Update

I am so excited because my Mom, Dad, Sister and Brother-in-law are flying into New York today. It is always fun to see family. We had a good weekend. Saturday morning I went to our stake women's conference. It is always nice to have that spiritual boost. The weather was so beautiful and warm that I ran home to get Ryan. He showered and by the time we headed out the door it was cold, windy and cloudy. Oh well. We walked around for a little bit and headed back home. Poor Ryan has been sick for a week now. So the weekend was really low key. Ryan and I have been called to be temple workers on Tuesday nights. Last night was our second time and it was wonderful. There is such a calming feeling in the temple I love it.

Snowy Day

We went to Laurel's (my cousin) house last night to watch the Oscars. When we left the house it was snowing. It was kind of fun. So the park is all snowy today. It is such a contrast with our Saturday activity. We walked through the park for a few hours and enjoyed the sunshine. Since we have been back from Christmas I feel like I have not seen the sun. In the morning walking to work the sun is still low enough that it is hiding behind buildings and then by the time I get off the sun is set. So I have been hungry for pure sun light. We walked through the park and watched the ducks waddle around on the frozen ice, listened to the saxophone players and peaked in on the polar bears at the zoo. It was a nice afternoon. But now we are back to snowy cold weather and no sun.

Il Mulino

I have to tell you all about my Wednesday night. I went to dinner at a little restaurant called Il Mulino. It was a group of 12 of us from work. My co worker Joelle and I were the first to arrive and we walked in to check and see if anyone else has arrived. We opened the door and it was the darkest, smallest, most crowded restaurant i have ever been to. It it was even weirder when we realised that everyone standing there was a male in a dark suit. Needless to say we waited outside for everyone else. This restaurant was something right out of the Godfather or the Sopranos. When the entire party was there they sat us at a table that couldn't have fit more than 6 people but we got 12 in there. I don't think the restaurant had more than 30 tables and 30 might even be to many. After we got settled we noticed that food was already on the table and from that moment on the food just kept coming. We started with bruschetta, fried zucchini, bread, crispy garlic bread, and mussels. The bruschetta was my favorite. I really don't like mussels but these i have to say were actually good. Those starters were done family style. The next course was individual servings of tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, prosciuto, and a roasted bell pepper. Also good. The third course was warm seafood. There was a large prawn, clams, and calamari also individually served. Another surprise I liked all of them. The fourth course was a pasta course. This course was by far my favorite. Individual portions of pasta with three home made sausages, lobster ravioli, and to die for mushroom ravioli's with black truffle sauce. Oh man it was amazing. The fifth course was the main course. We each ordered our own main course and I had the Dover soul with a lemon and butter sauce. For all of you that know me i can never turn down a lemon and butter sauce. The fish was excellent. The sixth course was family style of deserts. We tried sorbets, fruit with fresh cream topping of yumminess, tiramisu, chocolate cake, and cookies. Wow i hope you were keeping track and realised that I said yes 6 courses. It was unbelievable. The food was wonderful. But even better was the company. We all had a great time and laughed like crazy. That restaurant didn't know what hit them after we left. After a few bottles of wine everyone was is rare form and talking really loud. It was a really fun but late night. Poor Ryan didn't get to come but it was really nice of him to let me go. He is going to laugh at me because he says all i talk about on this blog is where and what we ate. I blame my family for being very food centered and that is usually what we are doing. But I'm not complaining. I love Food.

Friday Night at the Theater

Friday night Ryan and I went to a play at Lincoln Center called Dying City. It was a heart wrenching play but it was amazing and the actors did an amazing job. The play is about this woman who lost her husband in Iraq. It involves her husband's twin brother and flashbacks to before her husband died. I have to say Lincoln Center is one of the prettiest places in New York. Standing in the middle with the three buildings surrounding you is a spectacular sight.

Thanks Dad!

