Inspired by The Rockstar Diaries
Here is 10 Things make me happy at the moment…
1. The fall colors on the mountains. I know this means colder weather is coming but the colors really are so vibrant and lovely.
2. Decorating for the upcoming holidays and birthdays…
3. Going to California twice before the end of the year!
4. Reading about the adventures my brother and his wife are having in India. I was positive I didn’t want to visit, but they may have changed my mind! (Read their awesome blog here)
5. This new hilarious show Up All Night .
6. Going out with my two favorite coworkers almost every Wednesday, it’s always a fun time.
7. Finding a hot chocolate that I actually like.
8. Having such good friends that they become family.
9. Getting a haircut, I just love the feeling.
10. Cuddling on the couch with my Hub to watch something together.
We have been watching Arrested Development, in fact the reason why this post was delayed a few days was because of Arrested Development. We watched the entire series in about a month. Both of us had never seen it, but everyone raves about how good and funny it was.. it was okay.
Basically everyone in the family drove me totally bonkers, which I gather is the point, but I still hated it. Buster was okay, and so was Michael, but everyone else was on the brink of absolute madness. Funny madness, but still madness.
On the other hand, I absolutely love Ron Howard and he does an remarkable job narrating. Will Arnett is out of this world funny, I love how dead serious he is with even the most fantastically thoughtless ideas of his.
I don’t know how much advance notice they had (the fact that the show got cancelled) but I’m glad that they wrapped up the story nicely. Totally unlike Dollhouse, I feel like that ending was thrown together too quickly.
I’d give it a 3/5. I’ll most likely watch the upcoming mini-series and accompanying movie; I am, by no stretch of the imagination, an obsessed fanatic. I liked Veronica Mars much better, and VM is way more obscure.
Well, on to the movies…
Matilda (1996)
Watched on: 2 Sep 2011
Rated: 
Three actors: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman
Reaction: Jilleun- I used to hate this movie because when I was little I was jealous of Matilda’s powers, plus the Principal is just nasty. It’s an “eh” kind of movie to me.
Kelvin- Doh! This is a dumb kid’s movie, what were we thinking watching those. I remember loving it as a kid, so I wanted to watch it again for nostalgia reasons.. dumb idea. I think I’m slowly learning that kid’s movies, especially ones from my past, are almost always going to be dumb.
Rating: 2/5
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Watched on: 3 Sep 2011
Rated: 
Three actors: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Reaction: Jilleun- Awful. I’m sure at the time it was good but I seriously wanted to scratch my eyes and ears out.
Kelvin- Quite possibly the worst movie ever made. No plot, hardly any character development, just a bunch of weird artistic stuff going on with no point. Like JR said, it might have been good… at one point… but definitely not today.
Rating: 1/5
Leap Year (2010)
Watched on: 4 Sep 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott
Reaction: Jilleun- I was pretty disappointed with this movie. I heard it was a cute chick flick, and with Amy Adams I guess I had higher expectation. Something I noticed was the actual colors in the movie were really muddy and gray looking which drove me nuts, as well as I couldn’t understand the main guy because of his accent. I think chick flicks having been going down the drain lately, but thats just me.
Kelvin- Chick flicks are usually good enough to stand once every now and then. This was in no way “good enough to stand”. I really like Amy Adams; she should not have done this movie. Extremely predictable (and pretty dumb) plot, bad accents, not funny.. just all around stupid. Do not recommend.
Rating: 2/5
The Soloist (2009)
Watched on: 5 Sep 2011
Rated: 
Three actors: Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener
Reaction: Jilleun- I really like this story, it had a great message. Go watch it.
Kelvin- Hey! A good movie! After a string of crappy movies, this one stood out quite a bit. I don’t recall Jamie Foxx from a lot of movies (save Ray, which is also excellent) but he is a really talented actor, he gets into his characters so well that it’s hard to believe he’s not actually that person. I really liked this movie, it has an excellent message. I’d say it hit a home run, in my book.
Rating: 5/5
The Next Three Days (2010)
Watched on: 11 Sep 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Ty Simpkins
Reaction: Jilleun- This movie was intense. I’m not the biggest fan of intense movies but it was still ok. I don’t think I’ll be watching it again.
