" Revealed!
Ok, a few things...
I am a little disappointed with you, blog readers. I know that many of you read my last post, because a bunch of you have asked me about the celebrity in the picture. And yet, not one comment? Not one of you wanted to venture a guess? Not cool, guys. It's no fun to write a blog when no one leaves comments. It's also no fun to spend money on a cool prize and have no one to give it to. I actually wasn't going to even give you the answer, but I had already written like 3/4 of the blog and I figured I would be nice. :-) But next time I'm going to need some more participation. I still have this awesome prize to give away!
Posting this blog also has the OCD side of me freaking out, because it will throw things off chronologically (I haven't finished my baseball game posts from a couple of weeks ago). But a lot of you were really bugging me, so here goes...
The celebrity in the picture was none other than...
Now, let me give you the back story on this. Most of you know that I am a huge pop culture nerd. I am not one of those people that idolizes celebrities or really even envies them. I am just very intrigued by and interested in them. I love to know all the Hollywood gossip and can school just about anyone in TV/Movie/Celebrity trivia. And, as referenced in an earlier post, I am also pretty notorious for running into celebrities. This does not count as one of those celebrity encounters because I planned it in advance, but I still got to see some of the biggest names in Hollywood yesterday.
I don't watch a ton of TV (especially now that I have no cable), but I am actually a HUGE Glee fan. I think the show is really clever and original, and being a big Broadway lover, the musical aspect of it is fantastic. Now if you watch the show, you'll know that the McKinley High glee club has recently won regionals and is on their way to nationals in, yes that's right, New York City. So the cast of Glee has been in town all week filming. I knew this of course, but with the crappy weather and lots to do, I hadn't ventured out to try and find them.
**Side note: when I went to the Stop N Shop on Wednesday, I noticed that the street right next to us was lined with cast trailers, so I got super excited that it was Glee that was shooting essentially in my own backyard. (Well if there was such thing as a backyard in New York) Turns out they were shooting for a show called Damages, which I found out later is actually a Golden-Globe and Emmy winning show starring people like Glenn Close, Ted Danson, and Tate Donovan. So still kind of cool, but not worth staking out the trailers or anything.**
But I digress. Anyway, I knew Friday was my last weekday of freedom before I start my job next week. It was also supposed to be an absolutely gorgeous day, highs in the seventies, sunny, and perfect. Thursday night, I thought about what I wanted to do the next day, and I honestly just wanted to go check out a Glee shoot. I had heard that they would be at Washington Square Park, so I got up early and went to check out the situation. Nothing out of the ordinary was going on, other than an unusual amount of people hanging out because of the awesome weather. So I got on my phone and looked up the shooting locations for the day. There were 3 or 4 in the West Village/Greenwich area which was not far from the park, so I set out to see if I could track them down. To no avail. I walked by all of the places, and while it was clear that they had either just shot there or were getting ready to shoot, there was no sign of any celebrities. So, finally, around 11:30, I decided I just needed to camp out and wait for them to show up. I knew they were scheduled to film scenes in the park and they hadn't been there yet. So I found a little bookshop, bought a book, went to Whole Foods and bought some lunch, and went back to Washington Square Park. I staked out a bench and proceeded to eat my lunch. I also struck up a conversation with a middle-aged guy who was sitting next to me. He asked me how I managed to have such a beautiful day off from work and I filled him in on my life and move from Texas. Luckily, I didn't fill him in on what I was doing in the park at that moment because after I had been sitting there talking to him for like 15 minutes, the two-way radio he is wearing starts to go off. And I hear voices talking about lighting and production and call times and all that Hollywood mumbo-jumbo. Then he gets up and starts setting up barricades right in front of where we were sitting. Yes, folks, he was a Glee crew member. He later came back by with some other crew member and said I would have to move from the bench I was sitting because they were going to need to shoot there. He said, "We're filming for a show called Glee. If you want to stay and watch, you can stand over there behind the barricades." I totally played dumb, thanked him, and said I might stick around. Haha.
