Candy Land!

Last night I met up with Leslie from IF. She just moved out her to attend the French Culinary Institute. It's always so fun to see a familiar face and she was such a good sport to put up with my sniffling and coughing as I have been sick the past few days. We enjoyed catching up during dinner at CPK and then exploring the famous Dylan's candy bar. Dylan is the daughter of Ralph Lauren and when I worked at the camp in Maine this was the "cool" candy on the Upper East Side to get from your parents. You'll be impressed that we didn't buy anything.. maybe because we were too distracted by giant bunnies, candy in the floor, yards of licorice, and every kind of candy bar. We even started talking only using the candy bars (ya know those candy message posters we use to make- this is the place to do it)!! haha, anyway it was so much fun hanging with Leslie.. I see many more explorations of the city in our future and of course I offered to help Leslie with her homework! :)

Parents weekend!

Mom and Dad came into town on Wednesday and left this morning. It was so wonderful to have them here to hang out and enjoy the city life. They are becoming pros and I even let them graduate to the NFT (Not for Tourists) guide book. hehe. We went to Mary Poppins on Broadway and it was excellent!! Other highlights included lots of picture taking- mostly Dad :),touring the Metropolitan Museum of art, heritage tour on a bus around the city, Staten Island Ferry, watching "Dan in Real life" at my apartment, introducing my parents to yummy skinny cow icecream sandwiches, meeting the coworkers, eating at Josies, grocery shopping, work clothes shopping, and purchasing rain boots (a must in NYC). Thanks Mom and Dad for a wonderful weekend!

Walk home from work today...

... Beautiful!! sometimes I can't believe I live here..

long weekend in Boston..

Hangin with the boys after the Science museum (we saw a 3-D bug movie)

Gate to Harvard

Aubs and me wandering, shopping and enjoying Boston and Cambridge

Cool building at MIT (across from Stuart's lab)

I was excited to see lots of 7-11's in Cambridge (haven't seen them in awhile) :)

Happy Valentines Day!!!!

lots of love to you all!! xoxo

making me melt...

I had to post this picture of my niece..sooo precious!

the weekend..

I enjoyed people and things I don't get to see every day...

blue men in the east village!! Joe, Leslie, Allen and I ushered for the show so we could get in free- awesome!


Kristine! (visiting from Provo for an interview) We ate dinner on the Upper East Side at a great Mediterranean restaurant.

giant chocolate bar (it was sooo heavy)at the famous Max Brenner's chocolate bar in Union Square!

one more thing..

cool tree in cp

Congrats Angie!!!

My dear friend Angie is engaged! We all had bets on who would be the first to go.. Congrats Ang & Allen!!!

Rebbie (Becca)and Ria (me) Reunion!

It was so wonderful to have Becca stay with me for the past two weeks. She introduced me to this amazing city so I was glad I could give something back. :) We had so much fun walking around the city (Becca was impressed that I can now keep up with her w/my fast city walk), eating at josies, watching movies, trying not to freeze, laughing, shopping, watching NYC ballet perform Romeo and Juliet from the 5th row center, talking about Romeo, dreaming about Romeo.. it was an amazing 2 weeks..THANK YOU REBBIE!!

not happy with the cold..


Christmas lights still up.. it makes the cold a little less miserable



New York City Ballet- Romeo & Juliet..beautiful!


my new crush..Robert Fairchild (Becca's good friend), 19yrs old, performed the role of Romeo..I never really watch the guy dancers but I couldn't keep my eyes off him- incredible dancer!!!