My other best friend came to visit me for a few weeks – JJ. She moved away from San Francisco, had a fun cross country drive by her lonesome, spent most of the summer in North Carolina, and then stayed with Erik & me for a few weeks before heading up to Boston University for Grad School. I am still kicking myself for not taking that cross country drive with her….although we may never have made it North Carolina. Knowing us, we would of ended up in some desert and never left. Ahhhh….the desert. We share a deep love of the barren desert. Anyway, we had so much fun while she was here catching up on CSI and Bones (my new favorite show) not to mention our weekly Trader Joe’s visits.

Then we took a day trip to NYC. One of my favorite cities. We did some touristy things…I have been there so many times, but I never before saw the Dakota, or Strawberry Fields (my parents weren’t Beatles fans..for shame! although JJ grew up thinking that the Beatles songs her father played on the guitar and sang along to were written by dear old dad) so that was our first stop!

Then we were off to the Empire State Building:

Here is the view from the top:

Little Italy:

The rest are random images, starting with my favorite from the day, taken in a subway station. Enjoy!

Not too long ago, one of my very best friends and her husband came to visit me & Erik for a couple of days. It was so awesome to see them – I hadn’t seen them since shortly after we moved here from San Francisco a little over a year ago. I can hardly believe it has been so long. I am missing San Francisco so much – especially now that Fall is here. I almost feel like I am back in SF! I think my friends were having a bit of a culture shock here in suburbia. Things don’t move nearly as quickly, and there aren’t many things to “see”..you know, like large (famous) bridges, incredible food, incredible shopping…you catch my drift.

Thank goodness they share a love of coffee, flowers, cemeteries, ducks, and good pizza and Italian pastry!

It has still been incredibly warm here in CT…I thought Fall was here? I have noticed some leaves starting to change, but it doesn’t feel right. The neighborhood frogs have been out and about though – maybe because of the warm weather. For the past couple of nights this froggy has become my new little buddy. Every night I find him hanging out on the back porch. Cute, huh? The cats think so too ; )