It's Halloween!

Really, it is.

I fully intend on using my free time to get caught up on our personal photos. By free time, I mean the 3 hours on Sunday evening when I can sit down at my desk and not feel guilty for doing things other than client work.

Though I love my clients. Every single last one of ya.

So, where was I? Ah yes, Halloween. My favorite holiday marked the official beginning of our vacation this year.

Let us begin with our typical long-armed self portrait


Though most of the day was spent frantically packing for our trek to NYC the next morning, we cooked a sinful (shh, don't tell anyone) meal, dressed up, watched scary movies, and had fun blasting our remote-activated fog machine at poor unsuspecting trick or treaters.

We make our own fun.

And Matt makes good enchiladas.



Really, really good enchiladas.



I found the recipe. Yep. You can find it here.  We substituted the chili powder for taco seasoning, and the green chiles for Rotel.

Our drink, Green Grog (recipe!) in progress.  I used diet 7-UP instead of Sprite for mine.  Matt says I am gross.




We found these cups for 50 cents each at Halloween Express.



And, I can't believe we went through the entire night without a real photo of our ridiculous costumes. This cell phone shot is the only proof that they existed.




Too soon?  Don't judge. We love MJ, really.

First Snow

I woke up on Saturday, rolled over, and glanced out our bedroom window.

Snow!

Wait. Snow?!

A peek at my Blackberry sitting on the nightstand reaffirmed that it was indeed only December 5th. Another peek outside confirmed that yes, there was indeed a layer of white, sparkly snow covering the outside world.



Before reaching over to smack Matt into consciousness, I realized the challenge this snow presented.

You see, Dexter has a serious phobia when it comes to snow. Well, ok, two phobias. The first is the fact that he absolutely-will-not-despite-bribes-of-milk-bones-and-pupperoni go down a set of steps that are covered in snow. He'd rather stand at the top of the deck stairs, crossing his legs and doing the pee pee dance.

His other phobia involves a reluctance to do his business anywhere near the white stuff. After we leashed His Royal Highness to take him out front for a supervised bathroom break, he putzed around for about 15 minutes, ate roughly 6 cups of snow, and finally did the deed.

He's a punk.

NYC Pics of the Day

It's always been a dream of mine to visit Rockefeller Center near the holidays and watch the ice skaters. We walked over from our hotel at night and it was just as magical as I'd expected!





This is Jefferson Market Courthouse in Greenwich Village - voted 5th most beautiful building in the country. I wanted to get a shot of the full building, but it sits on the corner of an extremely busy intersection, so it just wasn't happening. I'm completely taken with SoHo and the Village - it's so full of energy and character!

NYC - Day 2 POTD

We took a gillion photos today, and it was nearly impossible to narrow it down to just one or two to share with everyone tonight. We have completely fallen in love with this city, and have decided that if we ever win the lottery, we're moving to a 5th Avenue penthouse. :-)

This first photo was taken this afternoon at Battery Park on the Hudson River. It was an absolutely gorgeous fall day.


This next one is, obviously, the Statue of Liberty, backed by a blazing sunset on the Staten Island Ferry


We're shooting an engagement session tomorrow - so excited to see what we can come up with!