Yesterday: history museum, Macys, and Chicago too!

Just a quick update since were on our way into the city and I forgot
my phone yesterday so I couldn't give a good update last night!

Yesterday we had to head back to Soho to return alyssas vera wang
dress with the broken strap. We love Soho, but the streets are all
weird and it's really hard to get around so we walked through the
Village too and saw the university and washington square park and
such. Then we went to the American history museum for the rest of re
afternoon. It was so cool! They had all these relics from people
around the world, rooms and rooms full of them! And they had a bunch
of stuffed animals from around he world which were super cool to see
too! Of course the floor with all the dinosaurs was amazing, and we
went to watch the planitarium show too! Even though we aren't huge
science people, we were in teacher heaven:)

After a long day at the museum we walked through the park eating a
pretzel and our new peanut M&Ms tradition. Then we went to Macys for
dinner an just to see it. We got to walk through the garment district
and see Parsons from project runway too!

After dinner we went to times square to watch our broadway show
Chicago! We had front mezzanine seats (one of our splurges!) and the
dancing and singing was amazing! Fosse is the coolest! It made both of
us want to dance asap!

Afterwards we somehow dragged ourselves to the train and to bed, long
day!

Today were on our way to the city for a day on 5th avenue! Yay!

Sorry no picture today, still because i forgot my phone yesterday!

MOMA gives us a heart attack!

That's me at my favorite place in the world! When can I move in? I'll
take the 5th floor thanks;)
Well, today was a great day! The museum was amazing! We got home
really late last night from the show, but we got ourselves up and out
so we could be in the city by noon for a full day at the museum since
it's a big deal for me. I knew it was supposed to be amazing and it
closed at 530 so I wanted to get there at a reasonable time for full
satisfaction! Anyway, when we arrived I needed coffee like it was my
job, but the line was long and Alyssa wanted to get started so we
split up for the day! First time we've ever done that! Usually we keep
an eye on each other and stay kinda close or talk and take pictures
sometimes...but not today! So after my solo coffee and biscotti in the
museum cafe (it was wonderful actually!) I emerged into the best
museum ever!!! The museum is just beautiful with room after room of
amazing art, arcitecture, sculpture, galore! And with beautiful views
of the city from secret little windows throughout the place. All the
big names were there: Warhol, Picasso, Klimt, Matisse, Monet, Van
Gogh, kadinsky, pollock, and more and more and more! And we arent
talking just a few pieces here and there, I mean rooms full of these
guys! I was tempted to buy a year pass just because I loved it so dang
much there! Annnnd they had a bunch of kids programs (don't worry I
took like 20 pamplets;) that I swooned over all day long too!
After the beautiful museum we decided to see if I could find some new
dresses for the shows and going out and life. So the 3 story H&M did
the trick and then we made the mistake of going to Bloomingdales with
less than an hour to closing. (things have weird hours in NYC on
sundays, very cute and old school but not at all convinient;) With
what little time we had we pet the Chanel, LV, Burberry, and Marc
Jacobs bags. And then tried on a bunch of MJ dresses! It was so fun!
But just as we were getting to Elizabeth & James (the Mary Kate and
Ashley line) the store announced it's closing so we had to leave. But
we loved it so much I think we shall return in the very near future!
We were exhausted by then so we just ate at the train station (it's
actually really good), had thr most amazong oinon rings of our lives,
and are on our way home now! Tonight were soaking our sore ans tired
feet and shaving our legs for another fabulous day tomorrow!
For the record, I LOVE it here and I plan to move here ASAP! Alyssa
wants to visit all the time too! Hehe
Miss everyone!

Shopping in Soho & Mary Poppins!

Look at her beautiful new Vera Wang dress! This is on the train on the
way home, with all the commotion today (see below;) we didn't take
many pictures!
As mentioned in our previous blog, we were pretty exhausted and
delirious last night! We have no idea how we made it home, but we fell
asleep fast and couldn't get out of bed until 10a today! We usually
get up at 8 and out by 10, so it was a pretty big deal for us! We took
our time getting ready because it was shopping and broadway day! Hooray!
Unfortunatly we were so excited that we forgot the tickets to the show
foe later that night, and only remembered them as Maggie was dropping
us off at the station...so we didn't make it to the city until like
3p. Today we shopped with the rest of NY and made sure to hit Louis
Vouitton (and pet the pretty bags that the pretty boys pulled down for
us), Marc Jacobs, Prada, Armani, Zara, and Vera Wang. The day ended
with Alyssa buying a beautiful vera wang dress and us eating a quick
dinner at Fanellis! Yes, like her last name! We were also able to meet
some lovely boys who were sitting next to us and sparked a
conversation with us because we look so lovely today I'm sure;)
Unfortunaly miss Alyssa took SO LONG deciding on her vera wang dress
that we literally RAN in heels across Soho and Times Square to try and
get to our show, Mary Poppins, on time. We made it JUST in time! Last
people in! But we were all sweaty and had sore feet by then so we
jostled in and watched the show just in time!
We had mixed feelings about the show. A few numbers were amazing, but
some of it was slow or kinda weird. She flew though! And we had a good
time! Our $30 seats didn't help the matter though, we had a hard time
seeing. But It's a great way to get kids into theatre and culture, and
we both really appreciated that. Lots of cute little girls with their
dolls were there with their moms and stuff, it was precious!
Now we're back on the train on the way home to hit the hay for another
lovely day tomorrow!
For the record, we LOVE it here. When can we move in?!

