Boxing Day
Well, overnight it has finally snowed! We must have gotten several inches as everything is white, it is just lovely, we have just been for a walk and i even threw some snowballs at DH! lol...
Yesterday was a lovely Xmas, despite no snow, we had a yummy long lunch with good wine, and good company with our friends from Brissy, and just the loveliest way to spend Xmas. After we went for a long walk around the citadel and saw some kids toboganning (in the little bit of snow there was) and some boys playing ice hockey (guess thats akin to our post Xmas lunch cricket or footy games at home).
Today we have just walked around in the snow and taken some photos - hopefully they will be good ones for scrapping. The snow is falling heavily as i look outside.
We met some people from Canberra who were phoning home on Xmas Eve (as we were) and they also had researched the place to come for a white xmas, definitely too many aussies here - and we brought the warm weather with us!
I have been keeping up my exercise (in case PT is reading this..lol..), there is a gym in the hotel and i have gone a couple of times - even went yesterday morning.
Hope you all had a good Xmas
cheers
Debra
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Monday, December 25, 2006
No Snow!
Xmas Even
Here we are in Quebec, Canada for our white xmas, but unfortunately, for the first time in over 100 years, they are not having a white xmas - just our luck!! We are not the only ones, there are a couple sitting beside use in this internet cafe, also from Oz, who came here for a white xmas, nevermind, it is definitely a cold xmas.
Quebec is very pretty, even without snow, our hotel is just gorgeous, an old castle in fact and the most photographed hotel in the world, apparently.
Our friends from Brisbane are here with us, so we have had dinners out, and today did a country tour out of Quebec to see among other things, Montmorency falls, really pretty. Yesterday we did a city tour as well.
Tomorrow is Xmas day here, its around 6pm on Xmas Eve, so thats 9am Xmas morning for you guys.
[Catching up on our final day in NY, we had a great time at Radio City Music Hall, the Xmas show was great, followed by a lovely dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, simply scrumptious! ]
We are now off to dinner, Merry Christmas to all our family and friends, hope you get lots of pressies.
cheers
Debra
Here we are in Quebec, Canada for our white xmas, but unfortunately, for the first time in over 100 years, they are not having a white xmas - just our luck!! We are not the only ones, there are a couple sitting beside use in this internet cafe, also from Oz, who came here for a white xmas, nevermind, it is definitely a cold xmas.
Quebec is very pretty, even without snow, our hotel is just gorgeous, an old castle in fact and the most photographed hotel in the world, apparently.
Our friends from Brisbane are here with us, so we have had dinners out, and today did a country tour out of Quebec to see among other things, Montmorency falls, really pretty. Yesterday we did a city tour as well.
Tomorrow is Xmas day here, its around 6pm on Xmas Eve, so thats 9am Xmas morning for you guys.
[Catching up on our final day in NY, we had a great time at Radio City Music Hall, the Xmas show was great, followed by a lovely dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, simply scrumptious! ]
We are now off to dinner, Merry Christmas to all our family and friends, hope you get lots of pressies.
cheers
Debra
Friday, December 22, 2006
50 today!
21 Dec 2006
Today i turned 50, yep,just woke up this morning and it had happened, nothing has sagged more, no more wrinkles on the face, just a new number to cope with - 50! How did that happen?
We have just come from Tiffany's where DH bought me a gorgeous gold charm braclet and 3 lovely charms - a heart that says "if lost please return to Tiffany &Co New York" (yeah, sure THATS gonna happen!); a cupcake (the jewels are real jewels including emerald, ruby, sapphire); and a Tiffany & Co shopping bag. They are all so cute - aren't I a lucky girl!!!
Now, catching up on what we have been doing - we got back from Boston and our friends from Spring Hill arrived the same day so the next night we caught up with them for dinner, nice to see them and get to chat to someone else.
I caught the subway all by myself down to the stamp shop in the village and spent ages there checking out all the stamps and ended up coming away with a few. Then caught the subway back home - i felt very brave doing this on my own in NY, but also confident as we had been down there a couple of times together.
The next day we spent the day at the Museum of Natural History - it was fascinating, we were there for 6+ hours. Its the one that Night at the Museum is set in - that new movie which comes out here shortly. Yesterday we walked around and did some shopping. DH was a bit sick with food poisoning.
We are going to the Radio City Xmas Spectacular this evening and then for dinner with out friends.We are off to Canada tomorrow morning. There wont be a white Xmas in NY, but the forecast is saying snow in Quebec, so our fingers are crossed.
Better go, money on card is about to run out.
cheers
Debra
Today i turned 50, yep,just woke up this morning and it had happened, nothing has sagged more, no more wrinkles on the face, just a new number to cope with - 50! How did that happen?
