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The Apartment Hunt
We went to New York in the middle of March for a CRAZY 3 1/2 days of apartment shopping! We walked about 15 miles a day (and I'm not being dramatic when I say that!) The good part about walking so much...
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Moving Day!!
We had a week and a half from the time we got home from New York until the movers came to pick up all of our stuff. Ryan was out of town for 5 of those days so we really only had about a week to get...
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Beach Day
We got to enjoy one last beach day before we head off to New York! We spent the day at Corona Del Mar enjoying the sun and sand, and then a bonfire with hot dogs and s'mores! It was such a nice day...
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The BIG move!
When my mom and I met up with Ryan in New York on Monday (April 19th) our stuff was supposed to be there. Of coarse, it wasn't!! Our furniture didn't arrive until Friday so we had the whole week with...
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Canal Street Shopping
I decided to be brave and venture down to Canal Street on my own this week! It was quite an adventure. I took the subway down to China Town and had no clue where I was going when I got off! I started...
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Central Park & The Met
MESA GRILLOn Friday night we met up with Nathan & Heather who were in town for a wedding. We went to Bobby Flay's restaurant Mesa Grill. The atmosphere was so fun, and the food was great!CENTRAL...
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My 23rd Birthday
When Ryan asked what I wanted to do for my birthday he offered to take me out to a nice dinner and a show on Broadway, even though that sounded really fun, I said no. What I really wanted to do was go...
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TRAMA
Tonight at around midnight I was minding my own business putting away some clean clothes when out of the corner of my eye what did I see?! A HUGE DISGUSTING COCKROACH!!!!!!!! It was awful! It just sat...
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Lindsey's Visit to the Big Apple
Lindsey left Gracie in California with Matthew, Grammy & Grandpa and came to visit 2 weeks ago to come check out New York. She got in Tuesday night and left Saturday night and we spent the whole...
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Memorial Day
Ryan travels outside of the city all the time for work, he gets out of the hustle and bustle, gets to actually drive a car, and even gets to make Target or grocery trips for me! I on the other hand...
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ROCK OF CASHEL, IRELAND
We left JFK Saturday night at 10:30pm and arrived in Dublin at 10:30 Sunday morning. Our redeye flight turned out to be pretty awesome because they oversold coach so we got upgraded to Business...
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BLARNEY, IRELAND
The 15th century Blarney Castle is famous for the "Blarney Stone" which is set in the top of the castle. The origin of the stone has many myths, but the two most popular are that it was either brought...
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DINGLE PENINSULA, IREALND
The Dingle Peninsula is the westernmost tip of Ireland, but it was well worth the drive. The town is small but full of pubs, shops, and the hustle and bustle of the harbor. The pubs are packed at night...
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DINGLE, IRELAND -PART 2
We continued our tour of the Dingle loop (Dingle Peninsula) at the Bee Hive huts from 2000 BCThe walk up to the hutsWhat is so impressive about these huts is that there is no mortar holding them...
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DUBLIN, IRELAND
We arrived in Dublin Tuesday night and checked into our hotel before hitting the city. We went out to a fun little Italian restaurant and walked around before heading back to our hotel. We had a 6am...
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INVERNESS, SCOTLAND
Inverness is in the Highlands of Scotland and is absolutely beautiful. We loved our B&B we stayed in for 3 nights, our host was so friendly and loved to talk! We were up here for my friend Rita’s...
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RITA & NEIL'S WEDDING: INVERNESS, SCOTLAND
It was a beautiful ceremony full of bagpipes, kilts, and tearsMr. & Mrs.The beautiful brideCatching up with everyone I haven't seen in yearsThe garter & bouquet tossEnjoying the weddingLET THE...
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
We had a great few days in Edinburgh enjoying the sites, food, people, and history. Oh and not to mention the World Cup craziness going on everywhere during our whole trip!Edinburgh Castle from...
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DUBLIN, IRELAND-TAKE 2
We were pretty exhausted by the time we got back to Dublin but we had a few more sights to see and one last night to have funOn our flight back to Dublin, we needed to spend our last Pounds since...
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New York in July
We came back home from California in July to a hot sticky summer! I was pretty miserable until we got air conditioning in our apartment (our living room got up to 93 degrees!) Once we had a place to...
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Panama City Beach, Florida
We started out August with a trip down to PCB to visit Karen while she was fixing up the house down there. Ryan grew up spending his summers down in Florida so he was excited for my first trip to the...
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Chelsea Pier in August
Someone that Ryan worked with told him that he should go to Chelsea Piers so for weeks whenever we were trying to think of something to do he would always suggest that. He didn't actually know what was...
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Playing in the city and Long Island... August
Ryan's cousin Trina was in town from Georgia so her and his Aunt Michelle came into the city one rainy afternoonLearning how to eat a crab...but mostly just playing with our food!At Gilgo enjoying the...
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Kat's Visit in September
Out and About... West Village and Chelseanote: I was wearing really cute heels but ended up in my flip flops about half way through the night.You can take the girl out of California but you can't take...
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Karen Comes to Visit...September 2010
Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge Taking in the skyline and heading in to Brooklyn for Pizza at Grimaldi's I eat my pizza like a real New YorkerCarlo's Bakery, Hoboken New JerseyThe "Cake Boss"We...
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