No Spring in NYC

The weather has been nuts here in the city. We went from 50's and raining on Monday and Tuesday to 92 yesterday. We spent a good part of the weekend at the Sheep's Meadow in Central Park. It is just a block from our house and totally entertaining. At one point on Saturday I seriously though that I was in South Beach Miami! I didn't have my camera with me on Saturday and it was quite a sight. There were not as many people there on Sunday, but you can definitely get the picture from these photos!

30th Birthday, Vegas Style

Here are a few pictures from my 30th Birthday weekend in Vegas. Saturday was the big surprise day. I found out that we were going to Vegas, our friends Mat and Bridget were waiting for us at the airport, we went to Japonais for dinner (YUM, I found out there is one in NYC too, so we'll be headed back soon!) and capped the night off with great seats to Cirque De Sole's Beatles Love.
Dinner at Lavo in the Palazzo followed by the Lavo Club. We got bottle service, that was a first for me!The next day we walked the strip, went shopping and had dinner at the Pink Taco in the Hard Rock Hotel.

The last day of our trip was my acutal birthday. We kept it pretty low key. We went to the Wynn and The Palms to gamble. We later headed to the Spice Market Buffet in the new Planet Hollywood. We couldn't leave Vegas without any crab legs!

Surprise Bday Get Away

Shawn planed a surprise get away for my 30th birthday. He kept it a surprise until we checked in at the airport on Saturday. I started to get a feeling a few weeks ago that we were going to Las Vegas, and sure enough I was right! Shawn did a great job of keeping the secret for over 3 months. The best part about it all was that our great friends from Memphis, Mat and Bridget, were at the Vegas Airport waiting for us......sign and all. I will post with pics and details in the next couple of days!

The 5th floor is on Fire

Yes, you read that right. This morning, 3:15 to be exact, my crazy upstairs neighbor set her apartment on fire. After over an hour of screaming, loud TV and throwing glass and paint cans out of the window for over 30 minutes just after 3 she officially lost it. The cops had to break down her door because she wouldn't answer. Little did we know at the time she was starting a fire.

Everyone in the building got out safe and sound, but we were all a little shaken up. We were not able to go back to our apartment until almost 5 a.m. I'll have to say it is pretty intense to have the FDNY and the NYPD in your apartment baging down your door screaming at you to "get out. FIRE!"

Hats off to NYPD, FDNY and our Super for making it all go as smooth as possible!

To see the video from ABC 7 (located across the street) click on the link:

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6731250

March Madness

March Madness, that is how I always feel about this month. Not just basketball March Madness, but the month seems to fly by. I know a lot of people think March is the longest month of the year, but not me. There is always so much going on. People in town, St. Patrick's day, spring and lots and lots of basketball....college and pro. I can't believe that we are in the last full week of the month. I also REALLY can't believe I will be 30 a week from today. Crazy! Here are some pics from the last couple of weeks.
My aunt and uncle, Denise and Bob, were in town for a day. We had a great time catching up, shopping, eating in Little Italy and watching the selection show!I've spent a lot of time at Madison Square Garden this month. Knicks, Rangers and the Big East Tourney. "St. Patrick's Day" in Hoboken with Jim and Emily. They celebrate on the first Saturday of March. It kind of reminded me of St. Patty's in Chico!

Dad and Rebelution in NYC

My dad was in town last week, and we hit the town every night. We went to a Knicks Game, a Broadway show and the Rebelution concert. It's always so much fun to have people visit. It was a bonus that my brother's band was in town too! They put on a great show, as always, at The Blender Theatre here in NYC. If you have not seen them yet you should!!! They are touring nationally!!

Happy Birthday Shawn

Sunday was Shawn's birthday. He had to work, so we celebrated on Saturday night with dinner at Rosa Mexicano and Karaoke!Happy Birthday Shawn! You're such a wonderful addition to my life. The past seven years have flown by. Thank you for being an amazing, understanding and hard working man!

Ben Harper

Last night I managed to score tickets to Ben Harper's sold out show at the Highline Ballroom. I would guess that the place holds 500-700 people. I've seen a lot of shows there (including my brothers band Rebelution) but Ben is by far the biggest name I've seen there.
He put together a new band call Relentless7. They were great. The sound had more of a blues and rock n' roll sound. It was great, and even thought I've been in the front row for a couple of Ben's shows, I was the closest I think I've ever been to the stage!

I think the Relentless7 album drops this spring!