Part One
Well, it's been a while since the last post, and I don't how it's already nearing the end of July. There hasn't been a whole lot of excitement going on in the Mason household, but here are a few pictures from a couple of the bigger events of the past month.
We enjoyed a quick trip to DC at the end of June where Steve had a mini-conference and I got to visit with my dearest friend, Cindy, over dinner, and we got to spend a little time with my folks in Alexandria, too, so that was fun. No pics from that trip, though.
On June 14, we celebrated six years of marriage preparing dinner at the Bailey House,
then enjoyed gorgeous weather and beautiful views along the pier afterward.
Followed up by a happy hour at one of the trendy West Village wine bars.To finish up the month, we celebrated our dear friend, Desiree, in a (surprise!) birthday party from their rooftop.
Pete and Heather, Jay and Desiree, and us
Heather, Radhika, Desiree and me
Us, Shawna and David, Katy and Kristian 
July began with a fun July 4th bbq at the Sullivans finishing up withsome amazing fireworks over the Hudson River.
Beautiful sunset before the show.
Part Two
As we desperately do not want the summer to pass without taking advantage of some NYC summer goodness, we have come up with another challenge/list. We're giving ourselves to September to complete this one (summer technically extends that long anyway, right???) so hopefully we'll get in at least a good chunk of these!
Drum roll, pleeeease....
Summer List of 2009
(in no particular order whatsoever)
As we desperately do not want the summer to pass without taking advantage of some NYC summer goodness, we have come up with another challenge/list. We're giving ourselves to September to complete this one (summer technically extends that long anyway, right???) so hopefully we'll get in at least a good chunk of these!
Drum roll, pleeeease....
Summer List of 2009
(in no particular order whatsoever)
Check! We hit this place last Monday night. We agree with most New Yorkers that it's overrated, but it was still some mighty fine eatin' and we were devouring our food in about 40 minutes from the time we got in line to the time we took the first bite, so for that, it was worth it. (Lines alone are known to average up to an hr, plus another 25-30 min wait to get the food. So yeah, 40 min ain't bad)
The food.
All done.Yeah, we enjoyed it.
2. Go to a "Concert in the Park" by the NY Philharmonic.
Check! Went there this past Friday with some friends from church. Unfortunately, lightning cut the evening short in the last movement of the program... :(
But we still had a great time picnic-ing with good food and great friends.
Check! Went there this past Friday with some friends from church. Unfortunately, lightning cut the evening short in the last movement of the program... :(
But we still had a great time picnic-ing with good food and great friends.
Us
Todd and Jessa
David and Radhika
Joey and Brooke
(Ok, now on to items that have not been completed yet...)
3. Finally hit Coney Island.
4. Go to an amusement park.
5. Go to the yummy cupcake place in the East Village that Shawna raves about.
Can't wait for these! (Can't remember the name either...)
6. Go to a Shakespeare in the Park performance.
Ok, we actually did try on this one when "Twelth Night" was playing but we had no luck. So while the actual Shakespeare play is done for this summer, we're still hoping to catch the Greek play, the Bacchae, when it's here as part of the "Shakespeare in the Park" festival in August.... This little booger of a challenge has truly proved to be a challenge!
7. Spend some time in Brooklyn.
8. Hit restaurant week.
9. Take a long bike ride.
10. Have a couple over for dinner that we should get to know better.
11. Enjoy the views of the Hudson River from one of the restaurants that overlook it.
(Purposefully not being specific on this one cause there are a couple of these and we don't want to confine ourselves... ha!)
12. Attend a "Movies in Bryant Park" night.
13. Go to a performance at Central Park's "SummerStage."
14. Vist the Guggenheim Museum.
15. Go to the Bronx Zoo!!!
(Yes, we know it's especially sad that we haven't hit those last two yet... But alas, better late than never!!!)
We'll call it at 15 for now but we do reserve the right to add on. And we do happily take suggestions. And company. So let us know!
3. Finally hit Coney Island.
4. Go to an amusement park.
5. Go to the yummy cupcake place in the East Village that Shawna raves about.
Can't wait for these! (Can't remember the name either...)
6. Go to a Shakespeare in the Park performance.
Ok, we actually did try on this one when "Twelth Night" was playing but we had no luck. So while the actual Shakespeare play is done for this summer, we're still hoping to catch the Greek play, the Bacchae, when it's here as part of the "Shakespeare in the Park" festival in August.... This little booger of a challenge has truly proved to be a challenge!
7. Spend some time in Brooklyn.
8. Hit restaurant week.
9. Take a long bike ride.
10. Have a couple over for dinner that we should get to know better.
11. Enjoy the views of the Hudson River from one of the restaurants that overlook it.
(Purposefully not being specific on this one cause there are a couple of these and we don't want to confine ourselves... ha!)
12. Attend a "Movies in Bryant Park" night.
13. Go to a performance at Central Park's "SummerStage."
14. Vist the Guggenheim Museum.
15. Go to the Bronx Zoo!!!
(Yes, we know it's especially sad that we haven't hit those last two yet... But alas, better late than never!!!)
We'll call it at 15 for now but we do reserve the right to add on. And we do happily take suggestions. And company. So let us know!
