Saturday, December 19, 2009

Start Spreadin' The News!

New York flat out rules!
Matt is always full of such great ideas - including going to New York in December to partake in the extensive display of commercialism and sparkles. Besides being a bit on the nippy side, we had a magnificent time and wish we had a vacation loft in Soho in order to make more regular visits.

Here is a small taste of last weekend.

Macy's theme "Believe" ... I believe!

The tree in Rockefellar Center - we were a bit far away, but didn't feel like crowd surfing. not the best pic of either of us... but it had to go in the montage.

There was no shortage of delicious treats had. This was a low calorie, burger, fries, and milk shake meal. Oh wait, not low calorie, just tasty.

We shopped 'til we dropped, getting Christmas ideas a plenty!

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We saw both Irving Berlin's White Christmas, and Wintuk - a Cirque du soleil winter production. Both set the mood!

Room service at midnight (including tuna tartare and filet mignon), clearly we know how to travel.
Sushi & other scrumptious Japanese bites at Morimoto - what a place! And you've got to check out the bathrooms while you're there!

Santa pub crawl - we were cracking up.

Vat of unbelievable chocolate that's clearly making Matt go crazy!!

Our super sweet hotel "Hotel on Rivington" - with a cool beehive like entrance.

The restaurant at our hotel - I love NY

Thought provoking - really.

Ha ha!! Matt's umbrella got caught in the escalator at FAO Schwartz, he totally destroyed it and nearly took out a family of five behind us. The looks and frantic blinking were hilarious!

Matt + Edward

The window displays were so incredible... they deserve their own blog. So stay tuned!! and Merry Christmas, we're almost there!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Christmas carols


As all of you are aware, George Michael's song "Last Christmas" is the worst Christmas song ever.

I can always imagine someone getting murdered to the soundtrack of "Carol of the Bells."  I like the song but it does have a bit of something frantic and threatening within it's festive melody.  

This song is a welcome new addition to the standard Christmas catalog of music.


"Christmas time is here" from Charlie Brown, is nice but is the closest thing to audible melatonin.  Listening to this song is like counting sheep while drinking a nice warm glass of milk-great but sleepy, too sleepy.

Jews are awesome but please stick to you own festive songs.  I'm looking at you Neil, Babs.

Silent Night is still my all-time favorite.  I don't care if it's cliche, it's beautiful and makes me very happy.

Candice loves:
O' Holy Night
Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Sleigh Ride
Baby it's Cold Outside  
Hates:
Christmas in Killarney

Belated Thanksgiving... hey, every day should be a day of thanks

Thanksgiving was awesome, and oh so long ago... We did more than make pies, but taking pictures wasn't one of the things we did. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!! More to come...







Sunday, December 6, 2009



Merry Christmas to all. Here's a cover of the Misfit's song "Hybrid Moments" by Switchyard. I know it has nothing to do with the holidays but I like it for a lot of reasons, most of which should be obvious.