Documentery Madness

If I could eat a documentary I would. Then they would make a documentary about it. If I could make a blanket of documentaries I would. There probably wouldn't be a documentary about it but I think it would make a great conversation piece.

I just love documentaries right now. Here are my four favorite I have seen.

The Business of Being Born...GHAH! I love love love talking about birth. I've never done it but I love hearing other peoples stories. This D made me laugh cry and scream! It was really great to learn about birth from another perspective.

The Future of Food was crazy and while I know it was really one sided...It did a really great job scaring me into buying organic for the next few shopping trips. If you are sleeping really well at night and need something to worry about this is a good one to watch!

Pageant, oh Pageant... you pulled my little heart strings. All about the Miss Gay America and the men who enter. These men work so extremely, incredibly, soul achingly hard to win this competition.

The guy that hosts Bigger Faster Stronger reminds me of my brothers. He is super funny, cute, and sweet. (Hi brothers!) He takes a no opinion approach to steroids and just tells stories and in the end you might not think steroids are that big of a deal...Of course now I play a little game called "point out people maybe on steroids" It's almost as fun as "are those real boobs?"

Caution : Yield To Horses

This Valentines I was in charge of activities and I took that assignment seriously. I happened upon this little jem Bronx Equestrian Center hidden away in the upper upper Bronx. UPPER BRONX! It took forever to get there but it was totally and insanely worth it.



Horseback riding in the snow is something I had never done. The park is so large that I felt like I was in a Colorado forest. Rhett and I were accompanied by a guide named Benny. We were the only three people for dozens of feet. NY is so crowded it was nice to feel alone for a little while.

My Horse's name was Joey. He was hilariously lathargic. Rhett's horse was named Martin and he was a super spaz!

Is it too late to ask my parents for a pony?

Benny was really fun! He took this picture of us above and then we chilled with him for a little while inside to thaw out before we headed out again to get on the bus.

After Horseback riding I took Rhett to a resturaunt called BRGR for two reasons. 1.) I wanted to take him to a guy place. 2.) Rhett watched this documentary about home corn fed beef is bad for the cows and bad for the people. BRGR only uses grass fed beef.

Rhett got a kick out of it which was my goal, the sweet potato fries were an added bonus. YUMMY! (Even if the beef is grass fed nothing about this meal was good for you...obviously, that is why it was so good!)

(This picture is for you Cryz. Enjoy!)

When we got back flowers were waiting for me at the door! Ooooohhh....Best Husband Ever!

Hooray for Valentines Day! We had a blast!

I Live Where?

I know I live in New York but it still seems really REALLY strange. I feel like a tourist most of the time and I am intensely aware that I am from Arizona ALL of the time. Sometimes I feel like I somewhat fit in, like when someone asks me for directions and I can answer the question. "Oh yeah lady the 1 stops at 86Th." - I'm a pro, WHAT!

Other times I feel like a lame-O outsider. For example, I was getting on the bus and I put my metro pass in the wrong way and the driver flipped it around for me and said "Welcome to New York." -Ooh...That made me so sad...then mad...then sad again.

Last week I finally felt like "Okay, this is not just some long extended trip." Because, I went to the dentist! That is a pretty committed thing to do in the town you live in right? This isn't just a fling. NY and I are in love and I am sticking around for a while!

Double Date

Saturday was stellar because I had two dates. The first was with Rhett (the financial mastermind member of Rheslie) I asked Rhett on a date the night before because I wanted to take him to Sam's Saigon Banh Mi. It is home to the best French/Vietnamese sandwiches in New York City. I featured this Dive before and I never stopped thinking about it. Every blog post, every conversation and every dream since has been haunted by this sandwich. Did I ask Rhett for selfish reasons? Who am I to say?