Anyway, I took my place behind the big silver rails they had set up, along with about a million teenage girls who had started to gather around. I felt a little stupid but after a morning of wandering the West Village, I knew that I wasn't going to give up without seeing these Glee kids. Long story short, I ended up there for the next four hours, watching them film and contemplating whether or not I could punch some of the teenage girls around me and get out of the crowd before the cops could catch me. Seriously, the producers gave us two rules - 1) Turn off the flash on your cameras, and 2) Don't scream. And yet every time one the stars got anywhere near us, these kids started screaming. And calling them by their characters' names..."Finn, will you marry me?," "Puck, you are SO HOT!!!," "Please come talk to us!!!" And then they would get ticked if they wouldn't respond and yell mean things to them. And I will say this, the cast was super nice and friendly, and waved to us sometimes between takes. But they are doing their job. They didn't have time to come chat with all the screaming teenagers (and me and this one guy next to me that was taking pictures for his 8-year old daughter) in the crowd. If someone was screaming at me during my job, I wouldn't be half as nice as these guys were. That picture I posted yesterday was of Cory having a little fun with us. He took one of the paparazzi's cameras and started snapping pictures of us taking pictures of him.
Anyway, it was a lot of fun. I got to see all of the actors that play the glee club members. The only big cast members that weren't there were Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch. It was a huge production, as you'll see in the pictures. It was actually hard to get great pictures because there were so many crew members and so much equipment everywhere. But I did my best. The rest of the post will just be my pictures. I blew some of them up so you can see the actors better. Enjoy!
I am a little disappointed with you, blog readers. I know that many of you read my last post, because a bunch of you have asked me about the celebrity in the picture. And yet, not one comment? Not one of you wanted to venture a guess? Not cool, guys. It's no fun to write a blog when no one leaves comments. It's also no fun to spend money on a cool prize and have no one to give it to. I actually wasn't going to even give you the answer, but I had already written like 3/4 of the blog and I figured I would be nice. :-) But next time I'm going to need some more participation. I still have this awesome prize to give away!
Posting this blog also has the OCD side of me freaking out, because it will throw things off chronologically (I haven't finished my baseball game posts from a couple of weeks ago). But a lot of you were really bugging me, so here goes...
The celebrity in the picture was none other than...
Cory Monteith, star of the hit TV show, Glee!!
Now, let me give you the back story on this. Most of you know that I am a huge pop culture nerd. I am not one of those people that idolizes celebrities or really even envies them. I am just very intrigued by and interested in them. I love to know all the Hollywood gossip and can school just about anyone in TV/Movie/Celebrity trivia. And, as referenced in an earlier post, I am also pretty notorious for running into celebrities. This does not count as one of those celebrity encounters because I planned it in advance, but I still got to see some of the biggest names in Hollywood yesterday.
I don't watch a ton of TV (especially now that I have no cable), but I am actually a HUGE Glee fan. I think the show is really clever and original, and being a big Broadway lover, the musical aspect of it is fantastic. Now if you watch the show, you'll know that the McKinley High glee club has recently won regionals and is on their way to nationals in, yes that's right, New York City. So the cast of Glee has been in town all week filming. I knew this of course, but with the crappy weather and lots to do, I hadn't ventured out to try and find them.