We have just come from Tiffany's where DH bought me a gorgeous gold charm braclet and 3 lovely charms - a heart that says "if lost please return to Tiffany &Co New York" (yeah, sure THATS gonna happen!); a cupcake (the jewels are real jewels including emerald, ruby, sapphire); and a Tiffany & Co shopping bag. They are all so cute - aren't I a lucky girl!!!
Now, catching up on what we have been doing - we got back from Boston and our friends from Spring Hill arrived the same day so the next night we caught up with them for dinner, nice to see them and get to chat to someone else.
I caught the subway all by myself down to the stamp shop in the village and spent ages there checking out all the stamps and ended up coming away with a few. Then caught the subway back home - i felt very brave doing this on my own in NY, but also confident as we had been down there a couple of times together.
The next day we spent the day at the Museum of Natural History - it was fascinating, we were there for 6+ hours. Its the one that Night at the Museum is set in - that new movie which comes out here shortly. Yesterday we walked around and did some shopping. DH was a bit sick with food poisoning.
We are going to the Radio City Xmas Spectacular this evening and then for dinner with out friends.We are off to Canada tomorrow morning. There wont be a white Xmas in NY, but the forecast is saying snow in Quebec, so our fingers are crossed.
Better go, money on card is about to run out.
cheers
Debra
Monday, December 18, 2006
Boston
We are leaving Boston today after staying 4 nights instead of 2, we had so much to do. We have been having such a great time here, we saw the Ally McBeal office, the facade they use in the show, plus we walked the Freedom Trail, visiting all the historic sites, including a tour of Paul Revere's house, very interesting.
Its unseasonally hot here, they are now saying unlikely it will snow for Xmas, but ofcourse we will be in Quebec so with a 100 year history of white Xmas's, we could be so unlucky, could we?
I have seen a few more stamp shops, but nothing too great, and no actual scrapbooking shops, they seem to combine them with paper craft stores, i have still managed to buy a few little things.
We saw the skaters on Frog Pond, very popular to skate there, some of the little kids were really great, some of the adults not so great.
We caught a train to Harvard uni to have a look, its as beautiful as what you imagine, and would be a lovely place to study, if you had $40,000 USD per year. MIT is the same price and maybe even more prestigious, they arenot in Boston but across the river in Cambridge.
We are returning to NY on the train today.
til then,
cheers
Debra
Its unseasonally hot here, they are now saying unlikely it will snow for Xmas, but ofcourse we will be in Quebec so with a 100 year history of white Xmas's, we could be so unlucky, could we?
I have seen a few more stamp shops, but nothing too great, and no actual scrapbooking shops, they seem to combine them with paper craft stores, i have still managed to buy a few little things.
We saw the skaters on Frog Pond, very popular to skate there, some of the little kids were really great, some of the adults not so great.
We caught a train to Harvard uni to have a look, its as beautiful as what you imagine, and would be a lovely place to study, if you had $40,000 USD per year. MIT is the same price and maybe even more prestigious, they arenot in Boston but across the river in Cambridge.
We are returning to NY on the train today.
til then,
cheers
Debra
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
NYC
Still here in NYC, loving it. We have been doing a lot of walking, going to museums, caught another show (Chicago) and just enjoying being here. The weather has turned warmer again.
Today i am paying another visit to the stamp shop - just in case those stamps i wanted came in.
Tomorrow we are going via train to Boston for a couple of days.
cheers
Debra
Today i am paying another visit to the stamp shop - just in case those stamps i wanted came in.
Tomorrow we are going via train to Boston for a couple of days.
cheers
Debra
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Serendipity, Stamps & a Show
What more could a girl want!! This is how we spent yesterday.
Firstly, we caught the subway to The Ink Pad which is the only stamp shop in Manhattan according to them and i got a few stamps (insert embarrassed emoticon here). The ones i wanted werent in stock, but i will go back before i leave as they may be in by then. I got several Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamps. I will share them with you when i come home. Havent yet figured out how to put pictures up - but i did get dh to take one of me in the shop. Its the one Kaye put a link to on the community, and yes, it is the size of a cupboard, with so much stuffed in there its hard to see it all.
After that we caught the subway uptown to visit Serendipity - (one of my favourite movies is set in part here) and for those that dont know the movie, the shop is an Icecream shop, but you can also get real food. I opted for a sundae with chocolate cake - dripping in hot fudge sauce and cream - but it was too big for me and i didnt finish it, but yum! I am taking my friend there when she arrives and may go for the frozen hot chocolate that seemed really popular yesterday. We only had to wait 10 mins to get in, but on checkout the wait was 45 mins, so guess we accidently went at the correct time. I saw the table where they sit in the movie, lots of people were asking which one it was - we werent the only tourists!
Then we went to Times Square and got half price tickets at TKTS to see The Wedding Singer - a musical based on the movie of the same name. What talented people they were, really funny and a great show. Got home around 11pm - after a fantastic day taking in the best of NYC - lol....