Kelvin- The 4/5 rating was, apparently, strictly my decision. It was a pretty intense movie, but I enjoyed it. It’s a remake of a french film titled Anything for Her. After I realized that it was basically a love story, it made the film so much better. And who can say no to Russell Crowe? I certainly can’t.
Rating: 4/5
The Invention of Lying (2009)
Watched on: 15 Sep 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Louis C.K.
Reaction: Jilleun- Hilarious and inappropriate.
Kelvin- Hilarious. A highly creative plot. Great cast. Well executed. Other than it being somewhat inappropriate (especially at the very beginning, it really catches you off guard), I’d recommend you watch it.
Rating: 5/5
Moneyball (2011)
Watched on: 26 Sep 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Reaction: Jilleun- I really enjoyed this movie, it was well done, entertaining and it was based on a true story. It’s not a movie you NEED to see in the theater but I don’t regret that we did.
Kelvin- Yeah, seeing it in the theater was not a necessity, but I didn’t mind paying to see it there. This is a good example of a movie that tells a great true story and doesn’t suck while doing it, à la Rudy, Remember the Titans, The Blind Side. I really like ending the month with a good movie instead of a crappy one. It makes it seem like the whole month was a success.
Rating: 4/5
Some stats
7 movies
- 4
- 2
- 1
Favorite movie this month-
Kelvin- The Invention of Lying
Jilleun- Moneyball
Welcome to our apartment!
Today is September 24, which means Kelvin and I started dating three years ago! I really love that boy. Just wanted to make a list for ourselves of what I am grateful for in this relationship today.
- I’m so glad that Kelvin gets to come and eat dinner with me every night. I think eating dinner together is really important, and I’m grateful Kelvin doesn’t have a job that he has to travel away from home.
- I’m grateful we’ve decided to never sleep on the couch. That doesn’t mean we haven’t gone to bed mad once or twice, but I’d rather be fuming next to him than doing anything with anyone else.
- I’m so grateful Kelvin is supportive in every way. With going to school and not going to school, with my not so awesome job and little tiny things like beading.
-I’m grateful we’re married now. I love that when I come home its to Kelvin, and not a bunch of girl roommates.
-I’m the most grateful that Kelvin is my best friend. To have someone who you really want to share everything with, every little thought passing through your head, and have them be happy to listen. Ready for some cheese? Lately I’ve been having a girls night out about once a week, and every time I’m out I can’t help but think, it would be a little more fun with Kelvin there.
To sum it up, its been a wonderful three years of dating to being engaged, and now married. (Although being engaged was my least favorite.)
I love you Kelvin O.
Morning Glory (2010)
Watched on: 5 Aug 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton
Reaction: Kelvin- I don’t know if I would call this a chick flick, but it was pretty close. Funny, yes. Witty, yes. Watch again, maybe. I think Rachel McAdams is a fantastic actor, and she doesn’t disappoint in this movie. The charisma (or anti-charisma) between Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton was pretty hilarious. If Jilleun had not wanted to watch this movie, chances are I would have just skipped it.
Jilleun- I love Rachel McAdams, everyone did a fantastic job. It was almost kind of gloomy just because I felt like she never could catch a break and she worked so hard. I still really liked it thought, and it was funny.
Rating: 4/5
Accepted (2006)
Watched on: 6 Aug 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Maria Thayer
Reaction: Kelvin- We watched this with our friends Shaun and Kim almost out of desperation. You know the drill.. you’re all sitting around talking about the movie options, and not one person can agree with another person on which movie to eventually watch. This movie was extremely high in the alphabetical list, and that’s why I feel it got chosen, because it was in the first page of Shaun’s DVD holder. I don’t know how much I like Justin Long’s acting. It’s not that he’s a BAD actor, necessarily. I just don’t like his style.. kind of like Pauly Shore; I don’t think he’s a bad actor, just not my type. The movie was good enough to watch, but I don’t know if I’d watch it again. There are a lot of parts where you really have to let your imagination stretch in order to believe it could have actually happened in real life (but I guess most movies are like that?). Also, I didn’t know that Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen were two different people until I started writing this up.. my mind is blown.
