[Shandog]

HANDS DOWN I just had the best 48 hours of my life!!! We did & saw everything - even got to chill with a celebrity or two - my weekend totally kicked a$$!!!!

I have a TON of pics to share & so much to tell you...we did it ALL man!!

Definite highlight of my trip was seeing Norah Jones.

The cab dropped us off and we had to walk through the park to get to the soundstage, and all I could hear as we were walking through the trees was her music ringing throughout the park. OMG IT WAS FRIGGIN GLORIOUS - You guys know how much I LOVE her music!!

Here is my favorite picture - we took it as a joke kind of - like "look at me - woo hoo - my a$$ is at a Norah Jones concert in NYC" But looking at the picture now ~ look at the expression on my face - my face is just glowing and you can totally tell just how happy I was to be there - Definitely one of the top 3 happiest moments in my life.

That's what it's all about man!!!! Life is GOOD

ps. More pics coming soon!!!!

 

[traveler]

Cool, cool, cool. Glad you had a great time! Those are the best when you feel absolutely no responsibilities other than enjoying a good time for a couple days. Summer's coming and that stuff will be like a weekly event!!

 

[wee_one]

That's awesome girl, glad you had a good time and came back in one piece!!

Cute pic, can't wait to see the rest!!!

 

[Capt'n Rob]

Sounds awesome! Welcome back!!!!

 

[ThreeCrabs]

Hey, Shandog!! Welcome home! So happy you had a blast and it shows!

 

[btenn]

Sounds like you had a great time and you got to see Nora COOL!!

 

[labdog]

Welcome home Shandog, you going to bring the pics to CBJ's b'day?

 

[Shandog]

Me & Shellene having some fun w/New York City's FINEST...

 

[Shandog]

Okay...so NOW we're looking a little "tourist-eeee"

Big Salute to those guys - they were cool!

 

[Shandog]

Lunch in Greenwich Village ~ This musician came up to me and told me he composed this "swingin" CD - He asked to play it for me & I liked it. He offered to sell me one for $20 - I said o.k. - then he pulls out a cheesy memorex burned CD and I said Fuh-get-a-bout It!

He was a cool cat

 

[Shandog]

We had dinner @ the blue ribbon - famous chef's eat there all the time (so we heard) My friend Shellene's mom loves this guy on the Food Network - he has 2 shows: Malto Mario & Eating Italian w/Mario (or something like that - that's the one I've seen before) The dude is a typical New Yorker. Anyways, low and behold, look who comes in when we were there - Rose was happy & he was really cool to chat with for a while.

 

[pauligan]

Nice touch with the NY Fire department!! Smokeater will like those!!!

Hey, Is Shellene wearing those same pants you had on today??? Gotta get me some of those!

 

[Shandog]

Shellene bought so much $hit she had to get a new suitcase - the thing is pretty much a small house on wheels.

It was a cozy spot to sit in and have some vino!!!

 

[Shandog]

I said to Shellene "This S.O.B. is so big, I bet we could fit the 2 of us in it."

I was right ~ CHEERS!!

 

[Shandog]

Times Square last night @ the subway station. They are having a problem not having enough change - the fare is only $2 - so, when you go to get your pass, if you give them a $20 - THEY KEEP THE CHANGE!!! They are stressing on the news to have exact change, or else you won't get any back.

ps. a bum took this picture of us

 

[ThreeCrabs]

Malto Mario!!! How cool! So you telling us you could have snuck a couple of us in the suitcase, for real???

 

[Shandog]

Who let the dogs out?!?!?!?

We opted for fashion instead of comfort - boy were we sorry mo fo's by the end of the night!! Ouch!!

Shellene nicknamed these the Chinese Torture Shoes.

(she was RIGHT!!)

 

[pauligan]

Shandog! Look how skinny your a$$ is in that suitcase...

and that is a sentence that will never again probaby be uttered!

You girls are a riot!

And I'm pretty fn chatty right now so may just dialog with this pictures as they go up!

 

[Shandog]

Last one for the night.

Shopping in SoHo. We saw so many beautiful and eccentric people here - it rocked!!!

For 48 hours, we walked amongst them and were ourselves:
"The quintessential New Yorkers"

(thanks for the line Mr. Big!!!)

 

[The Warden]

It looks like you had so much fun. I can't believe you met
Malto Mario, how was the food? You even got to see Nora Jones, sounds like a blast! And by the way Shandog
Happy Mother's Day to ya!