When Ryan's family was in town for Thanksgiving we went to a little restaurant called Five Points. They had these awesome candle sticks that stood really tall on the table made out of iron. As a surprise for Christmas Ryan's Dad made us a set for Christmas. They are amazing and now sit right on our kitchen table. This is a picture of one of them. The part that I love is that the original candle sticks at the restaurant were straight and boring. So I love the artistic detail that He put into them. Thanks again for the awesome Christmas gift.

Happy Valentines Day

If a happy valentines day is walking to work with little pellets of ice hitting you in the face then this is a VERY happy valentines day.

An Evening At Carnegie Hall

My boss has season tickets to Carnegie Hall. Saturday he was unable to go so he very generously gave them to us and we enjoyed every moment. Sorry the pictures are so dark. It is technically illegal to take pictures so we were trying to be sneaky but we really didn't need to worry because as soon as the performance started flashes were going off left and right. Carnegie Hall is beautiful. We were sitting in box seats which were fun except for when we stood up to applaud and it felt that we could fall over the edge at any moment. That was a little creepy. Now about the actual performance. It was a Flamenco Guitarist by the name of Paco De Lucia. He was amazing. He is one of the best Flamenco Guitarist of our times (or says the playbill) and to me that is true. It was unbelievable to watch his fingers. His band that accompanied him was also awesome. I loved the box drum that was played. Anyways it was a wonderful. I still have to pinch myself ever once in a while to remind myself that i am not dreaming. I can't believe that we live in New York and it went to a concert at Carnegie Hall. Oh yea it is hard to tell in the dark pictures but I got my hair cut on Thursday. I am still trying to get use to it but I like it and it is super easy to do.

Update

It has been a while since I have updated this blog and it is about time. Let me give you a run down on a few things we have been doing. Last weekend was restaurant week in NYC (some of the very nice restaurants do $24 pre fixed lunch menus and $35 pre fixed dinner menus) so we took advantage of the $35 set menu at Blue Water Grill. It was an excellent meal. Last Monday night we went to dinner with my cousins at Buddakam. Asian fusion food is very popular here in NY and let me tell you it is sooooooooooooo good. I love being in the same city as my cousin and getting to spend more time with her. Tuesday night was our investor dinner for the company I work for. Which means we throw a big dinner and everyone who invest money with us comes. I was a little nervous about the evening but it actually went very well. It was at the Central Park Boat House and it was beautiful. To top the evening off when everyone was leaving it started to snow. The park looked magical. The rest of the week was pretty quiet but Saturday Ryan and I went to the opera La Boheme at Lincoln Center. We felt very civilised but I could have done without the two 30 minute intermissions. I felt that was a bit much. Afterwards Ryan took me to a little cafe around the corner from our apartment and we had the BEST hot chocolate. So we have done some really fun things lately. But now it is back to work and school. It has turned frigged in the city this weekend. Today walking to work it was 10 degrees F but it felt -4 degrees F because of the wind chill. I really have never felt that kind of cold. When I would open my mouth my teeth would freeze. But we are surviving.

Friday Night

Friday night Ryan and I went to Bouchon Bakery in the Time Warner Center. It was Amazing!!! To anyone who comes to New York I recommend it. Cute little bakery outstanding food. My favorite were the profiteer rolls and the yummy peanut butter cookies. I loved everything about it. Now I want to go to Thomas Keller's other restaurants.

SNOW!!!

I am so happy it finally snowed here in New York. Yesterday at work I watched the flurries float by the window but nothing was sticking on the ground. By the time I went home it was rain. But this morning there is a light dusting of snow over Central Park. It is really beautiful. I am sad I forgot my campera to take an actual picture and there is not even close to that much snow. Oh well hopefully there will be a next time. Monday Ryan and I went to the MET for the first time. I had never been there before and it was huge. But they have some amazing stuff and we had a great time. Ryan started school this week and I think that he is excited. I am glad it if Friday. I love the weekend but they are way to short.

