The Road to Zen

Sunday, November 18, 2012

New York Nights...

Our next few days/nights in New York consisted of lots of walking around the city, eating amazing food, mingling with the rich and famous (see Jonah Hill, Emma Watson and Liam Neeson) and dancing it up at any spot we could find. It was definitely neat to travel with some people that I otherwise wouldn't have gotten a chance to know... so fun!

Jon Bula choosing our wine #nosurprisethere

Dinner with the Daltons at Benjamin's Steak House

Tri-Pod

Handsome Troy getting into the steak and wine

Me and Ricci

These glasses really made the rounds this night...

We are killing it!

Alison- yes!!

Me, Jamie and Megan- 3 Members of the Wolf-Pack!

What a couple!

Dream Lounge server- VIP Table- who's askin?!

Jon and Troy with Dave- NY was his 50th birthday birthday present to himself

Darren and Dave

Megs and Troy

Official NYPD grabbing a midnight (or 3am snack) at the local convenience store.

New York Day 1

Hurricane Sandy really put a wrench in our plans to run the NY City Marathon this year... however, given that many people were without power and water for a number of days, as well as dealing with destroyed homes, neighbourhoods and injured loved ones, all of us from the GWA "wolf-pack" completely understood why it was cancelled.

The sentiment of the trip changed slightly without that 42.2 km lurking in front of us, and the whole group had a fantastic time! It was especially nice hanging out with Troy's parents for a few days- those 2 really lit New York up!

On our first night Troy, Doug, Ricci and I went to an amazing italian restaurant. Fabio the chef took one look at each of us and proceeded to decide our meal for us- it was really yummy!

Fabio- what a guy!

Doug and Ricci with their morning juice... I might have forced this first one, but they were both all over the juicing by the end of the trip.

First time seeing Times Square

View of the Empire State building from 30 Rockefeller Plaza

Top of the Rock!

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Thanksgiving

This year's Thanksgiving was split into a couple of different events... Sunday morning my sister and James hosted the family for a delicious brunch, and then later that night Troy and I were lucky enough to be invited to Shawn and Kristen's apartment for a 'Friends Thanksgiving'... Kristen and another one of her girlfriends cooked us an amazing meal- it was SO GOOD!

This year it was easy to find things to be thankful for: Char and James living only 1 floor up from us, the little space heater that keeps our apartment oh so cozy, Coo Coo Coffee, My Mom and Late, June Bug's desserts that she creates for every special occasion, Yoga with Lauren, New York and Mexico, TV marathons with Troy, my new text-pal Jenn, and so many other amazing things and opportunities that are always just available to me... Here are some pictures of more things I am thankful for: