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Friday, November 16, 2012

flowers + some old pictures

Thank you for the flowers! They're gorgeous and everyone at Ely's To Go is enjoying them this week.


We found some old pictures of Grandma and thought you might like to see some of them...

Arlene, Paul, Tramy, Kevan + Steve




Arlene + Paul with Linda, Jim, Me Hoa, Ba Loi + Ngoai



This is Grandma's first trip to visit the French! Yes, she's holding a bottle of wine :) Maybe Mirabel?


At Lock 24


Her baby picture



Jim is on the far right - isn't he cute???


Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Thank You for the Flowers

A big thanks to the family for the flowers. They look great on the table in the shop.


Monday, November 12, 2012

grandma

We have some sad news to share with you...Grandma Arlene passed away today. She was in the hospital for 5 days, so we all had our chance to say good-bye and how much we loved her. We are so grateful for that. She loved all of you so very much and always asked about you.
Here she is at her 88th birthday, two years ago.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Les cousines


Phuong-Mai et Tuân-Minh avec Clara et Lia

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Halloween

What was your disguise this year (talking to Columbus, Lisbon and Texas) ??


Déguisement montagnes russes - Videos buzz

Friday, November 9, 2012

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Obama Wins!



Monday, November 5, 2012

Paris vs New York

Do you know the book ? I LOVE it

Paris vs New York from TonyMiotto on Vimeo.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Halloween + Sandy

This week was quite a week! It was Halloween in the city + Hurricane Sandy...

For Halloween, Heath and I went as Moonrise Kingdom...


 the French went as...French :)


Our friends Jay and Jen went as Snow White and the Huntsman



Then, we prepared for Sandy...this is Sunday before my mom and sister drove home, after their flights were cancelled.



 We spent Monday evening at Henry's, we were lucky, most restaurants were closed.


 And then watched The Money Pit - this is the best scene - the bathtub scene.



The waves were really high on the Hudson River, but the upper west side was the luckiest neighborhood of all.


A lot of wind damage, many trees were split in half.







It was also difficult to find bread, but luckily Silver Moon had freshly baked baguettes, if you stood in line. 


Here's a picture of where the darkness started/stopped. Lower Manhattan lost all power and water. Everything was closed for 4-5 days.


This pic is not mine, saw it on facebook from A Cup of Jo, such a great image.


 We also had time to shop for Obama pins


And visit The Metropolitan Museum - for free!


And pedicures!!!


The week was over so quickly...and the French took Sandy so well. I would have cried if my trip was taken over by a hurricane, but they were so happy we still had power and water. We had a great time + hope they come back when there is no threat of a hurricane!



Thursday, November 1, 2012

Chestnut fair

 Little Chesnut fair followed by a walk in the woods to find "real" chesnuts !
It was a really nice day after all the rain we had yesterday











The biggest we found

some acorns






Look how cute they can be !!!