Jilleun- I hated the girl in this, I thought she was awful. Pretty unbelievable, predicable, and cheesy. Funny in a couple parts but don’t need to watch again.
Rating: 3/5
Pleasantville (1998)
Watched on: 7 Aug 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy
Reaction: Kelvin- Cool movie! There were many more sexual innuendos than I remember being in there the last time I watched it. I don’t know if this movie was trying to be a vague reference to racism in the 50′s or not, but it had a little bit of that feeling, at least. Tobey Maguire did a supurb job, as usual, and the movie had a pretty good message surrounding it.
Jilleun- Um wow, I felt like this movie was all about sex, which is disappointing. The idea of it was really cool, and the movie was well done.
Rating: 4/5
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Watched on: 12 Aug 2011
Rated:
Three actors: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow
Reaction: Kelvin- The previews made this movie look extremely dumb. I don’t really know why we went to go see this in the theater. I do not know if people were clamoring to get more back-story into the Planet of the Apes franchise, but I thought this movie was a straight-up money grab. Turns out it was actually a pretty good movie with a decently good story. Plus, if you’re like me, Planet of the Apes wasn’t exactly part of my childhood so I call this an introduction to the movies (I never watched the 2001 version starring Mark Wahlberg). We’ll have to watch the others later, considering it’s one of the best 500 movies of all time.
Jilleun- Better than I was expecting, I had watching bits and pieces of the original Plant of the Apes because of my dad, but didn’t actually remember any story line. I thought it was pretty cool.
Rating: 4/5
The Switch (2010)
Watched on: 13 Aug 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson
Reaction: Kelvin- I don’t even know how to react to this movie. There were enough stomach-churning moments that it made it hard to watch. Jason Bateman does almost exactly what any “guy in love” would do to win a girl over. I say almost exactly, because I don’t know too many guys that would do what he does (the main plot element). It was a romantic comedy for sure. I don’t like Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman together though.. They’d probably be better off as good friends.
Jilleun- A couple of people told me this was funny, it was just ok in my opinion. The concept is pretty stupid, what woman would really have a baby with no husband, or boyfriend?
Rating: 3/5
Waiting for ‘Superman’ (2010)
Watched on: 15 Aug 2011
Rated:
Reaction: Kelvin- I don’t always agree with the things documentaries say. I still watch them because they are mostly interesting. I’m sure that everything reported in the movie was true, but documentarists never give both sides of the story. I don’t like that, it’s manipulative. When I don’t see both sides coming from the same source, I always put up my wall which makes it a lot harder for “facts” to mean much; because that means they are only concerned with pushing their agenda down your throat. This was one of those movies, except they had the benefit of using both poor people and young kids to drive their point home. Considering the same guy made An Inconvenient Truth, you can tell what side of the fence he sits on. Informative, sometimes infuriating, one-sided, but I’d recommend watching it anyway.
Jilleun- I like documentaries but Kelvin is right, they tend to be very one sided. Although growing up in California I think I saw first hand the horrible education they were talking about, obviously not as bad as some of the ghettos in NYC or anything. It did make me want to go out and do something about it.
Rating: 4/5
17 Again (2009)
Watched on: 21 Aug 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon
Reaction: Kelvin- Why did we watch this, you ask? Well, Zac Efron is a hottie, of course. There wasn’t anything about this movie that wasn’t predictable. It was pretty funny anyway. I think that Jilleun and I are a little bit older than the target audience, so maybe that’s why I found it slightly stupid. “Uncle” Ned was hilarious, I loved eccentricly weird he was. If I hadn’t found Jilleun to calm me down, I’m sure I’d end up just like him in 5-10 years.. except wealthier, of course.
Jilleun- Predictable yes, but still pretty funny! Good story and message.
Rating: 3/5
Invictus (2009)
Watched on: 22 Aug 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge
Reaction: Kelvin- This was a lot more drama and a lot less Rugby, not at all what I was expecting. Considering it was based on real events, it was pretty eye-opening. I am somewhat oblivious to what’s going on the real world (in my defense, I was in the fifth grade when this all happened), so this was cool to see an inspiring story that took place in a land I know nothing about. If you’re going to watch it, be prepared, it’s not a sports movie. It’s a drama that uses sports as ruse.
