SUSAN TAKES MANHATTAN

Monday, December 04, 2006

I hear there's been quite a snowstorm back in the mid-west. I wish it had hit a week earlier so my family could have been snowed-in there for a few days. They had over 15 inches of snow and shut down all the highways in my hometown of Columbia, MO. Crazy! Even in Dallas they had a slight wintry-mix. My family said it wasn't very much though. As I heard the weather stories from Missouri and Texas, I kept thinking about the Artic Blast of 2005. That was last December when there was a little ice storm in Dallas. Before the weather even hit the metro-plex, people began to panic and leave work early and all the major channels went to "Artic Blast 2005" coverage and canceled Oprah, Dr. Phil, etc.... Dallas never gets any kind of harsh weather, so the weathermen have to make the most of these situations. So funny!

Up here in NYC, it still has not even flurried. In fact, on Thursday, it was almost 70 degrees out! Not what I expected living up here! However, I did go to Niagara Falls this weekend and managed to see about 5 snowflakes there. I'm working on getting my pics together so I can tell you about that trip, but it was amazing!

My friend Kristen & her mom were in town and went with me to Niagara. Prior to going to Niagara, I got to join them on a Holiday Decorations tour around Rockefeller Center and we also went to see A Chorus Line on Broadway! The decorations tour wasn't quite what we expected, but it was neat to get out and begin seeing some of the lights and store deocations around town. I had been wanting to see A Chorus Line and really had high expectations for it, but was a little disappointed. It was a little slow for me. The dancing was really, really good, though.

The rink @ Rockefeller Center

The famous Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree!

Cute Nutcrackers outside an office building