2012 Summer vacation part 4 NYC!

Good ol' Nassau Ave. This is where we would get on the G train in the morning and get off totally exhausted at night

We took a Circle Line cruise around Manhattan...

and saw the Statue of Liberty...

here's the Brooklyn bridge again, I love this bridge. See the little white building on the right? Steve took us for ice cream there one day

the brown building with all the windows is Martha Stewart's headquarters

The Chrysler building where Heidi works

and another picture of Bryant Park at lunchtime

I had a couple of specific places I wanted to go while in NY. Can you guess where?

here's another clue...

Okay this wall of buttons has to give it away! 

I had to go to Mood Fabrics! Where Tim Gunn brings the designers on Project Runway!

This place was as glorious as I had imagined it would be. A sweet man named Bob helped me with my fabric. He told me one of the fabrics I chose was last years Marc Jacobs :) I'm looking forward to making something fun with it!

"Thank You Mood!"

(I bought a t-shirt with that saying on it :)

We also visited the Museum of Modern Art...

It's where Van Gogh's Starry Night is displayed and guarded by security

loved this...

and this graphic piece. It wrap around an entire room, way cool

my first hotdog

Aaron had a gyro at this stand. I think this was his favorite NY food.

Radio City

getting ready for the Olympics...

Rockefeller Center

I can't help but think of the "30 Rock" theme song when I look at this picture :)

and a picture of the awesome Peter Pan donut shop :)

more pics of Brooklyn. I bought some really good fruit here

I told Steve I wanted a really good NY bagel. He brought us here to Ess-a-Bagel. Awesome bagel! I'm telling you, Steve knows where all the good stuff is here :)

to be continued...

the blues

It's Thursday and time for a recap of last night's Project Runway! Who doesn't love denim?! I was so excited about this challenge I could hardly stand it. I was ready for them to create some cool pieces and they didn't disappoint.

Chris' dress was ok. I really like his personality. My favorite part of the show was when Christian was whining and he said, "Give him a bottle and send him to bed." So true...

Rami puts together some really classy pieces. I loved the detail of the zippers and the button detail on this dress. I really liked it. I know he was running out of time but it made me really sad to see him design this great dress and then use a hot glue gun to attach the buttons.

Victorya's dress didn't have the "wow" factor and therefore she was eliminated.

This dress is my favorite of the night. Sweet P has done it again. It was looking "hippy, dippy" as Tim Gunn called it and then she cut the dress short and it looks awesome! Great job!

Jillian has some good ideas and she's still my favorite but last night, she kind of bombed. I liked the idea of the little red tabs on the shoulder but it just didn't turn out. She did the coat last week and then again this week...I'm just glad she didn't get the boot. Next is Ricky's dress. Cute dress. I was starting to lose interest in Ricky but with this dress he has redeemed himself. Christian designed jeans and a jacket. He is such a diva but he's talented. You can't tell in the picture but these jeans that he designed were cool and original.

Happy Thursday!

thursday morning

i love thursday mornings. I have a routine: go to the gym, get the kids to school and then come home and watch Project Runway.

What is it about this show? I have to say one of my favorite parts is when they go to "Mood" to get fabrics.(Going shopping for fabric makes my heart happy) I've never been to New York but someday when I go, "Mood" will be the first place I want to go.

So Kit gets the boot, sad to see her go. I know the judges hated her dress but I liked it. That fabric is adorable. I love the trim but the thing about satin, it's very unforgiving. If it's not sewn well, it shows.

Chris and Christian did an awesome job. This dress is 45 yards

of fabric! Very original and they worked great together.

I also liked Sweet Ps little dress.

I'm pulling for Jillian, she did great this week too.

Wes, Ricci, Hunter and Gavin came down last weekend for a visit. I love having people come to visit, I miss having family around. We had fun and I ate way too much. They couldn't get enough of the sunshine. Yes, the summers here are pure hell but the winters are beautiful.

My dad had surgery Monday on his right shoulder...again. He had the surgery last spring and it was just healing up. He was working about a month ago and heard a 'pop'. He's home recovering and doing well. Mom is taking care of Dad and "holding down the fort" as she says. She's a trooper

Kevin, Jillian or Rami?

I'm having a hard time choosing my favorite on this year's season of Project Runway. I really like Chris March. He's got a great personality but I'm not crazy about his style. So for me, Kevin, Jillian and Rami are my favorites. Didn't you just love the trio they put together a couple of weeks ago?
I can't get enough of this show. It makes me want to break out my sewing machine and go to town. (I'm in the process of tweaking a vintage skirt pattern) I'll have to wait until after Christmas...

DWTS final and my other fave TV show

So Julianne and Helio are the winners on DWTS. The fact that Helio had never danced before and was able to dance the way he did, he deserved to win. I was sad that Marie didn't win but she dug her own grave with that doll number.
Just as DWTS is ending another one of my faves is starting again...

Project Runway!!!!
This week the challenge was to make menswear for Tiki Barber (former runningback for the NY Giants). I enjoy sewing. I took sewing classes all through school and I loved it. As I was watching this episode, I was thinking back to my junior year of high school. I was taking Clothing III and we had to make a tailored piece of clothing out of wool. I made a double-breasted, fully-lined wool coat. It was the most difficult thing I've ever made.

Watching those designers gave me an anxiety attack. I at least had a pattern! They had to design it, construct a pattern and sew it all in 2 days time?! Not to mention the detail work! The zippers, buttonholes, darts, pleats...the list goes on. And most of them made 3 pieces...

Anyway, love this show. Tim Gunn is the best.