Lights, Camera, Action

Cory is hard at work on his movie while talking on his cell phone with Evan. Evan is working on the last song needed for the movie. Cory hopes to send it in to Tribeca early next week. Up in the right hand corner you can see Cory's closet. Cory had to get creative in order to hang up all of our clothes. His clothes hang on the water pipe on the ceiling.


It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the city. These pictures were taken on the side of the Macy's building in Harold Square. Did you know that this Macy's is the largest indoor store in the World. It was also the Macy's in "Miracle on 34th Street." I have only been in the store once even though I walk past it a lot. Cory will go in the store only to ride on the old wooden escalator.
I love how the Empire State building changes colors every night.
In the bottom left of this picture you can see the big sign that reads "World's Largest Store" in case you thought I made it up.

Diamonds and Ice

We found ourselved walking through the Diamond District today. We knew we were here because literally everystore that you could see for blocks were jewerly stores.


We took a break from walking to check out a "W Hotel" that we had never been in. We liked the big seating area. There were soft seats, good lighting, good music, lots of books to read, and apples to eat in case we got hungry.
This is a view of the Upper East Side of the city overlooking Central Park's resevoir. Do you notic the seagulls?




We spent a few hours reading books at Barnes and Noble before Cory had his tutoring session. One the way home after tutoring we came across the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season. Lincoln Center had a lot of festivities tonight to celebrate the lighting of their Christmas tree. In one of the booths was the coolest New York gingerbread house I have ever seen. It was of the "Chrysler Building". Here is a picture of the first snow man made of ice we have seen. I can't believe I will be living in snow in a month or two. I think it will be fun as long as I survive the freezing temperatures. Hot cocoa anyone?

New York Pictures

Cory and I went to church together, then I had to go off to work for the day. Here are five New York pictures from today.

Good free stuff? Maybe it was, but now it is trash and yes that is "poop"

Many Mouse and Lump Biscuit

The store window displays here are really creative. I am not quite sure what "Chanel" is going for with the many pimped out mouses in a cages. Maybe they are trying to say that even a mouse looks good while wearing "Chanel."


Here is another display, but this time the decorations are much simpler. They are saying, "It is winter and Chrismas is approaching, so buy are things."
In the free bin at work I got a box of gluten free all purpose baking mix. So, I tried to make bisquits for Cory. Here is a picture of my second try. They are edible but they are not great. Is it my recipe? The glass pan I am trying to bake them in (I don't have a cookie sheet)? Is it because they are gluten free? Help!

Thanksgiving

I went and watched the 80th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this morning along with a million other people. I had a great seat in the bleachers near the start of the parade. It rained through most of the parade, but I was prepared with warm clothes. Cory was nice and toasty in our bed back home, but I showed him all 100 of the pictures I took to help him feel like he was there. Here our a few of my favorite pictures.

For Thanksgiving dinner we went to the "Cosmic Cantina." It didn't feel like Thanksgiving without our family and great food but we still enjoyed the day.

Hong (The guy who we sub-let from) took us to his gym tonight. Cory and I spent our time in the pool. It was wonderful. We really miss the water. Cory and I were both water polo players in high school.

Tonight we are going to watch a movie and relax at home. I hope everyone had a great day. We love and miss you and we are very thankful for you all.
The baloons are bigger than I had imagined. They were flying them nice and low. Snoopy is so cool.

Charlotte's Web was my favorite book as a young girl.

I saw a lot of celebrities but Julie Andrews was my favorite. She is riding high on the goose.

Garfield has always been apart of my family because my brother Phil was so into Garfield that he named our orange cat "Garfield." Our cat Garfield was not a very nice cat but he did live a long time and when ever we moved houses he was the cat we wanted to get lost but never did (we always lost the good cats). I don't quite remember what happened to him.

I liked the colors and I want that set of rings for the kids room.

Another reason why it would be awesome to live on Central Park West (My back was to Central Park).

Scooby Doo. Another cartoon character that Philip named one of our animals after. This time it was our dog Scooby that practically raised me. He was the best dog ever.

Me and Cory at dinner.
The swimming hole.

Thanksgiving Eve, Thrift Store Day, "The Drink" recipe

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow everyone. It will be weird not being home with our family.

Tomorrow morning I am planning on waking up at 6am to go and stake out a spot to watch the 80th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The parade ends near our house on 34th Street, but I am going to watch it near the start. This way the parade will last 1 1/2 hours instead of 3 hours. I will try and get some good pictures for you.

Today was "Thrift Store Day." Every Wednesday the Salvation Army has "Family Day," where all of the clothes are 50% off except one of the colors. We have a route that we follow that includes 4 stores. Today I bought 3 pairs of pants (one of them are 7 jeans) and 2 vintage purses. Cory bought 4 cool t-shirts.

"The Drink"
2 Tb. Grade B Maple Syrup
2 Tb. Lemon Juice (not from concentrate)
1/10 Tsp. Cayenne Pepper (a little more than a pinch)
8-12 Ounces of Warm Water

Dizzy Lizzy

Cory has been working a lot on the "Garrett" movie. It is almost finished. In this picture you can see Cory working on the movie in his computer room. Cory also happens to be in the kitchen, living room, and bedroom. I am standing in the corner of the room on our bed.

I spent a lot of time in bed today. I went to work for a few hours but I had to leave early because I felt so bad. I was light-headed and dizzy. It started last night. Dr. Shelley thinks it is a combination of things. Cory made me the "drink" and I did what the doctor said and I am feeling better.

I am in the process of listing items on Ebay. I already have one up now and in a few hours I will have a few more. I am listing things that Cory has found in New York. If you are curious you can look up our items by my seller id (annieberry66).