hiatus (thanks jack!)

after going to see a taping of the jon stewart show yesterday, we were walking to the train and wound up here:

for those of you who live out of town, times square is a panic attack waiting to happen. so we are doing what any other sane people would do in this instance - fleeing for the beach!
in just a few short hours, we'll be here:

cherry grove, south carolina. otherwise known as PERFECTION.

devotion

3 years ago today...

ben was still making pasta to feed our wedding guests and i was getting my hair did by an 8 month pregnant chain smoking lady down in roanoke. she did a good job though...

this picture was taken right after someone told us we were broke...


not really, but i think it's great because we're both so annoyed and that's what marriage is all about - always being on the same team. (aren't my flowers pretty?)

here we are taking communion.


and here we are escaping for a few minutes on top of a hill...



and here we are 3 years later on a rowboat in Central Park ready and waiting for our pancakes.



happy days...

mini west indies day parade

we woke up kind of late this morning, and this is what was outside our front door.

this stilt walker is from haiti, they were amazing, my favorites - i can't believe how well they can actually DANCE on these things.

this little girl, representing Trinidad, was feeling so pretty, you can just tell...


the west indies day parade is the largest parade in the world, and is actually on monday. these shots are from the children's parade today which ran down our street for the first time in about 10 years. it was a happy (and extremely loud) surprise this morning. the weather was absolutely perfect...



the adult parade is too much, so many people you can't even enjoy the beautiful costumes. we're off to a bbq across the street. one of the downfalls of the parade is that the whole neighborhood gets kinda shut down in terms of subway and bus access. fortunately for us, we have great neighbors and plenty of bbqs to get us through to Tuesday (our anniversary)!