A really good friend from over at More Salt flew to NYC to come visit me over the weekend, and let me tell you, did we PAINT THE TOWN RED...
We left our first mark on the town of Seaside Heights, where E's family has a shore house, and where we promptly hit the ground running!
We packed in visits to the beach, the Shore Store, the Aztec AND Beachcomber for some sun, souvenirs, salty beers and salacious crab legs - in that order!
The best Girly drinks for girls night are of course, wrapped in girly labels - pink and black!
And then we switched it up and went with boy colors, because everyone needs some balance! (we mostly just needed the hydration after a day of drinking in the sun!)
PHOTO TAKEN BY MORE SALT!
We then traipsed all over NYC: The journey started in the Upper West Side at La Casa Muffin, and after fueling up at the famous Gray's Papaya, we trekked to Times Square (where we got caught up with the tourist-y vibe and paid SIXTEEN DOLLARS for two beers...)
That was followed by GroundZero and WorldTradeCenter, and then onto the Brooklyn Bridge. We caught a subway back to Muffin's studio apartment just in time to get changed and rest briefly before heading out to dinner in Chelsea, where the waiter/host/WHOEVER was a hot little piece and verbally delivered the specials like they were sex on a plate... I needed a cigarette after we placed our order!
(Also, you will see no pictures from this time span because 1 - we were big time celebrating being in NYC with lots of wine and limoncello and cupcakes paired perfectly with pinot grigio which led to 2 - that we were WAY too busy living life to worry about recording the memories. Some memories are better left fuzzy anyways...)
In fact, the next and only other shot I have from the Epic Visit is from a lazy Sunday in Central Park where, after sloughing through some nasty city heat and humidity, we enjoyed some post-hangover bagels and berries:
Delicious Post Script: The weekend was just what the doctor ordered - we commiserated and mourned our losses over some Blue Moons, and then bonded and became, what I'm SURE will be, life long friends.
Hey lady! Yea you - over at More Salt:
Jersey and NY still don't know what hit 'em!
And you know what?
The marathon of life has handed off to us, on this relay leg at least, a complete shit stick for a baton - and it was horribly bobbled - NEARLY DROPPED! - in the hand-off, to boot.
But I sit and remember that there are multiple legs to a relay race - this one WILL end, and we WILL, at some point, be handed a bottle instead of a baton, and be blessed with the opportunity to run the Motherhood Leg.
And then I REALLY remember:
That's just it - it's not a destination you're trying to reach, and it's not a finish line you're trying to cross - it's ALL a journey.
So sit back and enjoy the ride...
Thanks for giving me the credit of the photo I took! heheh it's going to be award winning one of these days!
ReplyDeleteI'm still smiling so much from this weekend. It was exactly what i needed and I'm so glad that everything went SO WELL and that we really clicked in real life as, dare I say it, best friends?
The journey sucks... I want to get to the destination all the time... but it's good to look at the fun times we had this last weekend and keep in mind that life doesn't stop until we get what we want and it's important to live every day like it's special and amazing because it IS.