Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Friday night was a huge aupair Christmas party with 7 LCC groups from Westchester County attending. We didn't get there until late because I had been with my host family picking out a Christmas tree (a real one!!!). When we arrived however it was a big hall with no music and a few doritoes and cookies to eat. It was pretty pathetic, and though it was good to see all the aussie girls, it was a bit of a waste of time. Apparently last year's xmasparty had been good so we were hoping this one would be but oh well. Us girls are having our own Chrissie party on Boxing day so it didn't matter so much.

Saturday afternoon a big blizzard was predicted. It snowed a little bit but the bulk of the snow came overnight. So a few of us gathered at Sarah's (her hosties were out of town) for the night. Christina, Dani, Steph, Becky, Sarah & I spent the night drinking, dancing and for a few minutes making snow angels in the now pure white blanketed front yard. We danced in the snow and it was such a fun magical evening. The snow was falling fast and there was alot of it (12 inches) and when we woke up everything was pure white. No footprints, everything covered, it was a beautiful magical winter wonderland =) After we all got ready we drove down to the train station, rode into Grand Central and then hauled up at a Mc Donald's for some hangover breakfast. We waited there for Olivia and then caught a cab up to Serendipity's on the Upper East Side. Its a famous cafe with notoriously long lines, so we decided to get there when they opened hoping for a better shot at getting in. They told us we'd have to wait 45 minutes, so we went around the corner to Dylan's Candy Bar and Bloomingdales to bide our time. Serendipity's was such a lovely cafe, beautiful decorations, and a really old New York feel, as it has been around for decades. We all ordered their famous frozen hot chocolate which was delicious abeit expensive. We had some lunch (not the best) and the waiter sung happy birthday to becky, embarrasing her in front of the whole cafe, and getting them to sing along. It wasn't her birthday but it was...a long story! As we were leaving we saw the actor Breckin Meyer (josie & pusscats, road trip, 54). We then walked to Central Park to see the Woolman Skating Rink, the nearby bridge and all the people playing in the snow. It was so truley beautiful and magical and Christmassy. Just like every New York Christmas movie you've ever seen or song you've ever heard! It was breathtaking and oh so fun. All us girls had a big snowball fight and as we were leaving some British boys started throwing snowballs at us and followed us the rest of the time we were in the park throwing snowballs at us!!
As we left the park, we went searching for the LOVE sign, and took some group photos near there. My foot came out of my boot and I stepped in a pile of dirty, freezing cold sleet and started getting the shivers and shakes. So we split up, and Dani, Christina, Becky went home while me, Sarah, Steph, Olivia went and bought me new socks and put my boots under a dryer at Mc Donalds! Then us four went and looked at the big beautiful Rockerfella Christmas tree before cabbing down to Madison Square Garden. Steph's host mom gave her 4 free tickets to see the New York Knicks vs Charlotte Bobcats in basketball. It was really fun to watch and the Knicks won yay!

Was a very long day but a very amazing weekend one of the best this year. Nothing more exciting then being in New York City, walking in a winter wonderland.