New York City, and then some NEWS!

With only weeks left to spend in New England, Jason and I are trying to make the most of every weekend we have left...

Aunt Mary and Uncle Mark were nice enough to invite us to dinner to one of their favorite places (aka, not a tourist trap!)

So Jason and I decided to get into NYC early and catch some of what we were calling "second tier" sights, meaning not the most important, but still things we wanted to see while we had the chance...

Our first stop was Little Italy, which is right in-between SOHO and Chinatown...

It was very beautiful and looked just like a street you would see in Rome or Florence...

We stopped and had a light lunch...

and then of course some EXCELLENT cannolis from a street vendor! YUM!

We then walked over to Wall Street, luckily it was Saturday so it was not busy...

Here is the Stock Exchange...

And then the bull!

For the life of us we could not get a picture from the front, but apparently grabbing the bulls balls is good luck!  I just had to do it ;)

We then made our way to the South Street Seaport...

We were so impressed how NYC has transformed every available surface into livable space!

Here is an old pier that was transformed into a beautiful park overlooking Brooklyn!

Time to make our way up to See Aunt Mary and Uncle Mark, but we wanted to make a quick stop at the Jackie O Reservoir...

It was BEAUTIFUL!

And don't make fun of me but I had to start jogging on the path like the other locals!

I felt just like Charlotte from SATC!

We then made our was East to meet them at an Argentina Place called Liberator...

It was so nice to see them again, and at one of their "places" made it even more fun!

Let me just tell you, Argentina food is basically Sangria and MEAT!

But it was so good!

After dinner we made our way to another one of their hang outs which was a mexican bar across the street.  As soon as we walked it all we heard was "Hi Mark! Hi Mary!" from basically everyone in the bar!  It was very fun to see how they live in NYC and them seem to have a great time, very often!

Thank you Aunt Mary and Uncle Mark!  We loved seeing you guys!

Only a few more weekends left!

Oh yeah, I don't think I have posted about where we are going next!

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We had a good time in the midwest...

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We had the best time in New England...

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But what was it that Dorothy says while clicking these shoes together?

There's no place like home!!

We were given a FANTASTIC offer to return to of all places Santa Clara, CA

We have signed a 6 month contract which takes us well over the holidays so we can be close to family and friends!

So as of September 1st, 2012

Our family will be making our way back to

CALIFORNIA!

It's time to go home!

Current Location:

Stamford, CT