Jilleun- Slow, interesting, good and well done. Kelvin and I think pretty similar on this one.
Rating: 5/5
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Watched on: 25 Aug 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly
Reaction: Kelvin- I love this movie.
Jilleun- Just like the title, Dumb and Dumber.
Kelvin Rating: 5/5
Jilleun Rating:
Some stats
9 movies
- 8
- 1
Favorite movie this month-
Kelvin- Dumb and Dumber
Jilleun- Waiting for Superman
So because of the new wonderful website of Pinterest (if anyone would like an invite let me know), I’ve been discovering plenty of awesome new things, but one of my personal favorite things is the recipes. It actually is making me want to cook more than once a week! So here are a few recipes I tried and results: Also, I’m doing the same thing we do as Netflix, rating them 1-5
Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos
(click on the title to get to the recipe and pictures)
Kelvin: 3
Jilleun: 5
I did several things different from the recipe I mostly just used what we had at home so this was my version
1/3 cup (3 oz) sour cheese
1/4 cup salsa
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon chopped up onions
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
2 cups shredded cooked chicken
1 cup grated cheese
Crescent Chicken
Kelvin: 4
Jilleun: 3
These are very similar to Chicken and Dumplings (which I personally think are better) but still it was good. It was way to much for two people though, even with eating left overs.
Sopapilla Cheesecake
Kelvin: 4
Jilleun: 2
These I thought were just OK but for a dessert they were less than I was expecting. I made them when two of Kelvin’s brothers came over and we still had a ton of left overs. Just compared to cookies or ice cream these were kind of lame. I don’t think I’ll make them again.
Crockpot Salsa Chicken
Kelvin: 5
Jilleun: 5
This was the first time I actually ever used our crockpot. Super easy and good. This first night I made it we just ate it with tortilla chips and the next night I made burritos and fried them. Excellent both ways.
Better than Yours Dip
Kelvin: 5
Jilleun: 5
Ok so this is one that I just happen to think of one day, just add the two together heat on your stove for a few minutes and voila! Its super tasty and definitely one of my favorite snacks. I know the Tostito people make one similar, as well as Chili’s but I really like mine best. Also I use Staggs Classic Chili.
So we’ve been a little bit busy, this is what we’ve been up to as of lately…
We moved to Orem! A few fancy things about our new place: it has two bedrooms, a dining room, air conditioning, a dish washer, and washer & dryer. Pictures to come! Also, this place did not include millions of bugs, mold, terrible landlords, a shower that was literally crumbling, and rude loud neighbors who we shared our bedroom wall with… But we’re more than happy to let those things go :)
I also left Kelvin and went home to California, surprising my mom and two little brothers! Only my dad and sister knew, it was pretty funny to see all of their very different reactions to my surprise visit. I was home for five days, and I got to celebrate the Fourth of July with them. We went to the coast, swam every day in our pool, and I got my one true Mexican meal, it was fabulous. I want to go back already.
Then two weeks later my parents and two younger brothers came to see us in the middle of their mighty road trip. They went from California to Utah to Mount Rushmore to Canada, and to Oregon. When they were here went to the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, went to Kelvin’s Dad’s house for Pioneer Day fireworks (that are illegal in California) which means they were way more entertaining! Had Sunday dinner in Alpine, and went to a small water park (it was just a big pool, two slides, and a kid area) in Provo.
Kelvin’s youngest brother, Conner, left for an LDS Mission to Toronto Canada, Mandarin Chinese speaking! He’ll be learning more Chinese (he has had four years of Chinese already!) in the MTC for about three months so he’ll probably actually get to Canada in October or November just in time for some cold weather to start up.
Also, because I’m a kind of a procrastinator I didn’t get everything done in time to get residency in Utah for UVU. This means I don’t get to go to school starting this year. So that’s a bummer but I, hopefully, will start in January.
Last month was a good month! We were super busy doing a lot of things.. which will be revealed in a later blog entry. We tons of fun though.
Hitch (2005)
Watched on: 10 Jul 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James
Reaction: Jilleun- I love this movie, it’s definitely a “classic” to me. We mostly watched it so that we could see all the different places in New York we went to that was also in the movie.
