Katie’s Blog

A little jaundice, but so cute!

Possibly Conor’s most favourite photo of Holly.

Hello Friends,
just popping in to share a few shots of my friend’s little guy, Isaac. He was only half and ounce bigger than Holly at birth so we especially loved seeing him the hospital. I can’t believe my baby was once that teeny tiny! Isaac has an incredible head of copper-blond hair and a Dad that is in instant love with him. I’m going over after lunch to take some more photos.. enjoy!

What a model! She’s surprising me in her “live to eat” attitude. Holly looooves solid food! She’s such a baby bird, open mouth waiting for me to pop a spoon on in! Here she is in her “meant to be fall coat but now it’s a spring coat cuz she’s so tiny.”

Things We Did
Korea Town
Brooklyn Bridge
Times Square
Rockefeller Center
Manhattan Temple
Central Park [Plan a picnic here next time]
5th Avenue Apple Store
Soho [I would love to spend a few hours on Spring Street]
DUMBO
Empire State Building [Buy your tickets online, their half price and you don't have to select a date]
MoMA [Note to self: Spend more time here on your next trip]

Places We Ate At
Front Street Pizza – 80 Front Street, NYC
Magnolia Bakery – 1240 Avenue of the Americas, NYC
Cosmic Cafe – 132 West 31st Street, NYC
Pinkberry – 170 8th Ave, NYC [One of these is opening in Denver 10 minutes away from us ahhh yeah!]
Red Mango – 39 West 32nd Street, NYC
Blu – 127 West 28th Street, NYC
Angelo’s Pizza – 117 West 57th Street, NYC
Taj Mahal – 318 East 6th Street, NYC [Curry Row on 6th between 1st and 2nd Ave, you can get a delicious 5-6 course meal for $10 per person]
Bagel Maven – 362 7th Ave, NYC
Shake Shack – Madison Square Park [Must go here again!]

Where We Shopped
Purl – 137 Sullivan Street, NYC
Purl Patchwork – 147 Sullivan Street, NYC
Lomography Gallery Store- 41 West 8th Street, NYC
Da’Vinci – 37 West 8th Street, NYC
Crumpler Bags – 45 Spring Street, NYC
MoMa Design & Book Store – 81 Spring Street, NYC
Moon & Star Inc. – 5 West 32nd Street, NYC [High-end children's store... large selection!]
Jaeyoon Jeong Collection – 29 Spring Street, NYC
Dae Sung Headwear – 65 West 8th Street, NYC
Botani – 263 West 36th Street, NYC [spent $15 on buttons]
Mood – 225 West 37th Street, NYC
Half Pint Citizens – 55 Washington Street, DUMBO [high-end children's store]
Pomme – 81 Washington Street, DUMBO [high-end children's store]

I loved New York and I must go back. If I were to go back for a week I would choose to go in April or May. I would walk across the Brooklyn Bridge again and take the [free] Staten Island Ferry and get a good look at the Statue of Liberty. Then I would shop the Flea Market on the DUMBO side of the Brooklyn Bridge (the flea market seemed to be a seasonal thing since it wasn’t up and running when we went). I would spend an afternoon on Spring Street in Soho and visit all of the neat shops. Of course, I’d hit fashion avenue again and visit more fabric shops. I would go back to the MoMA and take a trip to the Metropolitan Museum. I would also love to see “Les Miserable.” Curry Row, Blu, the Shake Shack, Magnolia Bakery and Pinkberry are definite “must-eats.” Am I missing anything? Spend an evening at Times Square, a lifetime in Central Park… Maybe we should just move to NYC for a year or two. That would be quite the experience!

Oh and for anyone going to New York anytime soon, I found a J-Crew sample sale on 36th Street between 7th and 8th Avenue. The place it was at looked set-up for sample sales all the time so check it out! And let me know!

Seriously graffiti on everything! Or stickers.

And if you can tell me how much it costs to park here, you can have my admiration.