We have just booked a couple of days in Boston, we are going up on the Amtrak next week. Our accommodation here is so cheap that we can afford to leave it for a couple of nights to go there. (If anyone is considering coming to NY, i recommend this place we are staying at. Yes, it is small, but all you do is sleep there, and its quiet and comfy and clean. We are having coffee with the owners on Friday, will be great to meet them.)
til next time
cheers
Debra
Firstly, we caught the subway to The Ink Pad which is the only stamp shop in Manhattan according to them and i got a few stamps (insert embarrassed emoticon here). The ones i wanted werent in stock, but i will go back before i leave as they may be in by then. I got several Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamps. I will share them with you when i come home. Havent yet figured out how to put pictures up - but i did get dh to take one of me in the shop. Its the one Kaye put a link to on the community, and yes, it is the size of a cupboard, with so much stuffed in there its hard to see it all.
After that we caught the subway uptown to visit Serendipity - (one of my favourite movies is set in part here) and for those that dont know the movie, the shop is an Icecream shop, but you can also get real food. I opted for a sundae with chocolate cake - dripping in hot fudge sauce and cream - but it was too big for me and i didnt finish it, but yum! I am taking my friend there when she arrives and may go for the frozen hot chocolate that seemed really popular yesterday. We only had to wait 10 mins to get in, but on checkout the wait was 45 mins, so guess we accidently went at the correct time. I saw the table where they sit in the movie, lots of people were asking which one it was - we werent the only tourists!
Then we went to Times Square and got half price tickets at TKTS to see The Wedding Singer - a musical based on the movie of the same name. What talented people they were, really funny and a great show. Got home around 11pm - after a fantastic day taking in the best of NYC - lol....
We have just booked a couple of days in Boston, we are going up on the Amtrak next week. Our accommodation here is so cheap that we can afford to leave it for a couple of nights to go there. (If anyone is considering coming to NY, i recommend this place we are staying at. Yes, it is small, but all you do is sleep there, and its quiet and comfy and clean. We are having coffee with the owners on Friday, will be great to meet them.)
til next time
cheers
Debra
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Cold in NYC
Hi All
No doubt you are all sweating over there - but it has turned cold here now, 37deg F today, thats around 3-4deg C - but its still lovely, no rain or snow as yet, just plain cold.
We came to NY a few days ago and love out little rented bedsit, its tiny, but very functional and so close to everything that NY has to offer.
Before we left Philly we hired a car and drove (dh drove actually) out to Amish country and saw that area. Its just like a postcard, so green and lovely with horse drawn carts clip-clopping everywhere around the place, so cute - it was really interesting to see the farmers tending their farms without machinery (being a farm girl myself) and we saw kids playing at school, and even a lady mowing with a push mower, the women tend the gardens we were told. So glad we did it and dh had no trouble driving the lh drive car.
The train to NY was uneventful, Amtrak is so easy to use. NY is just wonderful. We spent one day just catching the subway around - uptown, downtown, midtown, cross town - really easy once again to navigate and made good use of our $7 day pass.
Yesterday we did a tourist trip around Manhattan on the Circle Line boat, it lasted 3 hours and was very pleasant going along and seeing the city from the water, as well as under all the bridges, Brooklyn Bridge being my favourite. We are going to walk the pedestrian walkway on Brooklyn Bridge before we leave. Today we are doing all the business things, banking, catching up on my emails, updating the blog.
The city is all dressed up for Xmas, so i have taken heaps of photos of Xmas decorations, even the Empire State Building is colored red & green.
til next time....stay warm,
cheers
Debra
No doubt you are all sweating over there - but it has turned cold here now, 37deg F today, thats around 3-4deg C - but its still lovely, no rain or snow as yet, just plain cold.
We came to NY a few days ago and love out little rented bedsit, its tiny, but very functional and so close to everything that NY has to offer.
Before we left Philly we hired a car and drove (dh drove actually) out to Amish country and saw that area. Its just like a postcard, so green and lovely with horse drawn carts clip-clopping everywhere around the place, so cute - it was really interesting to see the farmers tending their farms without machinery (being a farm girl myself) and we saw kids playing at school, and even a lady mowing with a push mower, the women tend the gardens we were told. So glad we did it and dh had no trouble driving the lh drive car.
The train to NY was uneventful, Amtrak is so easy to use. NY is just wonderful. We spent one day just catching the subway around - uptown, downtown, midtown, cross town - really easy once again to navigate and made good use of our $7 day pass.
Yesterday we did a tourist trip around Manhattan on the Circle Line boat, it lasted 3 hours and was very pleasant going along and seeing the city from the water, as well as under all the bridges, Brooklyn Bridge being my favourite. We are going to walk the pedestrian walkway on Brooklyn Bridge before we leave. Today we are doing all the business things, banking, catching up on my emails, updating the blog.
The city is all dressed up for Xmas, so i have taken heaps of photos of Xmas decorations, even the Empire State Building is colored red & green.
til next time....stay warm,
cheers
Debra
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