**Side note: when I went to the Stop N Shop on Wednesday, I noticed that the street right next to us was lined with cast trailers, so I got super excited that it was Glee that was shooting essentially in my own backyard. (Well if there was such thing as a backyard in New York) Turns out they were shooting for a show called Damages, which I found out later is actually a Golden-Globe and Emmy winning show starring people like Glenn Close, Ted Danson, and Tate Donovan. So still kind of cool, but not worth staking out the trailers or anything.**
But I digress. Anyway, I knew Friday was my last weekday of freedom before I start my job next week. It was also supposed to be an absolutely gorgeous day, highs in the seventies, sunny, and perfect. Thursday night, I thought about what I wanted to do the next day, and I honestly just wanted to go check out a Glee shoot. I had heard that they would be at Washington Square Park, so I got up early and went to check out the situation. Nothing out of the ordinary was going on, other than an unusual amount of people hanging out because of the awesome weather. So I got on my phone and looked up the shooting locations for the day. There were 3 or 4 in the West Village/Greenwich area which was not far from the park, so I set out to see if I could track them down. To no avail. I walked by all of the places, and while it was clear that they had either just shot there or were getting ready to shoot, there was no sign of any celebrities. So, finally, around 11:30, I decided I just needed to camp out and wait for them to show up. I knew they were scheduled to film scenes in the park and they hadn't been there yet. So I found a little bookshop, bought a book, went to Whole Foods and bought some lunch, and went back to Washington Square Park. I staked out a bench and proceeded to eat my lunch. I also struck up a conversation with a middle-aged guy who was sitting next to me. He asked me how I managed to have such a beautiful day off from work and I filled him in on my life and move from Texas. Luckily, I didn't fill him in on what I was doing in the park at that moment because after I had been sitting there talking to him for like 15 minutes, the two-way radio he is wearing starts to go off. And I hear voices talking about lighting and production and call times and all that Hollywood mumbo-jumbo. Then he gets up and starts setting up barricades right in front of where we were sitting. Yes, folks, he was a Glee crew member. He later came back by with some other crew member and said I would have to move from the bench I was sitting because they were going to need to shoot there. He said, "We're filming for a show called Glee. If you want to stay and watch, you can stand over there behind the barricades." I totally played dumb, thanked him, and said I might stick around. Haha.
Anyway, I took my place behind the big silver rails they had set up, along with about a million teenage girls who had started to gather around. I felt a little stupid but after a morning of wandering the West Village, I knew that I wasn't going to give up without seeing these Glee kids. Long story short, I ended up there for the next four hours, watching them film and contemplating whether or not I could punch some of the teenage girls around me and get out of the crowd before the cops could catch me. Seriously, the producers gave us two rules - 1) Turn off the flash on your cameras, and 2) Don't scream. And yet every time one the stars got anywhere near us, these kids started screaming. And calling them by their characters' names..."Finn, will you marry me?," "Puck, you are SO HOT!!!," "Please come talk to us!!!" And then they would get ticked if they wouldn't respond and yell mean things to them. And I will say this, the cast was super nice and friendly, and waved to us sometimes between takes. But they are doing their job. They didn't have time to come chat with all the screaming teenagers (and me and this one guy next to me that was taking pictures for his 8-year old daughter) in the crowd. If someone was screaming at me during my job, I wouldn't be half as nice as these guys were. That picture I posted yesterday was of Cory having a little fun with us. He took one of the paparazzi's cameras and started snapping pictures of us taking pictures of him.
Anyway, it was a lot of fun. I got to see all of the actors that play the glee club members. The only big cast members that weren't there were Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch. It was a huge production, as you'll see in the pictures. It was actually hard to get great pictures because there were so many crew members and so much equipment everywhere. But I did my best. The rest of the post will just be my pictures. I blew some of them up so you can see the actors better. Enjoy!
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| Heather Morris (Brittany) |
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| Cory Monteith (Finn) sitting on the bench where I had just been sitting. Also, the guy in the red is clearly Chord Overstreet(Sam)'s stand-in |
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| Group walking into the park (and singing). You can kind of see Mark Salling (Puck), Chris Colfer (Kurt), and Heather behind that guy in the black, Dianna Agron (Quinn), Ashley Fink (Lauren), Naya Rivera (Santana) |
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| Mark, Chris, Heather, Cory, Naya, Chord Overstreet (Sam), and Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina) |
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| Chord, Cory, Mark |
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| Mark getting his makeup touched up |
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| Heather, Ashley, Lea Michele (Rachel), Dianna, Corey |
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| There's those Finn dance moves! Haha. Chord, Jenna, Heather, Cory, Mark |
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| Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike), Lea, Chord, Jenna, Heather, Mark, Cory |
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| Naya, Ashley, Lea, Kevin McHale (Artie), Harry, Heather, Jenna, Cory (and you can actually see Amber Riley, who plays Mercedes, under Jenna's arm) |
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| Artie can walk!! Well, no, but Kevin McHale can. |
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| Dianna |
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| Lea |
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| Chris (thanks for posing!) |
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| Amber Riley (Mercedes) The guy facing us in the plaid is Dianna's brother |
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| Naya (who is one of the most stunning people I have ever seen), Lea, and Harry in the background |
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| Glee creator Ryan Murphy |
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| The stand-ins for the actors, getting the marks set and whatnot |
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| Dianna, Chord, and Ashley |
Friday, April 29, 2011
I'M SORRY!!
