I heart NY.

So, like THREE months ago now, I did this thing where I went to New York to visit my dear friend Jessica and her sweet little family. I wrote about it in my letter to Milo last month, but I have neglected to do any more than that. Totally pathetic. Lucky for me Jess wrote a blow-by-blow account of our weekend here and well, she's a professional writer so it's better than anything I would ever do, so enjoy! Also, my camera died after the second day there so she got a lot more pictures than I did.

The last time I was in New York I went my senior year of high school *coughfourteenyearsagocough* with my dance team for a week. We stayed at the Marriott in Times Square, went to a different Broadway show each night and during the day went to classes at studios like Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey. Needless to say, I fell head-over-heels in love with New York City.

The purpose of this trip was worlds different than the last one. This time I just wanted to visit my friend in her new city and see some of the cool places she's found and maybe discover some new ones together. It was my first trip away from home alone since Milo's birth so I didn't want to put too many expectations on myself and it ended up being just right.

In addition to Jess' account of the visit here are a few other tidbits from the trip:

1- I got to wake up every morning to Snow White singing. I think it was early-ish, but every time I would be confused. Milo? Is that you? Then I would remember I was in New York in the sweet Coulter apartment, smile and go back to sleep. I got to sleep until 10 or 11 almost every day. Unheard of. As for who Snow White really was, not sure. Someone who's apartment shares the courtyard with the Coulter abode. I imagine her to be a Broadway starlet keeping her voice tuned for her next big role.

2- One night, Jess tried to show me a rat nest, but we caught them on a quiet night. Literally. By "show" she meant she wanted me to HEAR them snarffle and chew. I still shiver to think...

3- We had a few minor "celeb" sightings. Some Project Runway contestants (I was there right after fashion week) and Paulina Porizkova shopping in SoHo. We tried really hard for an SJP sighting, but it didn't happen for us. This did though and it was awesome.

4- We literally ate our way through NYC. I've decided that's going to be my focus whenever I travel. Food comes first, touristy stuff later. Most memorable thing I ate? Tie: Pizza at Grimaldi's and this beef-wrapped-ginger-rice ball thing that we had at Kyo Ya. But really everything was delicious and I didn't eat one disappointing thing.

I had the best time my second time in New York with the Coulters and I can't wait for my next visit. Next time I will take the boys with me so Cyrus doesn't have to be alone in his despair when Jessica and I announce it's photoshoot time yet again. Or maybe it'll be a girls BFF trip, that would be dreamy too.

Oh, and here are my photos. FINALLY.