Welcome to New York



I {heart} New York

 We recently went to New York to visit Gregg's ever growing family.  We met the newest addition Mr. Zachary Taliercio.  Boy was he a cutey.  He was the sweetest little baby, but he was always hungry.  It was so great to finally meet the little guy.  But as always I fail to bring my camera, so I will have to wait until there are some photos on Facebook. 

We also went to New York for Gregg's sister's graduation party.  She graduated in June, but was so sweet to hold off having her big party until we could visit.  It is a huge adjustment and sacrifice for his family to not have him live back east.  We wish that we could visit every month, but the cost of plane tickets never seem to drop.  Can you believe that we paid $1000 to fly us there for Thanksgiving.  We both wanted to visit during Christmas too, but that tickets are already the cost of one arm and one leg.  So we will probably have to spend Christmas apart from each other or his family, both are heart breaking. 

Going to New York a second time has made me realize that there are certain things that you absolutely have to do when we are in New York.  I have created a list of things to do, the list keeps growing, maybe when the list is long enough it will be time to move back east.

1. Pizza.  I don't care where it comes from as long as it is not Pizza Hut or Domino's.  We have to have pizza...multiple times is preferred, but sometimes other people want to eat something besides pizza.
2. H&M.  I know that I could go shorter distances for this great find, but cannot compete with the multiple floors that the New York stores have.  I think that it is absolutely absurd that we can't get one of these in SLC yet...maybe with the City Center they will cave and I will be able to spend my pennies on a monthly basis rather than a quarterly basis.
3. Bagels.  I am the first to admit that I have a carb problem, but I can resist any bagel or donut on any given day now.  Some people can't imagine passing up an Einstein bagel, I mean the smears alone are so delicious.  (I have a slight addiction to cream cheeses.)  I have to admit that I was once in this place, then I discovered that Einstein Bros is a fraud and they are not serving real bagels.  I can't describe what makes a New York bagel better, it just is.
4. Chicken Parm.  I added this to my list because it is on Gregg's list.  He won't go home without having this at least 2 times.  If his mom doesn't make it, he orders it from various Italian restaurants.
5. Trader Joe's.  I love this store.  There is just something about natural, whole, real not processed products that I just can't get enough of.  Plus they have the best darn chocolate ever.  Not that I need chocolate, but you sometimes you just need chocolate.

Some things that may make the list for next trip, Italian Ices, mom's lasagna, Broadway, other shopping finds, who knows what this city will bring us next time.  I am almost certain that if we go to the city Magnolia's Bakery will be on the list.

Thanks to all of Gregg's family for a great trip and yummy food.  (I don't think I need to eat pasta with ricotta for months.)

Summer Catch Up and Fall Beginnings

I just realized that I did not finish my summer by taking any pics of anything...so I guess there isn't much to blog about today.  I kind of hate days like this.  Most of the time I am thinking oh I should blog this or that, but then when it really comes down to it, I either forgot to capture the moment to relive it on the blog, or I decided that I want to keep that memory for just me.

I spent the rest of the summer being a bum.  After school got out for the semester, I was totally exhausted and spent a week in recovery.  I don't think that I had watch that much TV, YouTube, Facebook crap in the past year.  I of course spent most of my days at work, blah, and spending time with my family (my parents got a new puppy).  I didn't think that I would ever want summer to end, but oh course they say "All good things come to an end."  I think that it should be extend to say, "All good things come to an end, to make room for better things to come along," but that is a different story.  I was pretty excited to start school and get yet another semester under my belt. 

I was motivated to the max.  I had my planner set, I started early on my online class.  I had all of my school supplies and new back pack (THANKS GREGG!), and I was super excited about being on campus while people were actually there, not at 7:30 in the morning, when nobody in the right mind should even be trying to function.  Then it happened.  I stayed up late one night, I think that I was watching Jersey Shore...damn those Guido's and Giudiette's.  And it has been a slippery slope and surviving ever since.  I lasted 2 school days and then I was back to my normal trudging along on survival mode.  But every weekend I try to change my attitude and get back on track.  I should try this tactic everyday.  Maybe it will actually happen sometime...like tomorrow. 

So it seems that is my life yet again.  *SIGH*  Like I said tomorrow will be a better day and I will get my motivation back. 

Peace and Love.