Summer, Summer Summertime

So below is my blog attempt to explain our move last summer. I never finished it and here we are 9 months into our life in Charleston.

8/19/09
Drew and I have had a wonderful summer and I am going to add pics soon. We have had some great adventures together. I have to say that I am thankful everyday for having such a great husband. We have so much fun together.


Part of the reason for our adventures is that Drew and I decided to make a NYC bucket list of things we want to accomplish here and in the Northeast before we leave. Yeppers...you heard right. Lindsey and Drew are on the move...again ; ). We have had a great/interesting/growing time in NYC but are ready to move on to the next chapter. Next stop, if you are wondering, is Charleston, SC. We are super excited and looking forward to being near family and friends again soon. Moving day is Sept 25!

Yeah, so we moved last year and have been very involved in Charleston. We've both gotten some great opportunities theatre-wise. Drew has directed, I choreographed, taught theatre and dance and we both performed. We both miss NYC more then we thought we would. We often joke about moving back...not sure if we are joking or not. We definitely need to visit SOON!

Charleston is a beautiful place, although the heat this summer is unbearable! We've been attending our old church Redeemer Presbyterian here. It's been great to re-connect with some old church friends. It's also been fun to meet new people! We've also gotten to know the theatre community a bit here and made some great friends through that. Another blessing has been that two of my closest friends from college happen to be here now. Maggie and Angie were both theatre majors with us and they were in our wedding. Maggie and her husband Robert live here with their little girl Molly. Angie and her little girl Kam are about to expand their family in Charleston when Angie and Dewayne get married in 2 weeks. Dewayne also has a little girl nameds Lexi. It's been SUCH a blessing being this close to them. I know it won't be forever but I will cherish it now.

So that is a little update on us for now. I will post some Charleston pics soon.

Roadtrip

This past Saturday, Drew and I took a roadtrip with our friends Justin and Brance. We were heading to Plymouth, MA for a reception honoring the marriage of our friend Derek and his wife Jen. Here are some pics of our adventure. I love good friends and good times. These pics are all in opposite order of the when they happened. Blogspot and I are not agreeing right now on picture postings : (.

We got to see the actual Plymouth ROCK!

The newlyweds and our gang. They got married in March in UT, where she is from. They had this reception in MA where he is from.

Pretty Dancing!! They are both great.

BrancerPants and Lins

Justin and Drew

Beautiful view from Plymouth Yacht Club

My adorable husband

The Mens : )

We stopped in Mystic, CT for lunch and had pizza

Neighborhood and more random pics

This is a HUGE barrel of MSG from a truck in chinatown...This was hilarious to me for some reason. NOBODY wants MSG in their food...lol.
This is a great little shop in our hood. You can get the yummiest hummus, baba ganoush and sandwiches for cheap, cheap, cheap!!

This is our ABSOLUTE favorite diner in our neighborhood. We love Foxy's Saturday brunch. The food is great, prices decent and the service is fab. The owner and most of the wait staff know us. I love it!

A cool shop one block away from us. They specialize in British/Irish food imports and have great cuts of meat. Our friends who visited us did a semester abroad in London and were so happy when we brought them to this store. Lots of fun food items!

Some classy Easter decorations :)

An interesting bldg in our hood.

A sign in Chelsea that made me happy b/c it made me think of our cat Artie.

This is in our hood and I took the pic for my sister, Lauren.

Projects Galore

Since moving to NYC I have definitely re-found my inner homemaker. I got a sewing machine at Christmas (thx sissy Lareine) and have been going to town with it. Here are some of my projects I have most recently working on.

This is the blanket I knitted for Maggie's little girl Molly. It matches her bedding. I can't wait to meet her!

This is a dress and hat I made for Little Molly. This was a hard project but I was very happy with the end result. This is the back of the dress and has strawberry buttons on the top. You can't see them very well on here.

This is the little beach hat I made to go with it. It has a bow and strawberry on the top. It's also lined.

I thought this dress would look so cute in Charleston where they live : ).

This is a dress I made for Mia's 5th birthday. I made her a matching dress for a doll.

