Our friends Tina and Steve invited us to join them and few others to see the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. We got to see our friends the night before (and discovered a great tiki bar in downtown Albuquerque) and then only managed to talk to them a few times on the … [Read more...] about Balloon Festival 2012
Places We've Been
2012 Tiki
Chris came home early from Burning Man to surprise me and I took him to the first annual 1950's Tiki Ball in Boulder. We had so much fun we went to the tiki bar in Denver right after. Here's a picture of me and a mermaid we caught by the pool. … [Read more...] about 2012 Tiki
Tenement Museum, San Genaro Festival and Staten Island Ferry NYC
This all didn't happen on the same day, but I'm putting the pictures together here for convenience sake. A little known attraction in NYC is the Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side. This is where the most recent immigrants would land and find cheap housing when they were … [Read more...] about Tenement Museum, San Genaro Festival and Staten Island Ferry NYC
Highline Park, NYC
I heard about Highline Park on NPR last year. The park is made up of an old unused elevated train line that runs through the Meat Packing District in Manhattan. It opened in 2009. Couldn't wait to see what this amazing space looked like. … [Read more...] about Highline Park, NYC
Central Park and the Metropolitan Art Museum, NYC
One of my favorite days of the trip was the day we spent in Central Park. … [Read more...] about Central Park and the Metropolitan Art Museum, NYC