So this is Christmas?

I'm watching Dr Who Christmas special on TV, well, not watching it so much as I'm writing is post at the same time.

Just wanted to say Hi! , Merry Christmas, hope you spent the day with family and friends and had a lovely time.

I got a bit annoyed by the news tonight, the second lead story was the post Christmas sales in Sydney, I don't know about you but I feel this over consumption thing is getting really bad. Here we are the day after Christmas and people were lining up at 2-3 am (YES AM) to be the first into a department store to spend more money on things they probably don't need (I'm making a judgement call here).

What do you think? Do you think we should have at least a couple of days where we can't (or need to?)  shop?


Merry Christmas!

Shop till one of us drops!

OMG, I am exhausted, we just got home from here, Woodbury Common Premium Outlet Mall, and boy did we shop until we dropped here back at our apartment. 

We left on the 10am bus from the Port Authority Terminal and 60 minutes later were transported to shopping nirvana!

Didn't make it to Prada today, maybe next time.

I have taken some photos to share with you some of my bargains, so here they are....

6 pairs of shoes, because you can never have enough shoes, or can you?

Yes, I now have a Coach bag!

A sparkly cami for that special occasion

couldn't resist this long sleeve T, can you guess why?

Or this, it does have an Eiffel Tower on it, after all!

My new summer LBD,  I like the leather detail across the top.

I also bought some other things, like underwear, (which I am not going to share with you!), some other tops and a lovely wrap dress from Banana Republic.

We got the bus back to the city, and then subway back to our apartment and we are now both sitting here with a drink, me a G&T and the junior goddess a French rose.  We are off to daughter no.1's for pizza night a little later.

So, I'm signing off for today, tomorrow we are having a ladies lunch at ABC kitchen with daughter no. 3's best friend and her mom who is in town as well, so see you later!

Globetrotters in Harlem

Well, we are in the house. The neighbourhood is very nice, a lot of old town homes which are being done up. There are a lot of good food places, cafes, delis and markets we ventured out yesterday and went to our local market and stocked up for a big old family cook up last night. It was really nice not to have to go out to a restaurant and just cook and relax in our house.

Anyway there  is so much to do haven't go much time to blog, Amy and I are about to go out to the gourmet deli and look for some inspiration for our Christmas lunch.

An apple a day....

NYC: the big apple, not sure which one it is, a granny smith, a fuji? I think most likely a Pink Lady.

Arrived safe and sound, ensconced in the Marriott East Side for 2 nights before we go to our house in Harlem.

things I did today,
went walking around 5th Ave, I can't believe there is supposed to be a recession here,  there were people everywhere and spending money. The decorations are amazing, not not awesome, which is a word that is far too over used here!


My significant other spent the afternoon shopping, I went along as his personal stylist.
We went to FAO Schwartz and I couldn't get out of there fast  enough, it was so hot and crowded, that is the trouble, it is not that cold, but they overheat everything here inside, currently it is about 60 degrees Fahrenheit here.

I took some pictures, I will add them later, but for my friend Baby Macbeth, I saw this dress from Stella McCartney and model in the window and thought it was just like you!

It would not be a day without a couple of fox paws, here is my list for today.

1. Had brunch in a Jewish cafe and asked if I could have ham on my panini, NO!

2. when leaving wished everyone Merry Christmas!   (not quite Kosher)

and then the doozy,

we booked to go to the River Cafe, it is a very flash and expensive restaurant in Brooklyn just under the bridge and has a great view of Manhattan, we took Meaghan and Damian there to spend some "special time" with them.

Meg and Damian at River Cafe

When I confirmed our booking they told me that gentlemen need to wear a suit coat. Now, I am not that up with the hoi poli, ( as my mother would have called them)  but I thought that rule went out in Australia about 1980, so I made sure our "men" had their suit coats  (and ties just in case!)

Anyway it was overheated ( as previously explained) and the "Men" took their coats off,  and about 5 minutes later , the coat monitor came and told them to please put their coats on!  Funny thing was another man took the lead off the Aussies and took his coat off and also was told to put it back on.

I am not sure what it is about a coat that is so special, does it confer a sense of gravitas or does it make sure that you will not wreck the restaurant or can afford the bill? It is a bit of a strange thing as a coat does not maketh  the man, or I think Shakespeare said something to that effect. I mean if a rapper or drug dealer can wear a suit jacket where does that leave civilisation??

Saying that it was a wonderful meal and well recommended if you want somewhere special to eat in  NYC.

End of Day 1,  as I write this Significant Other has just cut his foot on a shard of glass in our room, ( not from us) and we now have the hotel detective and cleaning staff doing a CSI of our room just in case we sue!

Only In America!

FAO Schwartz in 5th Avenue

Plaza outside FAO Schwartz where I sat to cool down

Plaza Hotel where Carrie ran into Big after his engagement party

 

The BIG PIANO at FAO Schwartz

watch this space!