We are back

NYC rocked as always... favorites like Madison, SoHo, NoLita, West Village, Meatpacking, Central Park, the Upper West Side and new things like getting a haircut there, seeing paparazzi and tourists stalk Kate Hudson as she lives next door to my favorite breakfast place (she did come out at the end... very beautiful and allowed my afternoon tea adventure return to normal), staying at the Waldorf Astoria and the Hotel Gansevoolt which has one of the best rooftop bars I have ever been to and awesome sales... Prada and Chloe both had 45 -50 off sales although I am still debating all the things I want versus I need at Prada.. Thankfully there is a store in SF. The trip was really really great and still keeps NYC as one of the top three places in the world for me.

We took a family holiday with some friends, a long weekend to Vail and Aspen. K was so excited to be in the mountains... T went golfing one day and so the girls hit Edwards and K checked out the hotel pool, kids area and swings talking up every one... Funnily enough one of the tops folks from the White House was also at the hotel so there was secret service everywhere. K tried to chat up the secret service who seemed a lot less interested in her... We visited some of the villages around Vail and took a day trip to Aspen. The last time we were there K was 3 months and it was raining so hard we missed most of the town. This time the weather was much better and so we got to explore the town a lot better, had lunch outside and K ran through the water fountains. We took the scenic route over and it was stunning to see the mountains and snow... Really beautiful. We went on a hike with K that ended up being a lot more intense than we expected 1.5 miles straight up hill on almost all rock formations... luckily K loved loved it and the waterfall and freshwater lake with trout at the top was well worth it. Since K walked most of a mile she fell asleep on the way back and Daddy had to carry her down... pics to be posted later to show you just how impressive this really was!! K saw a rock garden yesterday and asked to go hiking....

K discovered chewing gum on the trip and strawberry ice cream with sprinkles... She is in love. We also let her pick her standard one trip special treat... we now have a very very bright rhinestoney, pink and purple unicorn named Aspen... He is umm bright!

All in all a great family trip minus the fact that airport security stole my never used bumble and bumble leave in conditioner because of the liquid laws. I accidently forgot to pack it... Lucky for all of us there was no leave in conditioner on the flight from Denver to SJC and don't we all just feel safer!!! I am still fuming... I know it isn't obvious.

We are now gearing up for T's sis and niece who are visiting us from the UK arriving on Sat...