The Newest Member of the Wickham Family

Here is Burnson Mitchell Hill Wickham



Born Monday April 17th, 2006 at 9:29 am



6lbs 15oz

THE WEDDING SINGER

This is the funniest thing I have ever seen on Broadway. The musical is just the movie put to song, but it really is wonderful. If you're ever in NY and want to see a funny show I suggest this one.

STEPHEN LYNCH plays Robbie Hart. He is phenomenal, great voice and very funny.

http://www.myspace.com/robbieharttheweddingsinger
http://theweddingsingerthemusical.com/

Mom's Visit

Two weeks ago my mom came to NYC for a visit. It was so nice to have her here. We had a great time. Shopping, Eating and of course Broadway Shows. My mom dragged me to see Menopause The Musical. I really did not want to go. Especially since she made me wait in line at the Ticket Booth in Time Square for over an hour. (ps this is the an off-Broadway show and the theatre is a block from my house.) BUT I was surprised. The show was great. We had an absolute blast.

The next night Mom, Glynnis and I saw Lestat. Now we really were excited about this show. We shouldn't have been. It was funny, but it wasn't supposed to be. It won't last too long.

On the whole, It was a great trip. I really missed my mom and it was great to have her here.

IF ONLY I HAD A PICTURE

Tuesday I had the privilege of doing safety Patrol. Now safety patrol is a good idea. However, walking down Madison Ave wearing a bright orange safety vest with a metallic reflector strip is not my idea of a great time. There is nothing like walking by Chanel and Hermes in orange and silver plastic.

Oh! And next week I get to do this all over again. So if you happen to be on Madison Ave next week and see me in my bright orange vest. Please, don't laugh too much. (I know it will be hard not to)

Night at the Opera

Last night my wonderful boss and friend, gave me the night off AND her ticket to the Opera. So I got to see Romeo and Juliet at the Metropolitan Opera House. Excellent seats. I was in the orchestra, ten rows from the stage. It was amazing. I have never been to the opera before, and I must say I loved every minute. Imagine, the night off and a $250 ticket to the opera. It doesn't get much better than that.

A New Record

26.9 inches of snow fell yesterday in the city.
It took me 30mins to walk 9blocks to the subway station.

My Two Cents on Google in China

For those of you who don't know, Google has agreed to censor material about human rights, Tibet and other sensitive topics to Beijing, such as the Dalai Lama, in China. I am appalled by this. To think that Google would agree to censor material in China, adhering to their laws about free speech, or lack there of, sickens me. From this point on Glynnis and I will no longer be using Google. This will be hard for me and many others who rely on Google as a search engine.
"When a search engine collaborates with the government like this, it makes it much easier for the Chinese government to control what is being said on the Internet," said Julien Pain, Reporters without Boarders.
Not to single Google out, Yahoo and MSN also have restricted, "Chinese friendly" versions of their search engines. This leaves me wondering, how can I search the internet without using a search engine that adheres to the Chinese government's intolerableable regime on free speech.

If you care anything about the rights of the Chinese people, DO NOT support such sites.

ROLLING STONES

Saw The Rolling Stones in concert last night. Enough Said.

Today I lost my Cell Phone...

So, today I left my cell phone in the back of a NYC taxi cab. Yeah. Luckily a nice lady, with a very manly voice, named Vicky picked it up and I was able to get it back. How lucky am I. She just happened to live on 85th and York. Which is only seven blocks from me on 92nd and 1st.

Before I found out Vicky had my phone, my mother's response to this whole thing was to call every taxi company in New York City and see if they had a phone turned in. Yeah. Okay. Like that would really work. She assumed that since taxi drivers keep logs, that the dispatch would be able to find out which cab picked me up from Chelsea Piers today and then went up to 91st and Park, before heading to the Wickham's over on Lex and 72nd. I have to love her for trying, but really that would be like trying to find a needle in a hay stack.

THIS STRIKE SUCKS...

SNOW

Today NYC got its first snow of the season. I am so EXCITED!!!

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.