Kelvin- This is a pretty good movie. I think Will Smith is in a number of excellent movies, and he does a great job in all of them. The movie has an upbeat message and is really pretty funny. I don’t know if I would call it a “chick flick” but if it is, it’s a good one.
Rating- 5/5
Larry Crowne (2011)
Watched on: 11 Jul 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Reaction: Jilleun- I really like this movie because it just seemed honest. Real people go through the same thing every day. It wasn’t a movie that you needed to see in the theater and it was a bit slower, although I was delightfully entertained. It didn’t hurt that I thought all the actors were great, I LOVE Tom Hanks.
Kelvin- Good, honest movie. I don’t know if it did very well in the box office, but who cares. It told a pretty good story. I don’t know how much I liked the chemistry between Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, but it worked enough to be convincing. Get it from Netflix, I don’t know if it’s good enough to purchase, but everyone has their opinions.
Rating- 4/5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Watched on: 16 Jul 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
Reaction: Jilleun- Awesome. That is all.
Kelvin- Good movie. Wraps up the story nicely. Part 1 was better, in my opinion, but that shouldn’t stop you from seeing it.
Rating- 5/5
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Watched on: 23 Jul 2011
Rated:
Three actors: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray
Reaction: Jilleun- This was quirkier and actually more funny than I expected. I usually can’t get into cartoons or more childlike movies, but this one I thought was great. I think everyone should see it at least once.
Kelvin- Weird… nothing was wrong with the (voice) acting really.. it was just kind of a strange story mixed with some really odd characters. I’m glad I didn’t see it in the theater, which would have been a waste. It was good enough to get from Netflix and see once. I doubt I’ll watch it again.
Rating- 3/5
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
Watched on: 29 July 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore
Reaction: Jilleun- Crazy, Stupid, Love is hilarious! It was a bit dirtier than I expected…but still it was sooo funny. It was a bit like Easy A or Date Night humor. Super entertaining, so fun to watch, loved the story, just hilarious.
Kelvin- This is not a chick flick at all. This is just a comedy. I’ll equate it somewhat to Date Night (with Steve Carrell) but much more funny. This is the first movie that I’ve cried in for a looooong time. I cried because I was laughing so hard, not because it was emotional. Oh, and it has Emma Stone aaaaaand she’s pretty cute.
Rating- 5/5
Life as We Know It (2010)
Watched on: 31 Jul 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas
Reaction: Jilleun- This was funny, and cute. It was a little predictable but overall enjoyable.
Kelvin- Pretty predictable, I hate that about some movies. It was a chick flick that I would have veto’d if I knew what I was getting myself in to. Plus, listening to a crying baby for an hour and a half isn’t exactly what I want to see in a movie.
Rating- 3/5
Some stats
6 movies
- 5
- 1
Favorite movie this month-
Kelvin- Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Jilleun- Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Well, this is a little embarrassing.
We went to NYC, moved to Orem, and then Jilleun went to California–all within two weeks. We have been very busy lately. So we are just now getting settled into our new place and getting down to the movie reviews of last month. Jilleun has declined to participate. Even though we watched a fair number of movies, it all happened quite a while ago and I don’t remember all the details of the movies we watched, so please forgive my brevity.
We gave up on Prison Break after we watched the first few episodes of Season 3. We didn’t like the way that the show was going, additionally we talked to a few friends that all said Season 3 and 4 were not worth watching. Plus they told us how it all went down, so they kind of spoiled the plot anyway.
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Watched on: 7 Jun 2011
Rated:
Three actors: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon
Reaction: Kelvin- Meh. Another reboot. Graphics were just okay. Anything Magneto did was especially gross in the special effects department. Predictable plot. Good acting, I can’t complain about anything in that department. I would rather have another X-Men Origins than this First Class nonsense.
Rating- 3/5
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Watched on: 8 Jun 2011
Rated:
Reaction: Kelvin- We started watching this … after it had been going for about 10 minutes we realized the movie was in French. We had no subtitles. I’ve heard many-a-great things about this movie, but alas.. we were foiled. So we just did something else.
Click (2006)
Watched on: 9 Jun 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken
Reaction: Kelvin- Typical Adam Sandler movie. I had never seen this one before and I was quite surprised at how much better it was (in terms of plot and character development) than his other films. I didn’t cry, FYI. Funny enough to keep you smiling, but I wasn’t rolling on the ground; I don’t know if I would recommend this movie to anyone my age. I think they were trying to hit a slightly younger–and more immature–demographic.
