When I was shlepping my Adidas bag across Seattle this weekend, I thought about how much more glamorous I’d look if I had one of these babies:
{images from Polyvore, JCrew and Urban Outfitters}
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{images from Polyvore, JCrew and Urban Outfitters}
That’s what Jeff and I plan to be now that football season is over (sad sigh). Living in NYC, we have easy access to so many awesome places that we’ve never visited in the northeast; either by car or train. Jeff gave me a Fodor’s Travel Book about the Northeast for Christmas, and I’ve been busy perusing its pages. Our first stop? Newport, Rhode Island. And this was kind of a spur of the moment decision. Due to my depression and heartbreak over the Jets not making the Super Bowl, I angrily announced yesterday at dinner that I was so upset, I didn’t even want to watch the stupid Super Bowl (insert two year old temper tantrum here). I just wanted to get away from it.
Much to my surprise, Jeff said OK! I was shocked, but I have a feeling that the crocodile tears that he saw pouring down my face as the Jets/Steelers game came to a conclusion may have persuaded him a tad. I was a mess. I even called him crying from the bathroom at work on Monday, (annnnnd I need to get a grip). Never the less, we’ll be hopping in a ZipCar and heading up 95 North to Newport, Rhode Island for Super Bowl weekend. Most of the details haven’t been finalized, but I’ll be sure to update you on them as they come along. All I know is that we’re definitely going to tour The Breakers and Marble House, and eat some yummy seafood. And since we’re visiting during the off-season, there are some amazing rates on hotels. SCORE!
I cant wait to take some awesome pictures. How pretty is this?
But in all honesty, all I care about is getting as far away as possible from any talk of the Super Bowl, the city of Pittsburgh, Terrible Towels, and Ben Roethlisberger.
Tags: Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, The Breakers, Travel, Zipcar
Hola everybody! As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I’ve been a bit MIA lately. That’s because I’ve been in Mexico City for the past 10 days for work. Sadly, I’m not allowed to really blog about it or post pictures, (womp!), but I did want to check in and say hello and prove to you that no, I’m not dead, I’ve just been out of town 
I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season, I know I am! It was the best feeling to come back to NYC and see all of the lights, skating rinks and Christmas trees. This is my absolute favorite time in the city and I highly recommend that if you ever want to visit, come now!
Look out for more holiday posts from me! We have company in town for the next 5 days and I have a game Sunday, but hopefully I’ll be able to get some good blogging done
Glad to be home!! (oh and I never want to see a taco again).
Tags: Holidays, Mexico City, Travel
(Note: Hubby in the back, Edward in the front. Jeff has no idea)
Like Anna said in an earlier post, during this past weekend we both managed to fall off of the “I’m being a good wife and not obsessing over Twilight” bandwagon, and hopped effortlessly back on the “But, {insert husband’s name here}, Edward Cullen would never do that!” bandwagon. God help Jeff and Randy. I guess Randy got to see Anna jump back into her obsession in person over the weekend, so hopefully he was spared a little bit of shock. But poor, poor Jeffy. My obsession had it’s re-birth 36,000 feet up in the air in a window-seat on a plane when my Jet Blue TV screen was the only one not working on the entire plane. He had no idea of the craziness that would greet him on my return to the city 5 days later.
However, I like to think that my born-again obsession was a totally organic and natural/inevitable process. I non-chalantly took my book with me on my trip to LA this weekend “just in case I had some down-time, or there was nothing good to watch on the plane.” So, when my TV blacked out….it was go time baby, and I willingly picked up my book and traveled back to Forks. 6 hours later, I’m landing in LA and walking off the plane shamelessly still reading the book, (what? I was at the meadow scene! I have no regard for the rest of the world when I’m reading those precious pages).
And I continued to read. I had lots of work to do while I was out in LA, but when I had a little bit of downtime, I was reading. And then, once again, my TV was not working on my plane back to NYC, (I think I’m getting a voucher from JetBlue for that, holla!) and by that point, I took it as a sign from God that I should definitely be re-kindling my relationship with Edward Cullen.
And so we lived happily ever after 36,000 feet up in the air. We played vampire baseball somewhere over the Grand Canyon. I hung out with Alice and Jasper for a while somewhere over the Mid-Western states. He picked me up to go to prom as I was landing in NYC. And, we danced effortlessly across the floor at prom while I sat on the couch in my living room…..and as Jeff sat across the room from me on the other couch glaring at me and my book.