We're here! We're here!

Enjoy the picture of us in central park! We love the park!
Well, we finally made it! After all the planning, saving, prep
homework, etc. We finally got here!
Our flight last night was delayed a few hours so we didnt get in until
midnight. But we DID get to ride the shuttle at the San diego airprt
from terminal 2 to 1...it went alllllll around the airport, and when
we finally arrived we realized it was like exactly 10 steps from where
we started. Needless to say the adventures began immidiately!
Maggie picked us up from the airport, and it was so nice to have
someone we know pick us up and guide us to out beds!
This morning we hit the grocery store and got a lunch together to eat
while on the train to the city and in the park. We went to the
Guggenheim museum today! The museum was built by Frank Lloyd wright
and is a work of art in itself. But then it has a great impressionist
exhibit and some lovely modern art pieces too! Today we got to see
some Picasso, Manet, Casset, Klee, vadinsky, degas, and lots more!
Except they had this really weird Maplethorpe sound exhibit and some
awful minimalist pieces that we weren't really into.
Afterwards we ate peanut M&Ms and walked through the beautiful park
for quite a long time. The weather today was sunny and in the mid 60s
for the first time all winter, so it seemed like all of NY was out
enjoying the sunshine and park too!
I made Alyssa walk by where Carries house from sex and the city is
supposed to be and then we took the amazing subway (public transit!
What a concept!) to times square to try and get discount tickets to a
show. The discount tickets were still $60 so we cancelled that idea
and got some comedy club tickets for $15 instead from a nice gentleman
named jeff.
By then we were starving, so we enjoyed a little Italian dinner off
Broadway and shared a carafe of merlot! Woooooo!
Currently were on the train back to the beautiful countryside where
Maggie lives and are so tired we can hardly keep our eyes open! For
real! I don't know how we made it back on this train! So tired!
Another fun day tomorrow!!!! We love it here but r ready for bed!

Upcoming Trips!

Stay tuned! More adventures to come, from...

Cancun, Mexico
February 14-21st
With my crazy family, but I probably wont be able to post until I get back, but I promise I will eventually!

New York City, New York
March 26-April 3rd
With Miss Alyssa as featured in Paris 09.

Portland, Oregon
May 23-30th
To visit all my dears Olivia, the Speelmans, and Miss Cassie as featured in Summer backpacking through Europe 08. All of them in one trip is sure to bring on adventures!

Day 6 The day Esther's heart fell open and spilled all over the musée de orsay!!!

This is us outside of the musée de orsay. It was a lovely venue
because it use to be an old train station! We are really happy in this
picture because we didn't have to wear our coats today!!! Hooray it
was much wamet today! and when it did decide to rain, we were inside
of the museum looking at beautiful art. :)
I(Alyssa) don't know as much as Esther does about all of the artists
but I absolutly loved this museum!! It was much better than the louvre
because it wasn't so big and overwhelming. I loved the Picasso, Degas
ballerinas, Van Gogh, and this really amazing mini replica of the
opera house on display as well!
I (Esther) often had a hard time breathing today as I saw some of my
favorite pieces and painters work of all time! They had one of my
favorite painters of all time, Eduoard Manet, pieces slewn throughout
the rooms, and my absolute favorite of his on a special display with a
Picasso group of paintings based off of the piece as well! It was
overwhelming! (I definitly found a love for Picasso on this trip as
well!). The impressionist exhibit was also extremely overwhelming for
me, pierces i've read about, studied, have on my wall or as my desktop
background: are right in front of me! It was inspiring to study their
brush strokes and techniques, it was such a good day! The big names we
saw today: Monet, Picasso, Renoir, Manet, Degas, Van Gogh, Rodin,
Morisot, Pissaro, Sisley, and Cezanne...that's all I can remember off
the top of my head, but I know we saw even more!
Anyway, tomorow we are off to Versaille with 2 new Aussie friends we
made: should be so fun!
Not missing home at all, having the best time! Send lots of love
though!

Another lovely day in Paris!

Sorry, no Alyssa in the picture today, we were so busy taking photos
with our regular cameras we forgot about the phone camera, so you just
have to look at me today at the cafe where they filmed Amelie in
Monmarte! We had coffee and deep conversation there in the early
evening, it was so wonderful!
After a fun night out, we slept in, as the earlier blog pointed out,
and then went off to visit the Moulin Rouge, walk around Monmarte, and
hit the Sacre de Cour for sunset! We shopped a bit in the area
afterwards and had a lonnnnng Parisian coffee at the famous cafe,
before heading back for a light dinner and drinks with our Aussie
friends from last night and some new Aussie friends too!
Off to bed now, tomorrow we have the musee de orsay (impressionist
collection!) and some more shopping at Chanel and H&M, before a picnic
in the Luxomburg Gardens.