Here are my boys...

This is John. He made a funny face for the camera.


Here are Ashby and John. After almost killing each other twice Sunday, they decided to play nice.





And here is Edward. He tries to be ghetto, but he is still a white, Upper East Side kid who goes to a private school. But, I still love him.





Here are the boys in the boat they built today. John and I searched the beach for drift wood.


Here's John trying to lift a piece of wood three times as big as him.




Man I love these kids. But, they will never replace Bobby Kalman.

Thanksgiving in the Hamptons

I spent this weekend in the Hamptons with the Wickham Family. This is their house in Quogue, NY... between South and West Hampton. The weekend was a lot of fun. I had to work, but is playing football and going to the beach really work?

On Saturday, John (dad), Daddy J (grandfather), Ashby, and I went wine tasting in North Fork. It was fun to see Long Island. I would love to spend more time there.

Oh and Charlotte told me the house was small. Does this look small? No. I got lost. And she said that my car was an old, dirty, Suburban. Well to me this isn't an old, dirty truck. To me this is a very nice Suburban. It just goes to show that they live in a slightly different world than I do. But hey, I get to visit. And Visiting is nice.

There are too many funny stories from the Macy*s Parade, but here's one

The funniest part would have to have been the people around us. Heidi and I arrived at the parade around 7:30. We had a great spot on the corner of 57th and Broadway. The people in front of us had been there since 5 am. They were crazy. A group of people from New Hampshire, lead by the infamous Pastor Jeff, who yelled at the Hawaiian marching band, “hey, I want to get leied!” They have been coming to the parade for 10 years, same corner. They even brought homemade sugar and oatmeal cookies with them. One offered cookies to Carrie Underwood as she went by on her float. These people became best friends with a group from Florida. They were sharing hats, passing gloves back and forth. It was hilarious. You would have thought they had been friends for years. I must say at times they were obnoxious, but they did make the parade entertaining.

Coming Soon... Stories from the Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade

At 11:15 am today I be came an aunt

Now some of you might realize that I cannot become an aunt because I have no brothers or sisters.... Well you would be wrong.
It is kind of complicated, but I will try to explain.
Betsy and Kevin Kalman are my adopted parents in Charleston. Took care of their son Bobby(aka the love of my life) last year. Bobby has an older brother Alex. Alex is married to Tiff, who had James Richard Holdgate this morning.
So now you can see that today I became an aunt (unofficially).

Becca, Tracy and our trip to China Town

Becca and Tracy came to New York to visit Glynnis and me this weekend. We had so much fun, eating, drinking, exploring the city.
So on Saturday we decided to go to China Town. Now, China Town is a wonderful place. However, we were there late in the day and all the vendors were a little anxious. Becca and Tracy wanted to visit the "back rooms" to purchase a nice knock off. At the first shop we go into the back and start looking around. Everyone was trying to decided what they wanted to purchase. So the guy keeps asking us, "What you look for?, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Chanel." Our response was we are just looking. (meaning we are not sure what we want to buy, but we are going to buy something) Well, He took it to mean that we had no intention of buying anything and kicked us out. It was really quite funny. He told us to leave and then called us lazy. It doesn't sound so funny now, but if you could just imagine the four of us getting kicked out of a back room in China Town, then I think you might laugh.

Here we are after our venture into China Town.

Grocery Shopping

One thing I love about living in New York is I can relax in my apartment, sipping a glass of wine at 12:30 am and order my groceries. It's fabulous. How can it get any better. I just go online and the next day I have my groceries. Or I can set a date to have them delivered. I mean, who ever thought of this is a genius. Genius.

 

Here's Dixie at the Harry Potter Premiere.
She definitely stole the show. 

Harry Potter Premiere

Today is the US Premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Therefore, Glynnis, Marie and I went down to the Ziegfeld Theatre and watched the "stars" as they went inside. We saw them all. The place was crazy. 1000s of 16 year old girls from the tri state area were packed onto the sidewalk across from the theatre.
In an attempt to see people better, we tried to stay in the Wachovia ATM beside the theatre. Aka... We had the WORLD'S LONGEST TRANSACTION. After about 20 mins the police caught on and we were asked to leave the ATM. Marie's last words were, "This is our bank damn it, they can't make us leave." Unfortunately, they did make us leave. Oh well, we still had a damn good time.
Glynnis had a final thought to add … NYC cops, you know what kind of people you are, your bastard people, bastard people… I’m gonna go home and bite my pillow. (that says it all)

Glynnis on Ralph Fiennes

Picture it. New York: Nov 12, 2005 The Harry Potter Premiere

It’s in the high 50s outside, sweater weather/light jacket. Not terribly cold. And then comes Ralph Fiennes wearing a mammoth scarf. Like he’s going to pull up some turnips in Siberia type of scarf. What a Douche.
I mean of course he weighs about 80 lbs, 20 being his noise, so maybe he needs to stay a little warm. But, the thing is, he wore it for all the photo ops inside the theatre as well. Like these photos where he’s trying to eat Harry’s head.

So here’s to you Ralph Fiennes. God knows we wouldn’t want that precious, shriveled, skinny little neck of yours to feel any of the cold NYC air. Amen










(Daniel Radcliff was lucky enough to have Tammy Faye's makeup artist for the day.)

New York City Marathon

This is the view from my kitchen window Sunday afternoon. There go the marathon runners down 1st ave. While being woken up by bad music this morning sucked, it was worth it to have such a great view of the runners. Here they are running through Spanish Harlem to Harlem and then the Bronx. They are aprox. half way through the run here.

So today is the New York City Marathon. All of 1st Ave is blocked, which means I really can't leave my apartment. Oh well, I guess that means I can stay in bed all day. The only issue is Glynnis and I woke up this morning to U2 blaring from the street below. Glynnis can't stand U2 so that made for an interesting wake up call. After that the music got worse and we can't get away from it. This sucks! or as Glynnis so eloquently put it, "So this is Hell."

Besides the bad music filling our apartment, I don't think today is going to be bad. It is so foggy outside that all we can see is grey. Not the best weather for the runners, at least it isn't hot. Well that is all for now. Not to much going on here.

I've decided to try this blog thing out...

So, I recently moved to New York City. Probably the biggest, craziest step I have made in life, to date. But, def. worth it. I absolutely love this city. I have never been happier. New York is such a wonderful place to live. And there are seasons in NY. I haven't had seasons since I moved to Charleston. I forgot how nice autumn is. Every day I walk through the city to work, taking a different path as I go.
I really love being a Nanny in NYC. I get to be a kid, but also an adult. I meet all kinds of people, who matter in NY. Every one knows some one famous. I work for a great family. I am "in charge" of three boys. Edward and John are 9 (twins) and Ashby is 8. They are so much fun. (but I still miss Bobby and the Kalman family... they can't be replaced)

That is about it for me... I will try to update often (yet I can't make any promises)