My Holiday In Pictures

Hello, dear friends.  Happy New Year!  I hope that you enjoyed your holiday.  Ours was very busy but lots of fun.  I'm happy to report that we were also blessed with great weather.  By that, I mean great by New England standards.

This is the first year that our #1 was not with us for Christmas.  We missed her very much, as well as her adorable hubby.  But we knew that they were in good hands with her lovely inlaws in the great state of Texas.  It also eased our pain considerably, knowing that we would see the newlyweds in a few days.

We had a wonderful time with our #2.  She travels a great deal for her job, so she appreciated the time to relax and take it easy.

Chowdah did not want to take his eyes off of her.  He informed #2 that it was pretty dull around here hangin' with the old folks. He was so excited to have her home.

Chili, not so much.

Chowdah was also very helpful with the opening of presents.

 Chili, not so much.

With the Mister around, we never lacked scrumptious food.

He got a lot of use out of one of his favorite gifts, this super-duper air fryer/toaster oven. 

His new toy did a stellar job with the asparagus and salmon, which was crispy on the outside and just the right consistency on the inside.

According to the Mister,  a meal is not complete without dessert.

We also went to see a great movie.

It's no shock that Meryl Streep stole the show. 

After Christmas, we headed to NYC to visit the rest of the family. It was our #2's first excursion on Amtrak, and she really enjoyed it.

A customary understated look of LV.  

I wonder how many visitors captured this image on their phones.

We met our #1 and Adorable Jonathon for lunch at the Brasserie 8 1/2.  The food and service were topnotch.

They brought along #2's Christmas gift.

There is no mistaking the delight in her face.

While the Newlyweds headed back to their pad to catch up on laundry, we had another mission.  My girls must have watched Mean Girls a thousand times as teens, so of course, our #2 chose to see the Broadway version.

This is the first time that we attended a play with digitized sets.
They were very well done.  As we expected, Mean Girls was entertaining and a barrel of laughs.

The Mister was in charge of choosing the restaurants for the weekend.  He did a great job.  Everyone was pleased with the food and service.

The first evening he chose The Tribeca Grill. 

May I say that it ended on a sweet note?

Unfortunately, this photo was not taken that evening.

Did I mention that a certain wise guy owns The Tribeca Grill?

No weekend in NYC is complete without some retail therapy.  The next day we were up bright and early and headed to Nordstrom, which opened in late October.

The store is spacious and bright.  It is also staffed with helpful, hospitable salespeople.  
I almost forgot that I was in NYC.  

Seth knew more about feet and shoes than anyone I have ever met.  He insisted upon measuring the Mister's feet.

Lucky he did, because it turns out that he's been wearing the wrong size shoe.

We met the newlyweds and celebrated the Mister's new shoes at Rue 57.

Notice my entourage. 

Do you think they might be the least bit tired of their in-house blogger stopping every 30 seconds to take pictures?

Luckily, I'm not sensitive. 

I haven't shared with you that for the past couple of months the Mister has been on a self-improvement kick. He is taking this course and has been throwing around French phrases like frisbees. He listens to the lessons during his tedious commute to Beantown.

Between you and me, I think he was secretly hoping to try out his new skill at this French Bistro.  

I think he's studying up in this pic.  

Unfortunately, our waiter was from New Yawk and had the accent to prove it. 

Although the waiter lacked the French expertise, he got straight A's for service.

That evening, we met the Newlyweds at Avra Madison.

I was so happy to see how much they are enjoying their new life in NYC.

A threesome of turtlenecks.

We celebrated our girl's upcoming birthday on January 3rd.

The next day our #2 flew back to Dallas, and the Mister and I took a nice ride back to Boston in the Quiet car.

When we got home, we gave our welcoming committee plenty of kisses, unpacked, and proceeded to sleep for four days.

Our New Yorkers sent us this pic taken in the early afternoon of New Year's Eve.

Personally, it gives me Angina.

My Top 9 on Instagram.

I'm signing off for a week or so.  

Our 30th wedding anniversary is coming up in June, so we decided to start 2020 off with a bang. 

By the time we get back, the Mister should be bi-lingual.

Or at least he will think he is.

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By the way, if you are into domestic thrillers, I couldn't put this one down.

I wish you all a happy, healthy new year.

Until next time...