New York Highlight Part Trois- Laduree

While I had many NY highlights, this will be the last one I share, because we get it and I gotta move on, yada, yada. I just had to post this one because it's so obnoxiously cutesy. I'm not afraid to admit that I am a sucker for trendy desserts, especially French ones that get written about in Vogue.  As soon as I read about Laduree opening in New York earlier this summer, I made it a must do on my xmas trip.  Laduree is a tiny Parisian jewel box of a macaroon store slightly bigger than my kitchen.  My husband and I, along with almost twenty other people crammed into this little bit of pastel heaven.  So French, so pretty, so girlie, I loved it (and thank you to Jimmy enduring it)! After quite a wait we finally got our six precious macaroons beautifully packaged in a lavender box and tucked into a light green bag.  For me the packaging alone was worth the wait.  We savored our treats on a rock in Central Park and they did taste amazing.  Very tasty and tangy, like bursts of goodness in your mouth.  

So reader, if you are in New York, have twenty bucks (no tax!), a sweet tooth and an hour to kill, go to Laduree and treat yourself to a tiny bit of luxury.

NYC XMAS

My husband and I just returned home from an amazing trip to our favorite place, New York! To describe xmas in New York as beautiful is an understatement, the experience was unbelieveable, like a magical fairytale. Here's some of my favorite pics and highlights from the best trip ever.

2. Lady Gaga window at Barney's made completely out of hair

3. Strolling through Greenwich Village

5-9. Pics from the Natural History Museum

10. Sipping pure milk hot chocolate from the adorable chocolate and tea shop, Marie Belle, in Soho

11. Opening Ceremony window at the Ace Hotel 

12. Macaroons at Laduree on Madison Ave.

13. The famous Rockefeller Christmas Tree

14. Sparkly Miu Miu window

15. Jimmy having tea at BG restaurant at Bergdorf Goodman

16. $25,000 Barbie foosball table at FAO Swartz

18. Elosie themed tree located in the Plaza Hotel, designed by Betsy Johnson

20. The Dakota, setting for Rosemary's Baby and the apartment building where John Lennon lived and died

21. Jimmy and me in front of the Bethesda Terrace in Central Park

22. My favorite Marchesa dress 

23. Window at Bergdorf Goodman 

24. Incredible view from Central Park West

It's The Magical Mystery Kind

A couple months ago my friends, Nicole, Melissa, and I took a little road trip to the land of Elvis, blues, and BBQ, to see our friend Hannah and to attend an Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros show. The show was amazing and we loved spending time with Hannah, who is a cupcake baking, art school graduate, and she also happens to own a coveted collection of Domino magazines, which she kindly let me borrow. Need less to say it was a good time with great music and an array of delicious food including: sweet pork nachos,crispy fried chicken, blueberry strussel muffins, bbq sandwiches, creamy chai tea sprinkled with nutmeg, and the best waffles ever! While we ate a ton, we didn't get to do much shopping due to a lack of time, but I did manage to pick up a few soft striped tees and I finally found a bowler hat that met my liking after searching for months. We hope to go back soon, and next time we will make time to hit up all of the small town antique stores along the drive. Can you imagine all the treasures we could find!

-Melissa and Hannah

-The Beauty Shop, where Priscilla Presley once got her hair done, is now a delicious restaurant. I love how they still use the hair dryer chairs mixed with distressed Louis chairs.

-If you haven't heard Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, please look them up, because you are in for a treat. The band was so grateful for the fans and after the show they did an impromptu  acoustic gig outside the venue until the police were called.

- Me admiring this fan who got the lead singer, Alex, to kiss her on the lips twice!

-We got to take a picture with Alex!!!! I hope he didn't notice creepy me stroking his hand.

-On our last night we went to this beautiful old Victorian house that has been re birthed into this insane bar decked out with beautiful vintage furniture, incredible light fixtures, blown up black and white photos of celebrities from the 60's and 70's and cow hide rugs scattered over dark hard wood floors. It really was the epitome of my dream house! 

-One of my best girls ,Nicole, and I taking a break from checking out the Lady Gaga look alike celebrating her birthday at Molly Fontaines. Gaga was kind enough to offer us some of her birthday cupcakes.