A Tale of Two Cities

Over Memorial Day weekend, Nate and I headed north to Stroudsburg, PA to visit our friends Anthony and Lynn. While visiting we spent a day in the Big Apple. New York City always amazes me; it’s so grand that it makes me feel like I’ve entered a whole new world. NYC is a great place to visit but I could never live there, I feel like the city would just swallow me up.

It was Nate’s first time ever in New York City! We tried to cover as much of the city as possible during our day. We started in Times Square where streets were shut down and vendors were selling all kinds of items and food. We walked through Times Square and then on to Central Park, where many people were hanging out enjoying the beautiful day. We then headed down 5th Avenue stopping a few places along the way. From there, it was on to the Empire State building. Unfortunately, our camera ran out of battery power before we made it to the look-out at the top of the building. After the Empire State building, we took the subway to Ground Zero and from there we headed over to Battery Park and looked across the harbor to see Lady Liberty. By this point we were getting tired and hungry, so we tried to make our way to Little Italy for dinner but somehow the boys misread the map and we ended up in Soho. We still managed to find a nice little Italian restaurant and had a lovely dinner with great wine and a yummy dessert. After refueling, we headed back to Time Square and stopped by Hard Rock and Espn Zone before calling it a day. Thanks for a great weekend Anthony and Lynn, can't wait to see you soon on your wedding day!

A few people were in Times Square as you can see....

Nate and Anthony in Central Park

Tiffanie @ Tiffany's

How do we get there?

This past weekend I headed out to Pittsburgh, home of the Superbowl champs, to stock Willie Parker…oh wait, I mean visit my best friend Summer. It was a great day in the Burgh! We went to an arts festival during the day. This was a great event with tons of vendors and good (unhealthy of course) food. I bought an awesome picture by Robert Sovers and a cool piece of pottery from Ole Fish House Pottery. I loved the Alpha Canvas work and just might visit their website to order “our name.”

We spent the evening in the South Side. I had never been to the South Side before and I LOVED it. There is great shopping and all kinds of bars and restaurants in this area. We had a fun dinner at Hofbrauhaus, a german restaurant. The food here was pretty good, although Summer’s made her feel a little funny. There is a ton of outside seating at the restaurant and it’s right along the water, definitely a great place to hang out on a nice day. After dinner, we went into a few bars and watched the Pens, although disappointed in the game, as Noah said “That’s why it’s a 7 game series!”

The great thing about Pittsburgh is that the people are friendly and you don’t have the “popped collars” and “designer everything” attitudes that you have in some urban areas. "Pittsburghers" are just normal folks, with accents somewhat like my own Fulton County Hick accent, who are making an honest living, cheering hard for their favorite teams, and having fun. Pittsburgh is definitely a place I could live, but it would make for quite a long drive to a beach, so for now I’ll just visit. Thanks for a fun weekend Summer and Noah, come see us soon!