Visiting with my Sister Katy

I havenn't blogged in a while and so I thought I would throw a few pictures up of some fun i had with Katy over New Year's week. She came up for a visit and we ran all over New Jersey, and also spent some time in PA and NY. It was a lot of running but also a lot of fun. Enjoy the pics!

Katy and I went to a Broadway show at the famous Lyceum Theater in the exact spot where the big New Years party happens each year.

This is what the street looked like the afternoon before the big New Year's "Ball Drop" on Broadway.

Afterwards the traffic heading home was completely crazy. Don't get me wrong New York City traffic is usually pretty crazy but it took us FOREVER to get out of the city.

(more shots of how nuts it was at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon before New Year's)

Thisis my and Katy (I like this pic, but I am guessing she will take exception) at a nice New Jersey diner in my town (NJ is a Diner community... everyone hangs out and makes friends at the diners... more to come on that in a future blog.)

Later in the week, Katy and I ran down to these two towns that straddle the Delaware River (New Hope on the PA side and Lambertville on the NJ side) to hang out, hit some book stores, grab coffee and eat lunch. This is a very cool town. In fact, it is on my list for "convenient places to live that are closer to work and other major highways and roads."

(More Lambertville)

Then Katy and I went to Princeton (as in Einstein and the TV show House), and since Princeton is notorious for being filled with people of struggling intelligence, Katy bought these teeth just to fit in.

We later went to the City of Brotherly Lover (Philli, PA) where we did the whole historical thing and saw the Liberty Bell, and a number of historical buildings. That was a ton of fun. After that we went and saw the sequal to National Treasure, which has an American history-type adventurous nature. It was definitely a fun day. (above is the Liberty Bell)

This is Liberty Hall where the Declaration of Independance was signed.

This is the actual room where the Declaration of Independance was signed.

After the historical tour and the movie we sat down at a steak house is South Philli for dinner where Katy posed for this "Brady Bunch"-style shot. After that we hit the Ikea next door and drove the hour and fifteen minutes home (I can say that it is nice living so close to two major metro areas. They are like adventures just waiting for you to get off of the couch and explore!)