"The city never sleeps better slip you an Ambien"

Our trip to New York was a success.
We spent a week visiting our family and enjoying some New York hospitality.
If you've ever visited New York you know that "hospitality" is all New Yorkers' middle name.
It's manifested whenever you get a look that says "Wow, I couldn't care less about you," or
"Get out of my way."
However in it's defense, there is something about that city that captivates my heart
and keeps me dreaming about living in an apartment on the park.

Nanners loved the subway because there was always great people watching.
Everyone loved watching her too--they all went gaga over her.

We took a special trip just to take the F train,
in homage of the Mike Doughty song.

We also had some star sightings.
It was really funny to see New Yorkers walking past them pretending to not even notice they were famous.
I once read an article about the juxtaposition of how the west coast and east coast treats celebrities.
Apparently it is true to life.
We represented the west coast perfectly--we stopped, stared and took pictures.

That's Keanu Reeves working on a movie. Spotted in the Lower East Side.

And that's Jordan Sparks--sing her song with me..."One step at a time, there's no need to
rush. It's like learning to fly or falling in love."
The Pants and I had a date night to see the Broadway show In the Heights and spotted her leaving after the show.
She was one of the main characters.
I highly recommend it if you like a little Latin flavor.

We spent some quality time with our nephews.
It involved lots of walks, playing at the park and keeping Gabriel away from Nanners.
Apparently 18-month-olds like to hit babies.

The best trip to the park included feeding this squirrel an almond M&M.
We figured it made sense--there was a nut under that blue candy coated chocolate shell after all.
He loved it. (I'm assuming it's a he by the way he manhandled that M&M)

Nanners proved herself to be a true city baby.
She was awesome the entire time--besides the not sleeping at night part.
She came to love being carted from place to place in her stroller.

She got really good at sleeping in it too.
Not even the bright lights of Time's Square could keep her awake.

I felt like I was back at home in Portland when we visited the new Trader Joe's in the upper west side.
Well until I realized there was a code of conduct for shopping there.
It included not trying to go against the flow of traffic and limiting stopping time to 5 seconds.
And until we stood in one of two long lines and were directed to one of 40 checkstands.
Still, I am very happy that New Yorkers get to experience the happiness that is TJ's.

And a gratuitous picture of the photographer.
Crazy face is standing in front of the home of a very
greasy and oh-so-good pastrami sandwich.
And we sat at the table in When Harry met Sally.

Nanners can't stop talking about her trip to New York.
She is such a city girl!
Thanks Jon and Jess for showing us a great time.