Jacque turns 21!!!

Jacque turned 21!!! Courtney came out to NY to spend the week with her and I also partook in some quality Bud time. We went to a bar in China Town called White Star. We went because this particular bar sold drinks with Absinthe in it. I had never heard of it before....

Jacque and her roomies!

I look gross but Jacque looks great!

The bar used throat checkers as their drink stirrers. 

Champagne and Absinthe. 

Happy Birthday Rebekah!

They didn't want this one of FB, but it's too good.

Washington D.C.

Friends in NYC!

Court, me, Rebekah and Jessica in Times Square on Valentine's Day

Us on the Statue of Liberty island. Manhattan is in the background.

Here is us on the ferry that takes us to The Statue of Liberty and Rebekah is portraying a Russian grandmother in anticipation for our trip to Ellis Island.

Our reflection in the Jeff Koons flower.

Here we are eating yogurt on the steps of the Met like they do on Gossip Girl!

This is a little dancing on the Statue of Liberty Island.

L&O:SVU and Empire State Building

Law and Order: SVU was filmed ON my street. Just one block to the east.  Here are some photos. Courtney even asked if we could be extras after they told us to not walk on a certain side of the street because we were in the filming shot.

You can see Detective Stabler and Detective Benson.

Rockefeller Plaza at night. The ice skating rink is still up.
A single light on in the flatiron building.
The very top of the Empire State building. It costs an additional $15 to go up there.

This is the view straight down from the ESB. 86 floors straight down. Looks how small the taxis are.

Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Ellis Island has a big wall of remembrance outside. These are names that people payed to have placed there, so they are not everyone who came through Ellis Island. 













Here is the outside of the Ellis Island Museum. Next to that is the Registry Room where every single immigrant to Ellis Island waited in a long line. Including my great-

great grandparents on my Dad's side.

Then there are various Statue of Liberty pictures. One is of Manhattan from the boat. One is looking up the dress of Lady Liberty. The pictures keep getting all messed up.

Ground Zero

This is the church that stands directly across from where the Twin Towers were. There is/was a large tree that they believe blocked the church from falling debris.

Here are the events in order from 9/11

Here is the actual Ground Zero site. It is a big construction site. The next picture is of the two fountains they hope to build near the new Freedom Tower. The fountains will have the names off all that died from the 9/11 events. Next, is inside Trinity Wall Street Episcopal church. The church is only a block away from where the Twin Towers stood.

The red flower is a Jeff Koons sculpture that is near the 9/11 site also. Next to that picture is a sculpture that actually stood between the Twin Towers, the sign tells you all about it.