NYC

Yesterday we arrived in New York City.  Here is a picture of the block we are staying on for the next 10 days.  It is in the Upper West Side.  So far we love the area! It is very charming with so much near by to do. We really like the apartment.

I call this apartment a shoe box but Tosh reminds me that by New York terms it is pretty big.  We did a rental through an individual as opposed to hotels. If we were to actually get our own place in NYC it would be 1/3 of this size I am sure.  I guess when I say shoe box it really refers more to the fact that Tosh will be sleeping on a futon while Finn and I occupy a full bed.  We don't have king size bed kind of money...

 

Here is the living room (which I think is decorated pretty cool!). I love the hardwood floors. They are the real deal. The building is very old and has charm.

 The bathroom is literally so small that Finn tripped over the threshold and almost fell face first in the toilet.  The sink is where I did laundry tonight.  More on that later =)

 The kitchen is super cute and bright...

 There is a window (shade pulled down obviously in this pic) that has a great view and lets in great light...

 Since we will be here a month, I had to get creative on my packing.  We brought two suitcases.  I picked clothes that everyone could mix and match and we will be washing clothes in sinks =). This morning I put on my Target blouse and my H&M pants and tried my hand at dressing up in what I will call "cheap chic".  

 We went to Central Park...

We walked most the morning... 

Stopped to get Finn a big pretzel... 

And I was so happy to see the cherry blossoms.  We had hoped to see them last year in D.C. but arrived too late.   We were excited when we saw this tree and some nice man offered to take all of our picture without us even asking.  CORRECTION: I am not very tree smart. We found out today these are actually Magnolia trees.  So I will put seeing cherry blossoms back on the to do list =)

It is sort of cold here.  We had our coats but Finn refuses to wear his.  He stays warm by buzzing around.  

I have so many stories to write about already but I will save more for another day!