Lucky day...

Yesterday was our day together and Kyle told me he had a surpise for us to do that evening! We left the house around noon to go get something we would need for that evening. We decided to bring the little Roxinator along with us. She gets nervous on the subway, but all in all, does really well. We got off in Times Square and Kyle told me we were going to go to The Phantom of the Opera that night!

I was so so excited, I've been wanting to see that show since we moved here. It's the longest running Broadway show! We met a guy that had coupons for last night's performance, so we were able to get our tickets for 1/3 the normal price!
Here's the guy that helped us, and look! He's standing in front of a deli called Roxy!


Then, as we were leaving, a girl stopped and asked if we wanted to go to the David Letterman show for free. It was being taped from 3:30-5:30, so it would be perfect timing. We rushed home, got ready, then headed down to the Ed Sullivan Theater for the show. When we got there they decided to give us the front row seats! We had the perfect view. It was so cool to watch a tv show being filmed! I had no idea what all went into a quick one hour show! We stopped off and grabbed a tasty Valentine's cupcake at Crumbs Bakery (my favorite!) then headed down to the Majestic Theater for our next show!

Here's the infamous "Phantom Chandelier"

When we arrived at the theater, we got to our seats and quickly realized we were sitting in the middle of a very obnoxious, rude group of tourists! We went down to see if they had any other seats available, being as it was our first Broadway play and we didn't want the tourists to ruin the experience, and they let us have a private box office! The show was FANTASTIC!!! We both loved it! The talent was just unbelievable! When the show got out, we left the theater and went to a cute little restaurant that was participating in NY Restaurant Week. We got a great little table and watched the snow fall as we ate dinner...
We decided that after lucking out all day it might be a good idea to buy a lottery ticket! We did as a joke, but really and truly, we count our blessings every day. God has been so good to us, and even does little things (like free upgrades and vip seats!)to make our lives more enjoyable! We had so much fun on our day off in the big city...

Hugs and Kisses :)

HGTV...

When Kyle got back from Florida Tuesday afternoon, we went to this little salad/sandwich shop called Lenny's right up the street from our apartment. When we sat down to eat, I noticed that the guy sitting a couple tables away from us looked really familiar, but I couldn't quite figure out why. After hearing him talk a bit, I figured it out. He is one of the hosts on HGTV's show Hidden Potential! It was pretty entertaining too, because he was there with some lady, maybe an agent or something. He was complaining, telling her how he is "so tired" of doing makeover shows, and how they're all the same thing over and over and over again! I thought it was just such a small world that of all the places we chose to ate, here he was at this little local Mom and Pop place in the middle of Manhattan. We will have to keep our eye out for him on some other network, maybe he'll be the next host of Survivor and The Bachelor or something! We shall see...

Home Shopping Network

This morning Kyle left for Florida to do Home Shopping Network with Todd. Todd has a line of cookware he sells on HSN. He always brings one of his chefs with him to do cooking during the show while Todd sells. This time he had Kyle come with him! They did the first show this afternoon, and have five more to do tonight and tomorrow. He will definitely be busy! Kyle has to get there before the filming to prep and set up all the food he'll cook during the filming. Kyle said he was a bit nervous at first, but then got right into the groove of things. I couldn't be more proud of my amazing husband! Anything he puts his mind to, he can accomplish! If you would've told me this past summer that we would be living in NYC, and Kyle would be one of Todd English's executive chefs and 'right hand men' I would've laughed and said you were nuts! This happened so fast, but I am so proud of all that my husband has already accomplished in his budding career. I know he will only continue to get better and better, and I am honored be along for the ride!
Hugs and Kisses :)

p.s. We have some of the Todd English Greenpans, and they really are great! They are nonstick without the harmful chemical in normal nonstick pans. I would like them, even if Kyle didn't work for Todd :)

Surprise, Surprise!!!