Rating- 3/5
A Mighty Wind (2003)
Watched on: 10 Jun 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Too many- It’s a Christopher Guest movie
Reaction: Kelvin- Really very good. I enjoy Christopher Guest movies a lot. He does such a great job with his ensemble cast. The movies are always very funny (in their own dry way) and always entertain. This was no exception to that rule. Funny, creative, VERY good songs, and fantastic acting. If we didn’t watch Marley & Me in the month of June, this would have been my top pick.
Rating- 5/5
Super 8 (2011)
Watched on: 11 Jun 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Joel Courtney, Kyle Chandler, Riley Griffiths
Reaction: Kelvin- Hooray for a suspenseful and good movie that isn’t just a reboot, or another obscure Marvel/DC comic! I partially went to go see this because it was written/directed by J.J. Abrams–co-creator of LOST–of which I am a very very big fan, and partially because I heard it was actually a good movie. Not too scary, not annoyingly suspenseful. It tells you the story in a very enthralling fashion which keeps you interested all the way through.
Rating- 5/5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
Watched on: 22 Jun 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Devon Bostick
Reaction: Kelvin- Bleh. What a dumb kiddy movie. Sorry to anyone who actually liked it. This was such a waste of my time.
Rating- 2/5
Marley & Me (2008)
Watched on: 29 Jun 2011
Rated:
Three actors: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane
Reaction: Kelvin- If you have not seen this, go rent or buy it right now. It came out Christmas day, but that doesn’t mean it is a Christmas movie. It tells the touching story of John Grogan and his family + dog (Marley). It is really no different than watching someone grow up, but on screen and it didn’t take nearly as long. Superb acting, excellent chemistry between Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston. Really good story with an exceptional ending.
Rating- 5/5
Some stats
7 movies
- 5
- 2
Favorite movie this month-
Jilleun- Marley & Me
Kelvin- Marley & Me
Day 1 Friday
Ate Koronet pizza (it’s gigantic)
Walked through Columbia University
Went to Times Square (saw I’m a Mormon advertisements)
Stumbled upon the International Center of Photography and saw Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best
Went to Grand Central
Had Gelato after eating fries at Pommes Frites
Went to STOMP (warning, Flash auto-play with audio)
Day 2 Saturday
World Trade Center (Ground Zero) and St. Paul’s Chapel
Went to Century 21 (clothing store)
Had Shake Shack
Watched How to Success in Business Without Really Trying (with Daniel Radcliffe aka Harry Potter)
Top of the Rock
Shopped at H&M (clothing store)
Ate at Angelo’s Pizza, no one got pizza
Day 3 Sunday
Went to Spanish ward
Took naps of course
Walked around Central Park
Margy made Indian food
Played games: memory, and Mexican Train
Margy made dessert and we ate it on their roof top
Day 4 Monday
Rode the Staten Island Ferry (awfully ugly website, wow)
Ate hot dogs from a cart
Went to the South Street Seaport
Ate at Pio Pio (Peruvian)
Walked the Highline Park
Played with huge blow up characters
Walked to Magnolias, had some delicious cupcakes and banana pudding
Day 5 Tuesday
Went to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ate at Pop Burger
Went to the Apple Store (briefly), it was under construction so it didn’t look as cool as it usually does
Walked across the Brooklyn Bridge
Went to the Brookly Bridge Park, had a mini photoshoot, played frisbee, and watched some surprise fireworks.
Kelvin and I, along with my older sister Janee–who came from California–took a trip to Manhattan, New York this month. We left the on the night of the 16th and stayed until the 22nd. My older brother Oliver and his wife Margy have lived there for the last five years but are leaving this August for India! We had so much fun, it was great to see my family and have a sightseeing vacation at the same time. We were super busy, but we did everything we had planned to do, and my brother and his wife were wonderful hosts and tour guides. My favorite things we did was: the Photography center, the Broadway show, walking the Brooklyn bridge, and my favorite food was definitely Pio Pio!
If you want to see more picture click on over to my Flickr!
