manhattan thanksgiving, friends, friends and more friends...

it all began with craig's beautiful pumpkin pie.
then on the holiday itself, i threw together (painstakingly!) an amazing homemade dressing.
and homemade cranberry relish, complete with granny smith tart apples.

here's the naked bird - bone-in breast only.

amanda and mark are the first new york friends on the new couch!

paul is the next...
and here's the finished product, with a nice toasted paprika color and slivers of thyme!
saturday, en route to hawaii from miami (with a giant layover in nyc!) roger, mary and their baby alexander stopped by. this image depicts alexander's first ever bagel with cream cheese!

he makes faces.

uncle craig smiles while alex makes sure mom & dad are still in the room...
auntie kristin instructs alex to be a scholar...photo courtesy roger, the dad...
here's roger's first appearance, admiring his cute family in midtown manhattan.
in bryant park, mary discovered ornaments from 3 states she and roger have lived: texas, florida and washington dc!
this was roger's idea...
showing off our dSLRs!

we worked in that building when we first moved to nyc! on the 9th floor!
we found a mcfadden's for lunch. alex feeds.

food on his face somehow looks so cute!
and that is enough for one post! stay tuned for even cuter pictures of alex, and of the adults playing Wii after alex had gone to bed!! Happy Holidays to all!

it's been so long since i've posted so now i'm going to post a lot...

my parents came to nyc for a pre-thanksgiving visit. central park is lovely as ever!

colors...

mom & dad! bundled up for the cold temps...
some of these are a little out of order because photo layout is acting up...washington square area...
bryant park christmas tree...

washington sq monument...

us at the park...earlier in the day...

beer! we took mom & dad to radegast in williamsburg, brooklyn so that they could have some fun (beer, sausage, kraut)...

lynn's mom was in town, too, so she came along!
jeff and lauren were the first to arrive. how proud i was to show them off to m&d!...

nice.

jeff rarely hams it up for the camera.
like here. why is he glancing at me while he schools my mom in blackberries??
lynn opts for a french fry.

her husband eric opts for beer.

picturesque radegast. always good times.
soulful conversations...

...more of them...

L&J!!

we're close to done.

...and, now we're done. thanks for coming out everyone!!! we love you all!

north in the park on a nice october day...

today we went for lunch at genesis then headed to Central Park...

i told craig i wanted to see section north of the Jackie O Reservoir...nice tunnel, right?
me on a fallen log...
woods...
waterfall??? NYC?
i'm with the waterfall.
craig is resting briefly.
then we found the conservatory garden. lovely.
me with flowered arches.
we almost missed the fountain shown here...
note the rainbow! prior to shooting this photo, a bride and groom were having their photo shot with the fountain and the rainbow. romantic.
better view of the rainbow.
a thickly grown canopy...
lots of wrought iron...
me with canopy.
and here is the fountain from afar.
craig, with a washed out fountain behind him!
we had a great time. i think we walked 5 miles or so. that's a regular afternoon in new york for ya!