More Random pics

These three are from feb but I thought they showed what a day on our street was like with Snow. Love the 2nd one of the big tree.

This made me laugh. It was a REALLY warm day and these older ladies were sporting their furs....gotta love it!

This is the Empire State Building at night and another bldg that I thought was cool...don't know the name...sorry! I was at a great rooftop bar on 27th for my friend Emily's Bach party.

This is the view from the parking deck of my favorite ny grocery store (that's not trader joes). I will get another pic with better weather. Also, the sunsets are pretty amazing. They kind of look fake...like a movie or something. Drew makes fun of me and says that I am a grocery store snob....I kinda am...it's ok...we all have our issues : ). This store is large and you can find things easier. They also have a decent organic section.

Pop Star Party

One of my jobs in NY is doing entertainmen for children's parties. It can range from holidays, birthdays, Christenings etc. The children can be as young as 3months (you think I am lying). For the most part I really enjoy it.

This past weekend I did my first Hannah Montana party. Legally I am supposed to call her a "pop star party". It was my first one and I am not the usual HM. SO I had to get my costume together, learn some of her music and create a dance to teach little girls. I wasn't overly nervous until I spoke with the Mom who was pretty intense. It got me super nervous.

Well, it ended up being a GREAT party. The birthday girl was SOOOO happy. Her friends were happy too. Some of the funnier moments of the party were when I was teaching them the dance, the Birthday girl said something sweet to HM. I told her she was so sweet and I was going to cry. She asked if she could get me a tissue : ). Another moment was when the Birthday girl's Mom took pictures of me with each girl. As one girl was getting her pic taken, she asked the Mom if she could send the pic to her dad's blackberry....ha ha ha! These kids are TOOOO much for me : ). My other favorite moment was when I was doing facepainting some of the girls were playing in a bedroom. Well, one of them said I was a fake and the girls got in a fight. All the other girls defended me, one girl was crying...Moms were mad at the girl saying such cruel things : ). It was pretty funny!

Drew and I didn't get a good pic before I left the house but I will try again for the future.

Random Pics

I wanted to share some random pics of NYC.

This is JOLLIBEE...it's a fast food chain from the Philippines. The first one on the East Coast opened in Woodside, the next neighborhood over from us. This was the line the day after it opened on Feb 14. Our friends just drove by last week and said there is still a line out the door. I guess everyone likes comfort food. : )





On one of our many walks around the hood we found a church called St.Paul's, which the name of our church in Atlanta. Looks a bit different.


I love the tree lined streets in our neighborhood.



There is an apartment building in Sunnyside that has some tacky stuff outside of it. This was what they had during Valentine's Day. They had a Santa out in Dec. I kept walking by a couple of weeks ago hoping for a Leprechaun :).



This was the snow we got on March 2...pretty until it melts.



I had to take a pic of these boys with their sleds. They actually sell sleds up
here b/c it snows. In GA when we would get freak snows we would have to use the lids to our trash cans or flattened cardboard boxes...oh the south : )



This is the restaurant that they show at the beginning of Seinfeld. I nanny near there.





This was one of the first warmer days we'd had. We passed this park and it wa full of families playing. They were all so happy to be out of their apartments and getting fresh air.



This is the Spanish theatre in our hood. I took a pic for my amigos in Atlanta.



Ok, that's all for today. Will share some more soon.

Georgia Diner on my mind

So Drew and I took some friends to the airport on Sunday and decided we would try this diner called the GA diner since we were out in the car. We've passed by it several times and it always made us wonder why it was called the GA Diner. Would they have grits? sweet tea? peach pankcakes?

Well, our taste buds were disapointed. The diner is covered in peach decor and that is about it. No grits, edible peachs or sweet tea. The inside was like a large Denny's, Ihop, Village inn. The food was ok, nothing to write home about. The tables had peach pictures in the laquered table top, the outside had peaches etched into the marble, the giant neon sign outside is a big peach....but alas none for you to eat.

Drew after his meal...was he pleased??




The etched peach in the marble