Weekender: 7/31-8/2

Here's the line up so far:

Fri July 31

• 6p - Movie Club dinner (but no movie: )
• 830p - Attending Stepping Out's free dance party! [37 W 26th St] Come out and salsa, cha-cha, waltz, and swing with me tonight! Free swing/salsa lesson at 830p, dancing until 1230a.

Sat Aug 1

• Still planning to go to the Atlantic City Food and Wine fest for the day to hang out with food celebs and see AC for the first time. You can still come along too! Tickets here!

*RECAP* - Calm, cool day! Full Album HERE.



Sun Aug 2

• Dance lesson, church, whatever else comes along: )

Other Fun: check out www.nycolorislife.com for the latest fun events for this weekend!

[UPCOMING Next Week]

• Volunteering Opportunities with Joseph, Dancing, Dinners, Friends, Fun!

Weekend Recap: 7/24-26

Great, another really fun weekend!

Fri 7/24 - Bullriding Birthday celebration for Amber!! When I turn thirty, I hope I'm just like her--so full of life and ready for the many years still to come! So much fun to celebrate with you, cowgirl! After party was at The Park.


Sat 7/25 - We had a mini-CHS reunion to welcome the bubbly Gina Lee to NYC!

• DINNER at Sakagura (www.sakagura.com): This hidden Japanese restaurant is a gem in Midtown. It's like tapas style where you pick a few dishes to share, and oh yes, everything we had was delicious (no matter we had no idea what the names were!). Our resident food photographer Young was on hand to document the meal, which I'll post when the pics are up! His flickr here, in the meantime: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oranguchang/
  

• Then off to Astor Place to introduce Gina to Pomme Frites (and to celebrate Belgium National Day). Got the war sauce, vietnamese pinapple, and mango chutney.
  

• Onward to Wine Bar down the street! Jerry played us a nice tune on his iPhone (seriously, apps these days haha), as we sipped delicious wine and made new friends. We had the Moscato d'arsi from Northern Italy. It was the perfect after dinner wine!
  

• Finishing the night off at Sing Sing: )
  

Sun 7/26 - Celebrating Belgium National Day with the Wafles and Dingels truck, which seemed to have read my mind and came right over to the LIC pier for the day. A lovely little wafle for only $3. What a treat: )

• Saw the last two shows of The Norman Conquests, which gave me 6+ hours of laughter. So hilarous, Alan Ayckbourn!
  

Not quite ready for the start of another work week, but let's have a go: )

NYColor Giveaway Winner Is...

Thanks to everyone who entered the first NYColor Giveaway for the American Museum of Natural History tix!! And the winner is...
(see, I picked out of a cup!: )

[JOSEPH M.]

Congrats! I'll be contacting you to work out a time to meet up.

Hopefully more giveaways to come!

Adventures: 7/22-24

A very happy birthday to my very dear friend, Anna Lee!

Let's see, what's going on this week, so far?: )

*RECAP: Pics*
[Wed 7/22]

• Midsummer's Night Swing - Big Bad Voodoo Daddies - hot night dancing, but it was cool times!
  

On my way to Lincoln Center, I ran into Regis + Kelly. What a small world!
Everyone cutting a rug.

• Last day to sign up for the NYCOLOR Giveaway: http://nychar.blogspot.com/2009/07/nycolor-giveaway-2-free-vouchers-amnh.html!!
  

[Thurs 7/23]

• 100th episode of SYTYCD! woo-hoo!
• P.S. also, free screenings for "G-Force" and "The Ugly Truth"...plus sign up to see "Adam" next Mon 7/27.
  

[Fri 7/24]

• Off to Johnny Utah's then more dancing at The Park for Amber's birthday!

Other fun things if you're free (more updates soon!)

• W 7/22 - River Flicks @ 830p, Free - "Dark Knight"
• W 7/24 - River Flicks @ 830p, Free - "Ghostbusters"
• W 7/29 - River Flicks @ 830p, Free - "Hancock"
• Th 7/30 - Rumble on the River (boxing) - will find out more info

Adventures: 7/17-7/19

Easy breezy weekend!

*RECAP* - the rainy days sometimes become some of the best days...: )
[Fri 17th]
1:15p - Restaurant Week at Smith & Wollensky with Becca! 10 oz. filet mignon was good!


