Cupcakes for Charity?

Cameras and mics everywhere... I had to stop and see what was happening. Yes, that is Joan Rivers and her daughter. Whoever can tell me the names of the other chicks won't win anything but will allow me to delete this sentence and add correct captions to my pics.

Kathy Lee Gifford was there too but the pics of her I took were awful. Well, she looked pretty awful... (sorry KLG). She had on so much makeup I didn't recognize her at first. I'm trying to be nicer lately so let me rephrase that.... My photos of the beautiful KLG were deleted because the camera just didn't do her justice.

These shoes are made for walkin'

These are the shoes that took me all over the city. Made by Clarks. Did my feet hurt when I got back to the hotel? Of course they did but they woulda hurt no matter what. Not only do my feet hurt... my legs ache, my shoulder is burning, and I'm overall exhausted. I got some good exercise.
Here are the basic routes I took. I strayed a block or two off these paths occasionally to see something - like Trump Tower, Hard Rock, Crate and Barrel, etc.

First part of walk:
Almost a mile from Pennsylvania Station to the box office at 256 W. 47rh street. Fun walk thru Times Square.

From the box office I headed to Central Park with a few side stops here and there. I don't know how far or how many blocks. It was a fun walk and along the way stopped in Abercrombie for the photo opp, ran into the Cupcakes for Charity van, and took lots of cool and funny pics.


After Central Park I started walking south on 5th towards the Empire State Building. I walked about 5 blocks and a cab pulled over right beside me and some women got out. I asked the cabbie if he'd take me to the Empire State Building. I think it is on 30th or something. I rode in the cab for a few minutes and what a relief!
At the ESB I ate dinner in the restaurant downstairs -some beer place- brewery... and then headed to the top.

My third walk was from the ESB back to the theatre. I wanted to get there in time to see Ace before the show. I was tired, it was a long walk, and it was also around 515pm. Just in time for everyone to be leaving the office.... lots and lots of people. It took me a long time and when I thought I might miss seeing Ace before the show I hired one of those guys on bicycles with small seats in the back. I gave him five dollars to take me about 5 blocks. My feet thanked me.
My final walk was the approximate mile back to Penn Station. Just head south on 7th and you'll get there eventually. I had planned on taking a cab from the theatre but there were none around. I kept walking and walking with everyone else and decided WTH might as well walk the entire way.

The biggest adventure was getting to Rt 17 Station in NJ. The train was late, I couldn't find my car, I was hungry, I had to pee, no one was around to help.... it was 12:15am. But, as you can tell, I figured it out.

Random NYC things

This is a barricade around some workers. Astroturf? I guess it makes it more... um.... natural looking?

Abercrombie model. Hellllloooo cutie pie How about you eat a little something today?
People can't read.... or are they ignorant.... or is it arrogant? I'll work on cropping this later - but you may be able to read the sign at the top of the steps... then, check out the lady with the blue bag.
Again, another...hey, can ya read?
Someone was able to read this sign and added their own humor.

Central Park

I really wanted to take a carriage ride around the park but you know thrifty me... I didn't want to pay the 34 (plus tip of course). So, I just waited and watched. Eventually this mom and daughter caught my eye. They were considering but couldn't decide. I asked them if they wanted to share and....off we went! Adorable young lady and her very nice mother. They are from Venice and the daughter spoke no English - mom could understand a little. The driver was wonderful. He lived for years near Tarpon Spring and had horses. Now he has four horses in NYC and three employees. He still has his home in FL and said his life is wonderful. I said 'yeah.... you get to be in the city and have the country too!'/


what's up with that hair? My Skipper's pics show me with three chins. Now I look like baseball head. Or I guess that is basketball head. gross hair shelley

Isn't central park amazing? I could stay there for days.... camp out... but there just isn't enough time and camping isn't allowed anymore.

View from the top

For now... just pics. I'll add some dialogue soon. Promise. I know you are anxiously waiting. LOL This will be boring to those of you who have been to NYC and seen the sites. Kinda like looking at some dumb vacation pics. I guess not kinda like it - exactly like it! Not exactly a vacation but a very therapeutic day for me.

I can't imagine being on this observation deck and looking south at the WTC. I'd still be in therapy. It is hard enough thinking about it. Devastating. I bet there was widespread panic at the ESB on 9/11. If you've been there you know the elevators are tiny and slow. Enough already. Just enjoy the view. I did.... it was wonderful.