No, no, I am not pregnant. Thought I'd clear that up right away after the title to this post! This past weekend however, Kyle was in for the surprise of his life! I had told Kyle I wanted to bring a girl from work in to his restaurant to try it out. (until this weekend I hadn't been in to try out all the TASTY menu items) When my 'friend' and I walked in to the restaurant, it was actually Scott (Kyle's older brother and best friend) who was eating dinner with me! Kyle was in total shock for most of the evening!!! He couldn't believe his bro was here for the weekend! Scott and I had a blast eating dinner and people watching while Kyle finished up work for the evening. Scott and I both got to meet Todd English after dinner too. :) Scott was in town Saturday-Monday. We went out after dinner Sat night, and stayed up super late catching up. Sunday morning we walked up to the corner and ate at The Barking Dog diner for breakfast. That's where we have breakfast every Sunday, so we thought we'd share our little local spot with Scott. We spent the day Sunday walking around the city and had lunch at the Carnegie Deli.

We just had so so so much fun having Scott in our new city, getting the opportunity to show him around NYC. Kyle had a great time catching up with his brother. He misses him so much, and it was great that they were able to spend some quality time together!

Hugs and Kisses :)

A New Chapter...

Today I started my first day at my new job! It went really well! I am working at a very well known salon in New York called Blow. Their website is www.blowny.com if anyone wants to check it out! They are a 'blow dry bar', meaning that they specialize in blow dry styling. They have been featured in several national magazines: Allure, Vogue, Self, New York Times, etc... for their styling and product line. Most of their clients come in regularly to have their hair shampooed and styled out, either for a special event, or just for everyday life. I am very very excited about the opportunity I have to work at this salon. I will have the chance to learn some very awesome NYC hair techniques here. Even stylists who have worked in the city for years don't know how to do blow-outs the way Blow salon does them, so I will definitely get to learn some killer stuff! I will also get the chance to do cuts and coloring after I get down the styling methods. I really like everyone I work with also. They have all been very friendly and helpful. I'm hoping I'll be able to make some good friends there. One thing is for sure though, they won't be able to take the place of all my Style Room girls!
It's finally starting to get pretty freakin' cold here! I really am hoping we get our first snow at Christmas, it would be awesome if we had a white Christmas for our first NYC Christmas!
Hugs and Kisses :)

Excited for Christmas!

This weekend I went to KC to visit family and friends. I had such a great time catching up with everyone! Kyle had to work the entire weekend, so unfortunately he wasn't able to come with me. :(
When Kyle got home from work Sunday night, the two of us went out for a late night dinner to catch up on how our weekends were! We left Roxy in the living room as we always do, and she always does fine being in there, never getting into anything.... except last night! You see, I had completely forgotten about the fact that I had put all the gifts from Grandma Marilyn under our Christmas tree before we left for dinner. Normally Roxy leaves these things alone (she really is a good little girl, she'll be on Santa's nice list this year!) Well, apparently there was one gift that just became too tempting, as she decided to unwrap it while her Mom and Dad were away at dinner! Kyle and I came home after being gone for about an hour and a half to find our little Roxy laying on the couch chewing on not one, but two raw hide bones! Wrapping paper was shredded up everywhere, bones were all over the living room, and little Roxy had a guilty look on her face. She knew she had been caught! After I had picked up all the mess, I looked at the bag the bones had come in, and it was a twenty pack, which means that our little ten pound dog ate 9 bones in 1 1/2 hours!!!! Maybe she will be on Santa's naughty list after all! :)

Christmas Windows...

One of the things I've LOVED about moving to New York is that we were able to get out here before the holidays! I am a Christmas QUEEN! I LOVE Christmas! :) Christmas in NYC is HUGE! All of the stores decorate their windows, I mean ALL the stores, grocery stores, restaurants, retail stores, everyone! I LOVE it!!!! I went shopping today and got Kyle some presents... I snapped a few pictures of the store windows at Bloomingdale's on my phone as I walked by! OF course, my favorite is the shoe display! It has a Christmas tree covered in shoes, a huge shoe with a shoe 'escalator' going up it and everything!!! Enjoy!
Hugs & kisses :)