Edward Cullen wouldn’t glare at me.
Tags: Books, Edward Cullen, husbands, LA, reading, Travel, Twilight
On the road again! Err…actually, in the air again. Or at least trying to get in the air again. Remember a few months back where it seemed like every time I blogged about flying home it was always followed up with another post cursing mother nature and her shenangians? Well, dear readers, she strikes again. Jeff and I are heading south for Labor Day Weekend; that is if a little hurricane system named Earl doesn’t get in our way.
Honestly, I really think people up here are freaking out for no reason. I’m pretty sure this hurricane isn’t heading straight for the city, but people sure are acting like it. Several flights have already been canceled, and I’m crossing my fingers and toes that ours is not. So keep thinking good thoughts for us that our plane makes a safe trip down to NC hurricane free
Sorry for being a little blog MIA (BMIA). I’ve been trying to get home for the holidays. I’m currently writing this from a gate in O’hare. Not my gate. My gate is too full of people on the flight before mine. I have a 3 1/2 hour layover. However I won’t be posting this until I get to NC though (God willing) because I have no internet. Well no free internet. Even though it says “Free Public Wi-Fi” and “Merkle” for my wireless options. LIES! What is that anyway this “free” public wi-fi?? Is it just there to tease us? And who is Merkle!?
There is a band playing festive tunes in my terminal. I wonder if security cleared them. Maybe they’re playing a set before hopping on their respective flights home. An airport “gig” if you will. Maybe they’re regulars and their band’s name is something like “High Note” or “Wingmen” or “ The Fly Brothas.” OK I’ve given this way too much thought. What would be cooler though is if they had airport karaoke. Yeeeah. Think about it for next year Chicago! You’re welcome.
I actually don’t mind having a layover or even traveling through Chicago, as long as there are no blizzards. What’s funny though is every year we act sooo surprised and upset when all our holiday flights are cancelled because of snow. We do it to ourselves. I mean who decided the biggest holiday travel time was going to be during the shittiest weather months of the year? It’s been proven Jesus wasn’t even born in December people! Why do we continue to torture ourselves so!?
And let’s take a minute to discuss my first flight. Well first-ish. My original first flight was last night and was very overbooked. I knew I wasn’t getting on that flight as soon as I saw the plane pulling away from the gate and my name hadn’t been called. My name and about other 19 people that had also been bumped. Curse you United!!! You’re getting coal this year! I did get a nice chunk of change from them though and $15 to spend at the airport on food. There was a MANGO at SFO with 50% off everything and I serrrrriously considered going in there looking for something I could buy for $15. Screw eating! I need a shirt! I gave in though and bought breakfast instead and a giant snowmen and stocking made of bread. I couldn’t keep my leftover change so while I was ordering my pastry I was like “and give me 2 of those giant bread snowmen thingies! They’ll make cute Christmas additions to the table.
Anyway, I’m losing you…So I got on my flight this morning and discovered I had an emergency exit aisle. Score! More leg room. I love it when this happens. But it also makes me nervous when they ask you for a verbal agreement saying that you’re willing and able to open the exit door in case of an emergency and save all 200 lives on board. Okay maybe not exactly that, but it is a lot of pressure when you think about it. I’m sitting there acting out the exit strategy in my head, “Ok first I pull down on this and then I pull out on that and…” God help us. Luckily we all landed safely with no emergencies. One weird thing I noticed though were these little water droplets leaking from the exit window while we were landing. I don’t feel like planes should leak. I kind of expect them to be air-tight. Don’t you? So that was kind of weird and my worst-case scenario brain kicked in and expected the whole side of the plane to just split open and suck me out. But like I said, no such emergencies. Whew.
So that brings me to now where I’m typing this blog post while sipping on my Jamba Juice. Carribean Passion- Holla! They forgot to ask me for my free boost though. I either get the immunity or energy boost, but I always have this urge to ask for an “invincibility” boost or “invisibility.” What? Like you’ve never thought of that.
Anyway I’m done boring you with my travels. Tune in soon for my post on my SkyMall Christmas gift ideas. Oh yes. Just you wait.
UPDATE: I finally arrived, but my bags are lost. They are touring the country without me. Hopefully they’ll arrive tomorrow. Please? Christmas miracle?
