i like it here.

now that all of my faithful bloggy boos {mom, courtney, dad} have given up on me, why not continue on to our last stop on the east coast extravaganza train, destination new york city.  

{either i am starving every time we go to big nick's or this actually is the greatest pizza known to man.}

{serendipity 3.  the place to be.}

{my $10 skirt and a candy floor with candy words that leads to some candy.}

{peace in all the madness.}

{yeah.  best thing ever.}

{post show night life: times square edition.}

{alice found us.}

{celeb?  no.  just me.}

{celeb?  no.  just me.}

{to mim...i know you are looking at this so hey girl hey.}

now that i have caught you up...it's time for another trip.  nyc anyone??

baltimorning and afterphilly.

betwixt our washington dc dream of a vaca, the family loaded up the rental car and headed in whatever direction baltimore and philadelphia are from the district.

stop #1.

baltimore.

as a big hairspray fan {both the product and the musical}, you can understand why i found much joy in being in baltimore in the morning.  

{courtney can hear the bells.}

we were there for what felt like two-ten minutes and ate what became the second most memorable meal for my aunt {just behind the breakfast with laura linney at fairway in nyc}.  and then we were on the road again.

next stop...

longwood gardens

aka heaven.

i'd like to be wed there.  

it made me feel like alice.

and finally.

philly.

for cheesesteak.

which was not as good as what i am used to.

and was, unfortunately, the best thing about philly.

sorry.

what came next was too good.  so good, in fact, that it deserves it's own blog post.  and "it"=new york city.  

also, i can't include it on this post because i currently have a gelatin hair mask repairing my sad little head strings that are pretending that it's never been in dry weather before and it is dripping down my back.  uncomfortable.  goodbye.

the district and me...i?

pretend you are going to washington dc. you are like the pre-east-coast-extravaganza version of me so naturally you think washington dc is a teeny tiny city that has houses the president and his little dog too and this tall structure that looks like a white crayon where everyone is wearing business suits and talking about lybia or health care reform.  all work, no play {makes washington dc a dull city} is your imagination's image of the nation's capitol.  and then you get there and discover that you were very, very wrong.  that scenario that you just imagined may or may not be the real live experience with my introduction to the district.  now listen to this song while you decide for yourself whether my opinion has changed...

{me and the berlin wall.  i am power.}

{those lucky sisters who got to party with my sister for 18 months.  also i had just eaten lavender ice cream.  try it.  love it.  crave it.}

{we're on the back of a penny.}

{mj's hat @ the smithsonian.  rip.}

{me, a penny, and some grass, and lincoln's little sitting room.}

{wanna hold it?}

{dc temple..."surrender dorothy"}

you guessed it.  i am all about the district.  

will you please go there?

and go to the newseum?

and tell it that i love it so much?

and will you also come back to this here blog

a little later and read about the rest of east coast extravaganza?

okay i'm off to my nightly wishing of being back on vaca.

bye.