i have put off writing this post...

...because i haven't been able to think of a way to express the joy i felt last weekend in new york city. (i also wanted to wait in hopes that i would be less dramatic. you know, let it wear off a little bit. but i can already tell that's not gonna happen. so, dramatic it is!)

last weekend was the third annual weekend in new york city with six of my amazing friends. (we all met in ithaca while our husbands were attending cornell.) this was our third annual nyc visit... the first being a surprise for me (and with only four of us), and last year we added amy and emily to the tradition.

we saw wicked, ate at the shake shack, had street meat, went to magnolia, walked around soho (my favorite), walked reverently past where heath ledger died, went to the moma (did you know that venetian blinds lying on the ground is art?), ate some more, shopped like crazy, and ate some more. (i did two weeks of extra spin classes in order to prepare myself for the calorie consumption.)

there were so many moments throughout the weekend when i would consciously say to myself, "this is it! we're all here! we're together again! we've been dreaming about it for a whole year and now here we are!" it was just magical. at one point i had to go into a bathroom stall just to relax my face from all the smiling and laughing. because when i am with them i can't help but smile! constantly!

the only picture with all six of us

melanie "the heartbreaker" adamson

amy "protect my womb" hamilton

brooke "will run for lip gloss" ewing

jordan "let's create gossip" hayter

emily "i just want to be on the stage" taylor

robin "are you gonna eat that?" ladle

if i was in this next picture, you would have seen that three of us were wearing red shoes

the shake shack is heavenly.

and of course, the new york city "famous person" story. so, we were eating the MOST DELICIOUS breakfast ever (no exaggeration) at norma's when i saw that we are sitting next to a famous person. i noticed him immediately (major props for me) and word quickly spread through our table and pretty soon we were trying really hard to act cool and not too obvious with our picture taking and what not. but it was zachary quinto! sylar! spock! that computer guy from season three of 24! tori spelling's friend! when he got up to leave i got all nervous and could only get this blurry picture.

the weekend was perfect and blissful. "fun" doesn't even begin to describe it. we stayed up late talking and had 12 hours of sleep during the entire weekend. but if i could, i would have stayed awake the entire time just to hang out more with these girls. and as the years go by and our collective debt to cornell depreciates, this trip may just get longer and longer so that we can enjoy each other to the max and go home sick of each other. (that would never happen, but i would like to give it a try!)

amy, emily, brooke, jordan, and melanie... i love you. and until next year, dream of tiny malt balls in your frozen custard, lemony flap jacks and fruit-filled crepes...