My New Favorite Store

I found a t-shirt yesterday while clearance rack shopping with Emily. Well this shirt wasn't on the clearance rack - just RIGHT NEXT to it. Dirty dogs. Anyhoo, I really wanted the t-shirt and you know me and my t-shirts and tanks... I live in them. I checked the tag and the sticker shock nearly threw me into orbit.

Last night I rode my sportster to Bike Night and was thinking "I shoulda bought that shirt, I would have loved to have had it on now." Reverse buyers remorse.
So, today I got back on the bike and went to one of my least favorite places, The Mall. I usually take Emily there about once a month to get a webkinz and I had fullfilled that trip yesterday.

Damn, this is a long post about a bunch of nothing, huh. Ok, so the shirt is made by Lucky Brand and it was at Macy's. The new part of the mall has a Lucky Brand store but I never went in because of the aformentioned sticker shock that I knew would happen. However, I decided that if I was going to buy the shirt I was going to buy it directly from LB and leave middleman Macy's out of the transaction. This story is getting longer and longer.

So, the oh-so-helpful employee and I were talking and she mentioned how EVERYTHING (my emphasis) is MADE IN AMERICA. What? No McJeans? No McSocks? No McT-Shirts? I had to check a couple of labels to see if she was telling the truth.

Of course I bought the t-shirt and based on the enabling by Maria tried on a few pairs of jeans. Right now jeans are on sale (30 off) and so I splurged. I also bought one other t-shirt one for a gift.

Did I pay too much? Probably.

Do I feel bad about it? Not at all. I will gladly pay extra for anything that I know is Made in USA.

I hope they are truthful about their manufacturing. If anyone knows different, let me know. Otherwise, I'll be sporting all LB stuff from now on. I always loved the look of their clothes anyway but just didn't go on the store because I was scared. Terrified.

Many, many thanks to Maria for enabling me to go back and try on a pair of jeans. She is correct. They are comfy, soft, etc. and the best part: MiA. Not missing in action silly, Made in America!

So, go forth. Buy Lucky Brand. But, if you know that any of this isn't true, lemme know and I'm back to garage sales for McJeans.

http://www.luckybrandjeans.com/Default.aspx

http://www.luckybrandjeans.com/search.aspx?l=00020151000000000000

Can't you see me in almost all of those shirts? I can!

Couple of cards for a special friend

I was asked to create two custom cards for one of my great friends and repeat customer. She had a sentiment she wanted on the inside. All she asked was for me to make two special cards for her step-daughters. So, I asked a few questions and here are the end results:

I was told they were both 'girly-girls' and I replied, 'so, I'm thinking PINK' and yes was the answer.... One daughter is blonde. The other daughter I was told loves cherries!
Recipe: Bella (of course!), twinkling H2O paints - yes the chick and the prezzie is hand painted with watercolors (H2Os) and a teeny tiny paintbrush. Spots are silver with the box being purple. She is wearing a pink dress with purple shoes and matching hair accessories.
Sentiment: Kick up your heels, it's your birthday
Silver baubles to the right of the sentiment
Silver spotted paper with pink background. I could not match any other paper (pink were either too red, too yellow, too orange) so I went with purple and black.
She is 'popped' with those foamy thingys that raise your image off the page.

Cherry stamp I've had for years and never liked the way it looked on a card. I love this card! SU DS paper on pink cardstock.
Nesties were used (of course!) and the cherry is popped off the card just like the bella above.

Inside of the cards. I've had those cherry blings for a while and was so happy to finally use one! The other card features one of SU new brad surrounds but instead of the silver center I used a pink diamond brad. I printed the sentiment on pink cardstock.
I had fun creating these cards. Of course,,,, I made a few extras! That is my rule, if I'm making one, might as well make a few. I never sell a special made card until after it has been given or 'released' so, the cards are not yet for sale. Maybe in a week or so. smile
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We are keeping busy making monogram cards and a few new mini albums. I've had a couple requests for albums where the customer wants me to add the pics for her. Of course! I love to make custom projects and if you have the pics, I'll make the album.
In this instance, I'll be contacting you for dates, places, names, etc. so that it is truly personal.
thanks for your support!