Only in New York City...

We've only been here three full days now and I venture to say that... Only in New York City can you... 1. Rely on the locals to offer assistance whenever you have a map in your hand and a puzzled look on your face. 2. Eat a complete supper buffet at 9:30 in the morning….don't worry I didn't! And I wish I would have at least taken a picture. 3. Find your favourite Starbucks mini chocolate peanut butter cupcake on steroids…no it wasn't in a Starbucks. 4. Get soaked to the skin in a matter of minutes by a deluge of rain giving the Grizzly River Run at Disneyland a run for its money…I've never experienced this in Vancoouver either. 5. Wear your too high white ankle socks and not feel geeky! 6. Honk your car horn and be fined $350. 7. Increase the hours in your day by walking with the New Yorkers across the streets against the red "No Walk" hand...instead of feeling silly as you are left standing on the curb by yourself. 8. Not allow your kids to splash in the puddles….it may not be water :( 9. Use the Empire State Building for your landmark to find the NYC library. 10. Shop in a stylish dress shop for brand new clothes where the prices are cheaper than your thrift stores at home …well not all of them are this way but still…

Waking Up in New York City

Well my Sleeping Beauty kept true to her name as she drifted off to sleep on the plane in the middle of our 4 hour plane flight to New York yesterday. Would have made an even better story if she had been sewing her ribbons on her pointe shoes and poked herself with the needle! We left at two in the morning and our faithful "Little Blue" got us to Seattle without incident just before 5. Plane ride went smooth , with the exception of poor and expensive food choices and being locked out of the food places once we got our luggage. Note to self for the plane ride home - pack snacks! So cool to see the whole city from the plane and gave a whole new meaning to watching the The Apprentice. Must figure out how to do a "fast forward" video of one of our days :) The shuttle from the airport gave us quite the tour of the city already. We arrived at 7:30 at an amazing apartment in downtown Manhatten for our first night. I will not attempt to outdo Katy's description of the apartment… you will have to visit her blog - all I can say is that I have heard her describe an apartment like this in her dreams before! It afforded a dance in the high ceiling studio style living room to the song "New York , New York!" We have now relocated to where we will be for the 5 weeks and it is cozy but comfortable. It was only about a 10 minute walk from the 1st apartment - wow God is good! About to go back to get our last luggage and start preparing for tomorrow's first day at ABT! (American Ballet Theater)