I know I have been a blogger slacker. I have been doing a lot of cool things and I am working on a couple of blogs that I think you're going to like. I promise I will get at least one up this weekend. My goal after that is to make sure that I'm blogging at least once a week. I don't want this to end up like my last blog...haha.
To keep you interested while you wait for some actual posts, I thought I would give you a little teaser about what one of the posts will be about. Observe.
Who is this guy, and what am I doing? And why the heck is he taking my picture (whilst I take his)? Hint: he is a celebrity, not just some random guy. I don't think anyone besides my roommates knows the answer to this, but if you do know what I was doing today, don't spoil it.
So make your guesses in the comments section, and I will post the answer, along with some recognizable pictures of said celebrity (and maybe a few others), soon! Happy guessing!
To keep you interested while you wait for some actual posts, I thought I would give you a little teaser about what one of the posts will be about. Observe.
Who is this guy, and what am I doing? And why the heck is he taking my picture (whilst I take his)? Hint: he is a celebrity, not just some random guy. I don't think anyone besides my roommates knows the answer to this, but if you do know what I was doing today, don't spoil it.
So make your guesses in the comments section, and I will post the answer, along with some recognizable pictures of said celebrity (and maybe a few others), soon! Happy guessing!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Doughnuts and Exercise
Yes, I realize that these two don't particularly go together, but such is my life.
Let me start by saying that I really love my roommates, Sara and Leticia (in case you haven't already figured this out). **By the way, quick side note, if you have not read Sara's blog today about her client "Jerry," you must do so IMMEDIATELY. It will have you laughing for days.** Anyway, my roommates are awesome. This past Monday, they were both off work, and since I am always off work (haha), they told me that they had a surprise for me. We went into the city, and arrived at our destination, Doughnut Plant. It is hard to describe this place, other than to say that it is AMAZING. Basically, like a zillion different kinds of specialty doughnuts. Cool decorations, too. :-)
Anyway, we obviously had to get two doughnuts a piece. I went for the creme brulee' and the coconut glaze. Sara and Leticia had tres leches, carrot cake, strawberry, and something else I can't remember. Hopefully one of them will. *Sara just informed me that I was wrong - Leticia only got one. She would. Haha.* But that is beside the point really. They were SO delicious! Now don't get me wrong, if I had the option of a warm Round Rock donut in front of me right now, I would probably choose it first, but these specialty doughnuts are pretty amazing. Here I am enjoying some coconut goodness.
Lest you guys worry that I am becoming a fatty here surrounded by all this yummy food, I also joined the YMCA this week. One just opened a few blocks from us, which is perfect, because I was fairly certain I couldn't afford the rates at some of those big gyms in the city. However, since I have enjoyed a free membership at the Y for the past 6 years (TBCH employee perk), I still wasn't thrilled about the $43/month. The good news is that when you are actually paying to be a part of a gym, you have a little more motivation to go.
This YMCA is super nice and, of course, everything is new. The cardio machines have their own personal screens where you can plug in your headphones and watch TV, or plug your iPod/iPhone in and control them through the screen. Since we have no cable, it has been nice to go get my Today Show on in the mornings.
