Deb comes to NYC

Geoff had a shoot at a conference at the Homestead in Virginia all last weekend and so Mom came down from Maine to spend a girls weekend with me in NYC! We did all kinds of mother/daughter things. We bought new cleaning supplies at Home Depot. We went to the grocery store. We cleaned my apartment. She scrubbed the stove and claimed to be having so much fun. Apparently moms love to do things like that for their girls. She even said that her mom used to come visit and have a blast cleanling and polishing mom's toaster oven. Who knew?

So we did a TON of other domestic things. We repotted our basil plants, which had gotten terribly tall, but a little sad looking, and we realized there were bugs. So we took care of that. We went to an extra grocery store for spices that the first grocery store didn't have. We spent a ton of time on Facebook looking up old middle school/high school/college friends of mine, so mom could get an update. We bought hydrangeas, which died overnight. We went to brunch. We talked. We prepped some Provencal Beef Stew for my first attemt at Crockpot cooking, since our crockpot arrived last week. VERY fun. (And the stew was amazing...we've been eating it all week). And we went to Alice's Tea Cup. Which is THE NYC place for girls. Of all ages, really, even though technically it specializes in little girls.

The tutus available for wearing during a little girls visit to the Tea Cup. They give out fairy wings too.


And they sprinkle you with "fairy dust" if you want some. They tell you to close your eyes and make a wish. Mom couldn't resist.


And my friend Miles works there. He's the one giving mom her fairy dust. Please notice her pink wings.


Tea was lovely. They have a billion kinds. And great scones. And soup and sanwiches and salads. And it truly must be a magical place for little girls. I was thinking about it as we left....if I was a little girl I would want to go all the time. The fairy dust, the tutus, the wings, the fun quotes written all over the walls. SUCH a blast. And so great to see mom. Great for some girl time. We didn't have more than a day together over the holidays, so it was wonderful to have a girls weekend!

Lets do it again!!