This post is a little late, since Christmas is almost here, but I had to share anyway! My family and I spent a week in New York City for Thanksgiving, and we had the very best time there together!! Bridgette and Rob, my sister & brother in law, live there, my parents and I flew into town to spend Thanksgiving week together. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen my sister so excited, which was really cute – and I know we were all very much looking forward to the trip!

Some of the trip highlights were:

Bridgette & Rob hosting an amazing Thanksgiving in their home (we even used their wedding china!)

Grand Central + dinner at UrbanSpace

tons and tons of walking around the city – with the most gorgeous weather almost the entire week!

macarons at Laduree on the UES

exploring the holiday shops + ice skating rink at Bryant Park

so many delicious home-cooked meals, accompanied by plenty of wine

seeing all of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons inflated the night before the parade

beautiful sunsets over the city from their apartment

manicures + wine date with Mom and Bridgette for Mom’s birthday

strolls through Central Park

Christmas decorations everywhere!

NYC bagels with cream cheese

having so much to be thankful for on Thanksgiving (and every day!)

spending part of Thanksgiving afternoon with some friends of Bridgette & Rob’s (one of which I met at the Making Things Happen conference, which made it even more fun!!)

such a fun day exploring the Upper West Side: the Museum of Natural History, an amazing Shake Shack lunch, re-living the moving You’ve Got Mail, checking out beautiful Riverside Park, the most perfect weather, seeing Cafe Lalo

Christmas trees everywhere!

German beer + food at the Standard Biergarten

strolling the High Line

popping into shops at the Chelsea Market

seeing NYU, where Bridgette is in grad school

church with the family

strolling along 5th Avenue to take in all of the Christmas decorations and amazing window displays of the major shops

popping into the Plaza to see the painting of Eloise and the Plaza Christmas tree (my all time favorite!)

such a fun (and supremely delicious!) birthday dinner on the Upper East Side for my mom!

It was a truly wonderful week in NYC with my family, and we were so grateful to spend all of that time together. We had SUCH a good time!!! There’s really nothing like New York during the holidays, and it’s such a magical, beautiful, and fun place to be!

Thanks again for hosting us, Bridgette & Rob!!