Let me start by saying that I really love my roommates, Sara and Leticia (in case you haven't already figured this out). **By the way, quick side note, if you have not read Sara's blog today about her client "Jerry," you must do so IMMEDIATELY. It will have you laughing for days.** Anyway, my roommates are awesome. This past Monday, they were both off work, and since I am always off work (haha), they told me that they had a surprise for me. We went into the city, and arrived at our destination, Doughnut Plant. It is hard to describe this place, other than to say that it is AMAZING. Basically, like a zillion different kinds of specialty doughnuts. Cool decorations, too. :-)
Anyway, we obviously had to get two doughnuts a piece. I went for the creme brulee' and the coconut glaze. Sara and Leticia had tres leches, carrot cake, strawberry, and something else I can't remember. Hopefully one of them will. *Sara just informed me that I was wrong - Leticia only got one. She would. Haha.* But that is beside the point really. They were SO delicious! Now don't get me wrong, if I had the option of a warm Round Rock donut in front of me right now, I would probably choose it first, but these specialty doughnuts are pretty amazing. Here I am enjoying some coconut goodness.
Lest you guys worry that I am becoming a fatty here surrounded by all this yummy food, I also joined the YMCA this week. One just opened a few blocks from us, which is perfect, because I was fairly certain I couldn't afford the rates at some of those big gyms in the city. However, since I have enjoyed a free membership at the Y for the past 6 years (TBCH employee perk), I still wasn't thrilled about the $43/month. The good news is that when you are actually paying to be a part of a gym, you have a little more motivation to go.
This YMCA is super nice and, of course, everything is new. The cardio machines have their own personal screens where you can plug in your headphones and watch TV, or plug your iPod/iPhone in and control them through the screen. Since we have no cable, it has been nice to go get my Today Show on in the mornings.
Yes, that is my girl Jillian Michaels promoting her book to Al Roeker.
Anyway, today at the gym, I decided to turn on the Mets game. My theory is that watching any baseball is better than no baseball at all, so I watched the last several innings of their game against the Nationals. Let me just say that I do not care for baseball on TV when J.D. and Brownie are not commentating. Those Mets chumps are no good. But I suffered through and even got to see a couple of former Astros do their thing for the Mets (Tim Byrdak and Taylor Buchholz). Another plus was that I ended up working out for over an hour because I wanted to see the end of the game (Mets lost 6-2).
Looks like I will have to keep these marathon workouts going if I plan to keep eating all these doughnuts and whatnot. Well worth it, I think. :-)
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Biggest Loser!
Ok, I got all blogged out on that last post, but I do want to share a few pictures from Jillian Michaels's book signing on Tuesday. Now, I am huge fan of The Biggest Loser. But if I'm being honest, I typically watch the show curled up on the couch stuffing my face with something yummy. (Don't judge). But my roommate, Leticia, has been on this incredible weight loss journey and has lost 90 pounds so far!! She has been really inspired by the trainers and contestants on The Biggest Loser, and so she was super excited when she found out that Jillian Michaels, one of the trainers on the show, would be at the Borders in Columbus Circle signing copies of her new book. She invited me to come along, and I'm so glad I did.
Not only did we get to meet Jillian (who was SO genuinely nice), but several current and former contestants were there as well. They all walked through the crowd while we were waiting and chatted with us and took pictures. I can't post the pics of the current contestants we saw (Jay, Olivia, and Jen) until after the finale, but let me just say that I think Olivia's got this. They all looked great, but she looks INCREDIBLE. But I can post some pictures of us with two of my favorite contestants from last season, Patrick (the winner of BL10) and Mark (the at-home winner of BL10).
Not only did we get to meet Jillian (who was SO genuinely nice), but several current and former contestants were there as well. They all walked through the crowd while we were waiting and chatted with us and took pictures. I can't post the pics of the current contestants we saw (Jay, Olivia, and Jen) until after the finale, but let me just say that I think Olivia's got this. They all looked great, but she looks INCREDIBLE. But I can post some pictures of us with two of my favorite contestants from last season, Patrick (the winner of BL10) and Mark (the at-home winner of BL10).