After , we hopped over to Kee's Chocolates and tried little heaven drops with flavors like Honey Saffron, Lavender, and Yuzu (a Japanese citrus fruit) A woman in our ward is a culinary artist there. One more reason I love this ward.
While Rhett and I were walking around the lower east side we ran across a psychic. Actually, there is an alarming amount of psychic businesses flourishing in the lower east side. I have wanted to get my palm read for a long time and Rhett loves me so we spent the money on it. Abbie knows how much it cost...no one else should Eek!

Here are some things I learned, I am going to live till my late 80's, I should work with children and I should write, Mom, you are stressed but it is going to be okay. I am going to have a total of three kids and two are going to be twins! WHOO HOO!!!!

Rhett and I had a super plus great time and then I met Abbie for dinner, I found this place called Edgars Cafe, It is known for being the location of Edgar Allen Poe's Home and where he wrote The Raven. It had super great sandwiches (I heart sandwiches) and super AMAZING deserts A-MAZ-ING! Plus an added bonus, it was decorated a little spooky.

Abbie, thanks so much for coming with me!!! You make me happy I moved here.

Please Give It Back

Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day!

Rhett and I decided we would celebrate by taking our newly acquired bikes out for a spin today since it was AMAZING weather.

We had a great little time and I made Rhett stop so I could take these pictures of our maiden voyage.

As we started up the peddling again Rhett realized his wallet had fallen out of his pocket...We spent the rest of our ride looking for it only to go home empty handed and an afternoon full of canceling cards..."Please New York, we are sorry we were careless, we promise we won't do it again. Please give it back."

After all the calls Rhett and I watched Beverly Hills Ninja and it was surprisingly hilarious and ol' Chris made us feel happy again! Thanks buddy, wish you were here!

This is the Steeple...

The Inwood First Ward is Amazing. I don't know how to describe the people here in this ward so here are a list of words I find myself saying all the time while I am at church.

Amazing

Brilliant

Love

Awesome

Stellar

Nick, Jordan, and Rhett walking from church. I think they look cute.

Rhett was able to baptise Nesley Jean. A man from Haiti and the friendliest guy I have ever met. This was the first time Rhett was asked to preform a baptism. He did a great job.

Rhett, Nesley, and Jordan. Jordan is the Ward Mission Leader. He is AMAZING! We feel really lucky to know him and his family, his wife Erin and daughter Olive.

After another baptism for a man named Teddy, we were on our way home and I saw this car on it's way to make somebody very very happy.

This is another reason why I love NY. People have to find creative ways to transport anything and everything.

I Heart Wax

Go Go Go...If you ever get a chance to go to a Madam Tussauds Wax Museum you should definently go. It is a little pricey but they make it completly worth it.

Many people may not know this but I have wanted to go to a wax museum for years...I knew I was going to have a great time and I was pleasently surprized at how much fun Rhett had since I don't think it was ever a dream of his.

I took this one for you mom!

I love the Jonas Brothers...I can't help it. They are adorable and talented and adorable...yup.

I wish I had a table full of candy.


When I saw Princess Diana I KNEW I wanted a picture with her because she is super iconic...But when I went to stand by her my mind went blank and I didn't know how to pose with her? How does a person pose with a Princess Di wax figure? Does anyone know?

Rhett is flashing an E and a M as in E=MC2. Bless his nerdy little heart.

This one is for you Grandma and Grandpa!

What Harrison Fords and my wedding invitation picture would look like...cutest couple right?

Oh wait...cutest couple right?

In the middle of the museum was a 4D theater where you watch parts of the Polar Express...I HATE 4D. The whole time the chair was stabbing me in the back, it sprayed me with cold water, and blew cold air in my face. Stupid 4D is number one on my list of things I hate.

You know how you think you know someone and then he tells you that he always wanted to have his hand made into a wax mold because he saw other kids doing it at the renaissance fair when he was little?

We decided to make a heart with our hands and Rhett and I thought we were so creative and so adorible. The lady who did the dipping did not think we were either of those things. "Oh yeah we do that all the time."

In the end this is what they look like. When we put our hand heart up on the shelf we both kind of looked at it and thought, "severed hands forming a heart is super creepy." We don't know what to do with it now.