8p - NY Philharmonic at the Great Lawn, Central Park

Friends Val+Hubby and Key, Sushi picnic, red wine, a little bit of Copeland sacred/folksy music, a little bit of Mauler classical (happy happy and then, loud booms)...and even a lot of ::RAIN:: make up a nice Friday night! Once again, like with Shakespeare, made it to one of the last performances, through pouring rain, and still came out smiling at the end. See a pattern? Just have to go with the flow!

[Sat 18th]

130p - Had a yummy lunch at Lemongrass Grill with my friend Chris C from UGA, who just up and decided to move to NY last week! woo-hoo, welcome to the city!

430-7p Dance practice

8p - Met up with one of my closest friends from UGA, Jen Novell, who was teaching English in Spain over the last 2 years. Welcome back to the states! So amazing to catch up with you and meet the bf: )

[Sun 19th]

1030a - Harry Potter 6 at AMC (34th St theater) - only $6! I thought it was good: ). Thanks for coming with me, Jen Shue!

130p - lesson with Kristina. Gotta work on this crazy posture that's like putting on a coat while keeping my shoulders down aka the "turtle". whew

430p - church: "I desire mercy, not sacrifice"

Ready for the week? I feel like some things are going to happen this week, on the verge of something. We'll see: )

[NYColor Giveaway]: 2 Free Vouchers - AMNH "Extreme Mammals" and More!

It's time for an NYColor Giveaway = 2 Free Vouchers - American Museum of Natural History - "Extreme Mammals" and More (a $48 value)! Yahoo!http://www.amnh.org/

A friend of mine used to work at the museum and gave me a pair of vouchers to see the new exhibit "Extreme Mammals", plus 2 of the other special exhibits (like Whoopi Goldberg talking to you about stars--cool yea?: ). I got to see it already over the weekend (see previous post for all the fun!), so I want to give it away to one of you (expires on 8/9, so you have to go soon!)

Leave a COMMENT below with your 1. name, 2. email, and...3. favorite ice cream! It is National Ice Cream month, after all. I will put everyone's name in a bag and pick a winner on next Wed July 22!

Thanks for playing!

Weekend Recap: Softball, Anne Hathaway, Extreme Mammals!

What a great weekend! One of the best of the summer so far: )

[FRI JULY 10th - 11a-7p]

My company took a day off work to play softball in Central Park. It was Orange against Gray...and Orange won, but only by a few runs! I think, as you can see from the pics, the teams might have been a bit uneven...haha. I enjoyed spending the day getting to know my co-workers better and being out of the office in the sun. And of course drinks afterwards at The Boathouse. Really lovely day.

JMW Softball Day 2009

[FRI+SAT JULY 10th+11th]

At 1230a (that's right, MIDNIGHT!), I met up with a few brave friends in Central Park. Together, we slept on the park's finest benches all through the night for the chance to get free tickets to see Anne Hathaway's second to last performance in Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park). Proof:



After enduring the wind, rain, cold (seriously...they even sang about it in the last song! while so beautifully juxtaposing it with the light and sunshine of the storyline...got you covered, Shakespeare), strawberries + nutella (that part wasn't so bad: ), plus a few random bruises...



...we just barely got the last couple of tickets!! SUCCESS! So we celebrated over Pinkberry.



The whole cast was so amazing, let alone Anne Hathaway, and it's now one of my favorite Shakespeare plays. Hilariously clever and witty!! So many beautiful lines, Shakespeare. And the playfulness and celebration of love and truth was a perfect theme for our weekend too. (Photos courtesy of Google)


Now that's living in NY: ) Go Team Shakespeare (Key, Teresa, and Yvonne)--thanks for a great Twelfth Night together!

Facebook Album

[SUN JULY 12th]
11a - Art and I took it to the courts and had a lovely early afternoon game of tennis in McCarren Park, which I discovered is really not that far from LIC, once the G train comes! Hello tan lines!

2p - Finally made my way to the American Museum of Natural History to see the new "Extreme Mammals" exhibit! Thanks to Ying and Teresa for the free vouchers! I have a pair to give away too (check out the next post!:).

We are extreme! haha. The museum is great, and if you get a chance, you should check it out!

Thank God for the beautiful weekend, with old friends and new adventures, and giving us each new day to to keep enjoying with one another.