Hurricane Sandy

We were so very lucky this week. We didn't lose power or water, and our neighborhood was the least touched by the storm. 

This guy was ready for the storm.

 

The wind was really strong...

And the waves on the Hudson were quite large.

Here we are with our cousin from France...they were in town for the week :) They were serious troopers - never complaining that half of Manhattan was shut down or that public transportation wasn't working.

The trees took the brunt of the damage.

Some uprooted completely.

And the darkness...here's where it started/stopped on 29th Street.

This picture is from A Cup of Jo - isn't it amazing?

Halloween 2012

We had some friends over this weekend for Halloween...the theme was Moonrise Kingdom.

 Heath and I went as Suzy Bishop and Sam Shakusky.

 Our French cousins went as...surprise...French!

 And Jay and Jen came all the way from Columbus as Snow White + the Huntsman. (I don't have pictures of our other guests unfortunately).

 Picklebacks...

 Then we headed to Cielo, which was way too crowded and foggy (smoke machine).

It was a great night before the storm hit...more on that soon!

August

A few highlights from our most recent travels... 

The Rail Trail in central PA

Gorgeous land in upstate NY

And Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin outside Madison, WI

July in Chicago

Some highlights from July... 

Fireworks over Lake Michigan while listening to the Southern Michigan Symphony

 

An amazing prefab at the Museum of Science and Industry showing how we can all be much much greener

Views of the lake

Millennium Park after dark

Pitchfork Festival with Vampire Weekend

Pantone skin colors

I love this! Heath and I were just wondering about skin color the other day. Are there more shades of skin color or hair color?

See the entire post here.

Eat Pure featured on Allison's Gourmet

Eat Pure was featured on Allison's Gourmet blog this week! They have a Fridays with Friends series every week and feature someone new. You can read the entire post here.

They make amazing vegan sweets, including brownies, fudge, truffles and even caramels!

Sailing...

This week, we've been sailing the East Coast with Heath's family. We started in NYC, with stops in Florida and the Bahamas. 

This is where I spent most of my time...in the spa :)

Atlantis was one of our stops. We spent the entire day on the lazy river.

We did sneak away briefly to see the aquariums.

We loved this 'Tug' sign on the ship.

And my favorite of all our pictures - McKenzie (our son) + Courtney (our niece) - as kids, and now.