Saturday, September 6, 2008

Week in Review......

Well it has been a great week.....1st and foremost we are no longer HOMELESS!!! We offically moved into our very own 519 sq foot apt on Wednesday, I have never been so grateful for such a small living space. But the best part is we are in the same building and the same floor as our good friends out here, Katie and Jeff. We are still setting up the apartment so pictures of the inside will follow, but Trav took some great shots of the view from our front room. We always said our next place would have a view :).





Trav was pretty busy with school this week and I was just trying to set things up for work so we didn't do a whole lot of touristy fun stuff this week. We found out we got our apt. on Tuesday so immediately following we went to where else? Ikea. It was a about 6 hour ordeal....it is an hour commute each way and then a for some reason it just took forever, we were completely exhausted. So Wednesday our things were delivered we were so excited to finally have a place of our own we put everything together that night. Thursday night Trav and I just went exploring the city down toward Columbus Circle and down to Times Square.....of course we stopped at the Hershey Store, below is a picture of Trav (I think he is the first person to ever take a picture like this, ha ha ha just kidding).

Walking through the city!
Friday we had the chance to go to the US OPEN. Trav and I have never been before. In fact I have never in my life seen a tennis match or even picked up a tennis racket. But it was a lot of fun we were able to sit fairly close to the court. Katie's parents were in town so were went with them too! I didn't get any pictures of the whole group, but here is one of me, Jeff and Katie.

The Women's Semi Finals, the first match we watched.

Me and Trav, it was super windy that day.

The second match we saw was with Serena Williams, she won!
After the US Open we went to Serendipity, this was my first time there. I wish we would have taken some pictures of the inside there are tons of little trinkets and light fixtures in there. The other thing I wish we would have taken a picture of is the table full of desserts we had. They have the best frozen hot chocolate ever, I know it sounds weird but it is delicious!

So that is what we have been up to! Still learning and getting comfortable with the city but we are having a great time!

9 comments:

Brooke said...

Wow New York! That's awesome! What a change. I just saw the notification on Facebook that you added your blog address. I added it to my blog, hope that's OK. It's fun to catch up with you! Can't wait to see more about your adventure!

Jen said...

Mel it sounds like you are having a blast in NYC! I just got to Texas this week and I am still trying to get my house together!

Mindy said...

Man Mel!! I'm so jealous that you guys get to live out there for a while! I'm really excited to come visit! P.s. I love that you post pics, that's my favorite part. Keep it up! Love you!

Keri Cannon said...

Can I please come move there?!? Ok first of all, congrats on the apartment!!! I hadn't heard anything yet and how fun is it that you guys are on the same floor of the same place with Katie and Jeff. you can't get any luckier than that. And are you kidding me...you went to the US open?!? That is so fun!! how did you get tickets? I'm totally jealous! I can't wait to see you guys in a few weeks!

Debbie said...

Well Trav your a chip off the old block with the Hershey's chocolate. (well I'm not THAT old).
I just have one thing to say...
GOT MILK!!!!
Love you guys.

Michelle and Sean said...

Okay I love that you post pics too but you see I still haven't figured that part out on my blog. Plus I have to do everything one handed. We can't wait to see more pics of you place all decorated. We are also still working on that webcam. We miss you!

*Katie* said...

New York! How fun! Love the pictures ... it's fun to see you guys in the blog world!

Fam in Real Life said...

Looks like so much fun! Love and Miss you, Lori

Melissa Hirschi said...

I'm soo jealous! Living in New York looks like so much fun. I'm sorry that I didn't make it to your going away party. I hope you guys have a great time. I love that you have a blog now so we can see what your up to. :)