NYC

I flew to NYC in 

January for a long

weekend to celebrate

my mom's birthday.

 It was a quick but very fun

weekend with my sister Jen,

my brother John 

and mom.

(we missed you David!)

My flight was delayed 

coming into JFK

so Thursday night 

we just had a quick dinner

at the hotel.

Friday was a fun

filled day!

We started with a trip down

to the 9/11 memorial.

It was a sunny and bitter cold

day..

so glad we went.

From there we went back 

up town and had a

fantastic lunch at 

Fred's at Barney's.

Delicious food,

great service,

and fun people watching..

(I forget how loud we Americans

can be :)

Later we had dinner

at Bobby Flay's 

Bar Americain..

more good food

and lots of laughs.

Then it was off to

see Beautiful!

The musical about 

Carol King..

What a great show!!

Jen

John and I

had breakfast together

the next morning while

mom slept in.

It was so nice to spend

that time with them.

They headed 

home that morning..

..and I was lucky to have

one more day and night

in the city...

alone!

A day spent shopping

and visiting the 

Matisse cut out exhibit

at the MOMA..

and stocking up at 

Whole foods!

And breakfast in bed...

and a facial.

It was a fabulous trip..

thanks to Steve for making 

it happen and holding 

down the fort back here in Paris!

We've all been sick with the flu

for a few days.

This past weekend we stayed in 

pajamas and ate soup,

watched movies

and read books.

I read my first ever

e-book.

I was too sick to go to the 

bookstore..

so I downloaded

The Girl on the Train 

on my ipad.

LOVED the book..

reading on the ipad..

not so much.

However, after finishing

Girl on the Train in a day..

I found myself downloading

Big Little Lies.

LOVED that one too!

:)

And today I bought 

The Boston Girl.

I guess I don't mind 

reading on the ipad 

that much.