Snow

Yesterday was January 9 and I still had not seen snow in New York or for this season. But today that all changed. It was around 9:30 this morning and I gazing over the Hudson River from my desk and I noticed that there were some large dark clouds headed our way. I got a little excited because I knew that it was cold enough to snow and there were rumors that it might be in the forcast. I watched the clouds get closer while my excitement was building. All of a sudden my boss walked out of his office and asked if it was snowing. I jumped up from my desk, ran to the window, and swisted my neck skyward. Sure enough little white flurried were drifting from the heavens. It was wonderful, glorious, beautiful. This winter has felt so weird with out snow and my wish to see it was finaly coming true. After watching it for a few minutes I went back to my desk and noticed that when you looked north over the park it was split perfectly in half. The west side of the park was receiving snow while the east side of the park was blue sky and sunshine. It was very weird. Just as magicaly as the snow appeared it disappeared. I watched the drifts of snow for about 5 minutes and then all of a sudden the storm had moved on and it was blue sky and sun once again. Oh well, better luck next. Still no real snow in New York City and it is January 10th.

An Amazing Night

I can finally say I have seen Les Miserables and it was as wonderful as I thought it would be. We found a way to get discount tickets for students so for $26 each we enjoyed a night out at the theater. The show was outstanding. Ryan is going to buy the CD on itunes today and I can't wait to memorise all the songs. I know that is cheesey, but I really loved it. It was Ryan's forth time and he still loved it. So for anyone who has not seen it come to New York and we will get you cheap student tickets. It is a must see.

Crazy Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. We are back from our nice vacation and I am back at work so it is time to add to the blog and fill everyone in on our adventures. For vacation we went home to Reno for a few days and then for actual Christmas we were in California at my Grandparents house. It was really nice to be together with family. After Christmas we stayed at my Aunt and Uncles house in Northern California on the coast. It was gorgeous but a little hard to enjoy because we were worried about Chris (my brother-in-law) who had to have his appendix taken out. But here are a few pictures of us on the coast.

For New Years we were back in Reno with family and friends to ring in 2007. The highlights of the trip were mom and dad's new spa, guitar hero, eating more food than you can imagin, cookie decorating, the beach, more eating, sleeping in, being with family, seeing wide open spaces, and even more eating. It was wonderful. Now back to work.

Duttons in New York

The week after Thanksgiving the Dutton side of the family came to check out the holiday decoration here in New York.

Happy Birthday Mom

That's one big tree

Time Square with the Fam

Holiday Party

Monday was my company holiday party at a very cute restaurant downtown called Fiamma Osteria. The food was very yummy. I am so lucky to work with some wonderful people. Thanks mom and dad for the pretty new dress, I received many compliments. Last weekend my family was intown so I will add more pictures once I get them off the camera.

Happy Thanksgiving

We had an awesome weekend. The Stodtmeisters joined us here in New York for Thanksgiving and 3 whirlwind days of sightseeing.

The famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

At the top of the Rock (Rockefellar Center)

Gay and I at the Rockettes.

This is Rockefeller Center also, near the famous tree.

Kipp and Kyle on Liberty Island

Fall walk in the park

The colors are beautiful.

This is a scary Central Park Squirel.

The Finish line for the New York Marathon. It was in Central Park right next to Tavern on the Green. I hope you like my triumphant stance.

Fall View

This is the fall view from my office. This picture really does not do this view justice. It is really gorgeous.

Chihuly

Hey Chihuly fans. Even though he has a team of like 30 people doing his work, we still think its pretty cool. Here is a picture of his big exhibit in the Botanical Gardens. 

Happy Halloween

For Halloween Ryan and I headed downtown with our closest million friends and checked out the annual Village Halloween Parade. We pushed our way to the gates that lined Avenue of the Americas and watched all the crazies walk down the street. The temperature was the warmest Halloween I have ever experienced. It was 70 degrees and even warms squishes between the lady with the big hair, her smoking husband, and the large man with the blond wig. We forgot our camera which made us very sad so this picture was not take by us.