Airstream Love

Airstream Love

Chris and I spent a quick night in a Malibu Airstream that we found on Airbnb.  It was everything we could have hoped for.  These little honeymooner trips are actually only about 36 hours but they always feel like a very fulfilling vacation.
We first took a venture to the Getty Villa in Malibu and then had lunch at Duke's on the water.

Goats and horses met us at the gate of the property and then were led up to the airstream on the cliff.  We took in the view and made a supply list (wine and dessert) and then ventured back out.  We stumbled upon a quaint winery in Westlake Village, sat down, made afternoon friends, bought some wine and went to dinner.

After dinner, we made our way back to the airstream, just in time for sunset and the sounds of the evening were mainly peacocks and llamas on the neighboring land.  We sat and drank our wine and watched the stars come out.  Chris was captivated by his stargazing app and we stayed up until 2 talking and drinking and gazing.

San Simeon and her Castle

Chris and my adventure up the coast (sans baby)...

:The reason that even gypsies can't leave California...

Hearst's little ranch atop the hill

This is the cottage that Chris and I stay in when Mr. Hearst has us for holiday.

...like he owns the place.

A lady and a lamp post

that is what we can call an ocean view!

The basking lions of the sea

A curious friend

The chin scratcher

love

And on the way home a stop at The Madonna Inn for a quick cup of joe and very extravagant cake to return home with.

Park City with a Summer Backdrop

We went to Park City over a month ago and when we returned, life just kicked in swiftly and in a blink, school started and summer ended.  Of all our countless trips to PC, there have only been a couple that have been in the Summertime, one being our Honeymoon 2 years ago!

It really was a wonderful trip filled with many moments that I think back to and keep me motivated some days.  Thanks Mom and Dad and Mama (Great-Great as we now call her) for letting us relax in the "lodge."  Can't wait until Christmas which will be filled with many more memories, and this time with a sparkly white backdrop.

Strider and Mobee

Trolly Ride on Main Street

Fun at Mirror Lake - picnic and  exploring.

Birthday Number One!
Cake, cupcakes, presents, party hats
and even a bubble machine!

Chris and I even got to take a little adventure ourselves to celebrate our anniversary.  We escaped for a day and a half to Midway and Sundance.  We stayed in a quaint resort that made wonderful homemade fudge and went nightswimming in a natural crater that is heated by the Earth's core.  We woke up early and drove to the Sundance Resort and went on a beautiful hike to Stewart Falls and made it down the mountain just in time for our massages.  Relaxed and refreshed we had a leisurely dinner at Robert Redford's rustic restaurant and then finished the night with a "Full Moon lift ride" to the top of the mountain in the light of the huge moon.  Then back to the Park City lodge where our girl and Strider had many stories to tell us about their adventures with their Grandparents.

Pictures from our anniversary trip below:

Personal New York

Our Very Own 

New York Host

This is outside Grayson's Brooklyn apartment.  He is about to depart for a gallop around the country, but it served as a great home during his first (of probably many) stays in New York.

Home is where the horse is...

(at least for the next year or so)

Tribes

Tribes is an off Broadway show that borrows your heart for two and a half hours and then hands it back vulnerable and aching and yet in better shape than it was before.  Also, featuring our dear friend Will.

A Sailboat Cruise on the Hudson

The City from the Water

Amazing to have such quiet in the midst of so much chaos.  

The sails went up and the wine and beer was served. Then as the sun set, and we passed Lady Liberty, the blankets came out and the wind chilled and we laughed and loved and watched the city lights brighten the darkened sky.

Tourist New York

Ground Zero

Brooklyn Bridge

Lady Liberty & Ellis Island

Take Sunrise to Jane Street - A New York Arrival

We took the red eye and arrived at JFK at the squeaky early hour of 7 and grabbed a cab to our hotel.  The cab ride brought a fuzzy sleeplessness and a pang for the warm and bitter taste of coffee.  It felt like we were up early for an adventure in a new land - and that we were.

We twisted around the old streets of West Village where Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and Woody Allen sat in cafes soaking in the inspiration that only bricks this old could give.

The taxi took streets that I have only imagined from song lyrics - Bleeker, Christopher Street, Greenwich and (positively) 4th,

then up the cobblestones of Jane Street 

The Jane hotel welcomed us with its old charm and history.  (The Titanic survivors stayed there!)  It had a great cafe and a lounge bar, both which we frequented several times during our stay.  We dropped our luggage and had some needed coffee and breakfast and planned our day, starting with trying to understand the subway map.

sparkle shoes and cobblestones

More New York to come - Gotta do it in pieces...