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| Patrick |
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| Mark |
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| Jillian!! And yes, that is Jay in the background (Sshhh!) |
Eight Things I Love About Boston
Alright everyone, before I get going on my Boston trip, just wanted to fill you in on the job stuff. I did have an interview yesterday, and it went really well. They asked me to come back next week for an all-day interview/training, so I am pretty hopeful. The job is at a medical office. I will fill you in some more if I actually get it. :-)
Ok, well enough about the boring stuff. Let's talk about one of my favorite new cities. I traveled to Boston this past weekend to visit mine and Sara's friend Chris from back in Round Rock. Sara, unfortunately, had to work, so she didn't get to join me. :-( The main reason I was going (other than to see Chris, of course) was because we had gotten tickets to see Brian Regan, who is hands down one of the FUNNIEST comedians I have ever heard. And he's super clean, so you could totally take your whole family to watch him. The show was hilarious. I highly recommend checking him out when he comes to your town.
8. Bolt Bus - I realize this is not specific to Boston, but it is what I used to travel there. Total round-trip was like $30, and it was super easy, clean, and fast (got me there in like 3 and a half hours). Will definitely be using them again.
7. Fenway Park
Chris literally lives around the corner from the ballpark. I was pretty disappointed because the Red Sox were not in town when I was there (they were too busy getting whooped up on by the Rangers back in the great state of TX), but it was still really cool to see one of the most famous baseball parks in the country. Can't wait to go back and catch a game soon.
6. Emerson (and about a billion other colleges within a mile of each other)
There are so many colleges (and college students!) in Boston. And their schools are NICE. The pictures of Emerson (where Chris goes to school) don't do it justice. I certainly don't remember buildings this nice at my alma mater.
5. Mike's Pastry
A giant, chocolate-covered cannoli...yes, please! It was super good. Every time I think I have found the best cannoli ever, it seems like another one comes along and takes the prize. This one is definitely on top right now. You must check this place out if ever you're in Boston.
4. This Turkey
Right around the corner from Chris's apartment is this Catholic Church. We had walked past it like 5 times in the course of the day. But when we were walking back from church on Sunday, we see this in the yard of the church. A turkey. What was it doing there? No idea. Just chilling, I guess. But I thought it was HILARIOUS. When we walked back by later, it was nowhere to be found, but there was a giant German shepherd in its place. Hope it didn't get eaten. Guess we'll never know what happened to that poor little guy.
3. It is BEAUTIFUL and HISTORIC
Boston really is a gorgeous city. The architecture is amazing, and there is so much history there. It has a similar feel to New York at times, but it's a little less crazy (and a lot cleaner). Here are just a few pictures I took while I was there.
2. Chris is there!
1. They hate the Yankees as much as I do!!
So that is my Boston trip in a nutshell. Will definitely be returning here - maybe in the summer to catch some baseball.
Oh, and speaking of the Yankees, Leticia just got us tickets to see them play the Rangers next Friday!! I cannot WAIT to blog about my first Yankee game experience. And you better believe I will be cheering my heart out for the Rangers. We Texans gotta stick together!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
So Much To Blog About...So Little Time
I've got a couple of blogs in the works, but it's late and I need to go to bed because I have a JOB INTERVIEW tomorrow!! Can't wait to hopefully tell you some more about that soon. So anyway, I thought I would give you a little mini-blog in the meantime.
Starting with what is pretty much the best part of my week. New York is pretty great, but it can't hold a candle to my sweet niece and nephew, Isabella and Cooper. I love getting to Skype with them. Our conversations don't typically last too long because it is a big job for my mom to keep Cooper from trying to climb through the screen to get to me. He learned how to wave too so he just loves to wave at me over and over. Adorable!
Check back soon to hear about how I met several current and former Biggest Loser contestants at Jillian Michaels's book signing, and to hear what I LOVE about Boston. Here are a couple of things...
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