Dinner with Lucy

On Saturday night we caught up with one of Alex's old school friends, Lucy. We hit the trendiest place possible, the Meat Packing district for some drinks, dinner and some celebrity sightings - again!
















Mischa Mischa Mischa!
































The excitement was not without drama with Alex being hit in the face by a camera by a papparazzi! As you can imagine it was then time for some wine and dinner!

Babysitting Duties

On Wednesday night, Mick and Erin had tickets to the US Open to see Roger Federer play. Unfortunately they only had 2 tickets so we happily looked after Davis and Miles for the evening.

After some corn dogs, sweet potato fries, pasta and peas, it was storytime with David on the big bed. This was shortly followed by "quiet time", where everyone promptly fell asleep - including Alex who only woke up when Erin came to recover the kids!

Star Sightings

Working on 5th Ave certainly has it advantages, in part it is where most of the celebrities shop and where they are filmed!

The last few weeks in my lunch break I have seen the filming of Gossip Girl, Mariah Carey's new music video, and the Sex in the City sequel.

Here are my best paparazzi shots of Miranda's character in front of Bergdorf Goodman.

Naples Pier

Early one evening we headed towards Naples Pier, famous for fishing and dolphin watching. We were in luck and saw a group of dolphins whilst the sunset, unfortunately we were not so quick with the camera!















Afterwards it was off to Old Naples for dinner at Campiello for some fine dining!

Golf at Tiburon

One of the great perks of staying at the Ritz Carlton was the Greg Norman designed Golf Course, Tiburon. It has 36 holes and the option of playing 2 different sets of 18 holes, or 4 different sets of 9 holes.















David, of course was in heaven, and managed to take some great shots of the property and reported back that whilst is was a very scenic course, it was indeed a very hard course to play!
















After all the exictement, it was back to some more relaxing by the pool...............




















......and then by the beach.

















How's the serenity?

Labor Day Long Weekend

A few months ago I noticed there was a Public Holiday in early September. Being the smart planner, and holiday lover, I decided that we should take advantage of the day off and take a weekend away for some sun and relaxation.

We hit Naples which is on the west side of Florida and sits on the Gulf of Mexico, hence warm waters and sunshine all day long.

The first day we relaxed by the pool before watching the amazing sunset .............

........and then heading to a local restaurant - Flaco's!

Cheers to vacation!

Time Flies

After whirl wind trip my parents have packed their bags, left the Big Apple headed back to Oz :( The last 2 weeks have just flown!

It makes you think how quickly time flies, especially since today is the 9 month anniversary since we left Australia. Friends and family have fallen pregnant, had babies, moved house, lost and gained new jobs - the list goes on!

So it was appropriate that Erin found this old photo and sent it thru today.....Alex and Miles Halloween 2006!