Our Life in NYC

Murder Burger

So one of New York’s finest dining experience, a must for everyone from the common naive tourist to the know-it-all New Yorker, was dinner tonight -- White Castle. Be not alarmed at the two common words that when but together create a rumored whisper that echoes through the streets “Murder Burger.” You yourself will not participate in any murder, nor can you be convicted of any crime, for the murder of which they speak will be your own…. We ate at white castle restaurant last night. If you like fast food and a lot of grease you will love it. The burgers come in their own little box and trust me when I say little-The burgers are probably 2 inches by 2 inches. Since they are so small, one or two are not sufficient, you have to eat about 5 to 8 to actually feel like you had a real burger. It wasn’t bad though-I even went back for some more, but that is the danger. They are so small that you think you can eat more, but you end up over eating. B only ate 4 and then she was sick- they are very greasy and just go straight through (so you can’t plan much for right after). It was defiantly an experience, but not one we are sure we will do again.

Quick Life Update

B got a calling as the 1st Counselor in the Young Men's Presidency. Which (in our small branch) also means he team teaches young men’s and is one of the scout leaders. He has about 6 boys and is excited to get to know them all. Mutual is Friday nights and so we both go- and then go out afterwards. He likes his job and loves his coworkers- they are great people and he's making good friends.
B finally got a job (working for Ben's boss’s husband) as an Administrative Assistant in a physical therapy (Prehab) office in Manhattan. She has only gone to work a couple of days but loves it so far- she really enjoys having something to do and she is quickly learning to use the transit system.
They are both loving their experience in New York and learning a lot of new things. They miss autumn in Colorado but they are excited to see all the great sites and spend the upcoming holiday season in the ‘Big Apple.’ Marriage has been treating them good and they are in love and happy.

The Feast of San Gennaro

Yesterday (September 13, 2007), after work we went to Mulberry and Canal Street to experience the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, NY. This is a festival that is going on in Little Italy for about a week. They close down the street (for 6-7 blocks) and have lots of food, booths, carnival games, music and TONS of people. It smelled HEAVENLY- there was such good food (even some free samples). We walked all the way down and then came back to eat at a place to get some good meat (cooked on a round turning leaning grill)- it was such good food. We had so much fun and got to see a lot of cool things.
Some Picture Explanations: If you look behind B in one picture (He is standing in front of the women with a snake body display) there is an old man leaning back and asleep in the middle of this huge festival…it was so weird to see him sleeping- that is what I call tired. B took her picture with a bunch of NYPD- they thought she was weird, she tried to get them to pretend to arrest her but they denied- which might have been a good thing (maybe they wouldn’t have let her go).

Mets vs Braves

Yesterday (September 10, 2007), B surprised me with front row tickets to the Mets vs Braves game at Shea Stadium. He works with someone who had season tickets and wasn’t going to be able to go- so we got to go for free. It was such a cool experience (my first professional baseball game) and so much fun. We were sitting at the front by where the foul line hits the dirt (on the 1st base side). There were two home runs in the game and some base stealing. The Mets won 3 to 2 (but it was close)- it was so much fun!

CHOCOLATE!!

While in Time Square we went to the Hershey’s Store- it smelt SOO good in there. There was so much candy and chocolate memorabilia- it was a girls BEST FRIEND. Then we walked across the street to the M&M Store. This was cool also- there was SO much M&M stuff- anything you could imagine…they had it with M&M’s on it. There were also huge columns of different colored M&M’s you could get. We felt like we were little kids at Disney Land. It was so much fun and we really enjoyed it.

Time Square and the Hard Rock Cafe

Saturday (Sept 8) afternoon we went to a baptism for a new lady in our ward and then we went to 42nd Street, Bryant Park and Time Square. At Bryant Park they were holding their big "Fashion Week" thing and so their was a big white tent in the middle of the park with lots of people, photographers, and famous people. Then we walked over and down to 42nd Street to Time Square. We got to see all the HUGE signs and Broadway posters- it’s was so cool. We then went and ate at the Hard Rock Cafe (Ben had never been to one) and it was very cool. It was really fun and we made friends with the manager and she said next time we go (which might not happen) that she would get up free dessert and things. So that was cool. We got to see lots of cool music things- lots of Beatles memorabilia (YAY). It was a really fun night and we got to see lots of fun things.

The Flushing Meadows Park & the Ninja Turtle Posterity

Saturday (September 8, 2007) morning we went and walked around the lake in the Flushing Meadows Park. It was a long, but beautiful, walk. When you are in the park- it does not feel like you are near/in a big city. We watched a girls rowing team practice- which was cool because we had never seen that in person before (they don’t really row in the west). As we walked around we looked over a bridge and saw TONS of turtles (we saw up to 12 at one time) and it was so cool. They were pretty big- probably 6 inches across (like a larger one found in CO) and there were so many. As we were watching them, suddenly out of no where, a huge (I mean HUGE) turtle popped to the surface to get some air. It was probably a foot across and 3 feet long. Ben and I decided that we think he was the posterity of the Ninja turtles-but he looked way to lazy to be acrobatic in any ninja ways. It was so cool to see it and really nice to walk through the park.