July started out with a bang. We celebrated the 4th by also celebrating Brian's graduation and Audrey's b-day. It was a rainy day, but the weather cleared for the party (a cookout) and fireworks. It was a nice day with family and friends! It will be the last year that we were able to sit on our front porch and watch all the lemmings try to drive home in dead-stop traffic.After that, it was time for my NYC trip. I did this trip last year and had a blast with my girls, so we decided to do it again. I got to see 6 plays: Wicked, Jersey Boys, West Side Story, Shrek, Billy Elliot, & Lion King. I truly enjoyed JB and WSS. Shrek was plain fun w/ great effects & costumes, but it wasn't anything special. Wicked was good, but I think it was better last year. Billy Elliot was amazing, although it had a very slow start. Lion King was just plain tired and lacked anything beyond with opening wow with with animal costumes. The weather was beyond amaing with nary a drop of rain and sunny skies in the upper 70's.
The ladies I was with decided not to be tourists. We did the subway the whole time and were all over the city. We traveled all the way up to the Upper West Side (near St John the Divine) and Harlem (for the city's best red velvet cupcake). We found Serendipity which elluded us last year and we indulged in their famous frozen hot chocolat. We biked through Central Park and went to the Top of the Rock. We also went down to Wall Street (I bought something at Tiffany's) & Chinatown. We did the purse buying craziness by travelling into an office building, up an elevator, down a hall, in a storeroom, and inside a secret room behind a hidden door. We were laughing the whole way, feeling like we were part of some clandenstine and dangerous activity. I wasn't going to buy a purse, but after risking my life there was no way I was going to walk
out of that without one. It was hot, in more ways than one. :-) Then we headed over to Little Italy for lunch at an amazing little restruant Il Cortino. They used to shoot scenes from The 
Sopranos (I never watched, so I was clueless). We had the best food and downed a bottle of Pinot Grigio. We also got acquainted w/ Tiffany's cousin and bought a bunch of fakes. We wanted more, so on the last day, we got up early and made our way down to LI to get more. There were no stores open at that early of a time, so we got some Italian pastries and coffee. After we killed some time and a few shops opened. We bought a little more and then headed back for lunch at our favorite Chelsea Grille. We also got our Stella's at Broome St. tavern before we headed to Washington Square Park. It was a wonderful trip. Full of fun and silliness. We laughed our way through the trip and had a great time.
After we got back from NYC, Brian was in full on NCLEX study mode although he didn't get his date to test (known as ATT) until a week or two later. We also worked on the house more and go serious about looking for a house. Actually, we decided to halt the looking b/c the house we wanted was out of our range, so we were just gonna stay here another year. That was until a friend from school clued me into a house that was going on the market near her. So, we were the first to see it and b/c the price was incredible, we put in an offer that day. Thus, we will own
two homes (for a short time I hope). We put our house on the market 2.5 weeks ago and have had a lot of activity but no offers. I hope we get one soon because I really don't want to have to carry 2 house payments for long. I also need to buy a car.
Not much else happened this month. It was a whirlwind with house buying/selling preparation.
July quickly folded into August, but that is another post.
Sopranos (I never watched, so I was clueless). We had the best food and downed a bottle of Pinot Grigio. We also got acquainted w/ Tiffany's cousin and bought a bunch of fakes. We wanted more, so on the last day, we got up early and made our way down to LI to get more. There were no stores open at that early of a time, so we got some Italian pastries and coffee. After we killed some time and a few shops opened. We bought a little more and then headed back for lunch at our favorite Chelsea Grille. We also got our Stella's at Broome St. tavern before we headed to Washington Square Park. It was a wonderful trip. Full of fun and silliness. We laughed our way through the trip and had a great time.After we got back from NYC, Brian was in full on NCLEX study mode although he didn't get his date to test (known as ATT) until a week or two later. We also worked on the house more and go serious about looking for a house. Actually, we decided to halt the looking b/c the house we wanted was out of our range, so we were just gonna stay here another year. That was until a friend from school clued me into a house that was going on the market near her. So, we were the first to see it and b/c the price was incredible, we put in an offer that day. Thus, we will own
two homes (for a short time I hope). We put our house on the market 2.5 weeks ago and have had a lot of activity but no offers. I hope we get one soon because I really don't want to have to carry 2 house payments for long. I also need to buy a car.Not much else happened this month. It was a whirlwind with house buying/selling preparation.
July quickly folded into August, but that is another post.
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