I went to NYC last weekend with some amazing friends to celebrate a biggish-milestone birthday. It was an amazing time. Great food, great conversations, great shopping, not-so-great-downpour-ish weather… I just love the energy of New York, but was more than happy to get home to my pack and smell the fresh grass and leaves of the midwest. Here are a few shots of the city. I also found a number of great finds to write about… soon, I promise, soon….

(we stopped here for wine)

(i stayed here when i was 14)

(view from our room)

(don’t they look happy?)

(times square)

(brooklyn)

(bridge)

(upper west side)

(that’s a big spider)

(i wish kid would have been there)

(night on the high line)

(sockerbit)

(9/11 memorial)