The Ensemble!

For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted a complete bed ensemble.
This summer , we waited for the Bloomingdale sale and watched and waited and we bought the ensemble I thought was perfect. It is made by Natori and is made of 50% bamboo and 50% cotton. The colors are rich and the spread texture is remniscent of a dragon. But even more perfect was the fact that it matched the curtain I purchased in Tokyo when we went to visit Ren, Hiroko and little Chikage. So here it is.... a beautiful bed ensemble in our new apartment. It is a picture!

Moved to Chapel Hill/Durham NC!!

Well we made it and have unpacked completely! We simply have to put up the pix on the walls.
The weather here is fantastic, my new job interesting and challenging, and our apartment very nice! Everything is close by, the restaurants delicious, the people extremely friendly and once again ------- the weather terrific! It has been in the 80's and sunny with low humidity. Today was actually cooler in the 70's with not a cloud in the sky. We went biking on a beautiful bike friendly loop on our new bikes. I have biked for a long time but Myron is relatively new to the sport. He did just great even though hand brakes, 24 gears and shocks are new to him. He remembers his old Schwinn when he was 14! I haven't told him yet we are working up to a very long trek from the NC mountains to the Outer Banks oceanfront in 7 days !!! :-)))
Here we are with the new bikes.

Moving Day!

We packed, were moved and drove!
Despite the moving company arriving 3 hours late on Friday.... we only had the elevator from 9am-1pm, we got out by 3:30pm and hit the road with both cars packed to the gills . I had my plants in the front seat of my car, Myron had the TV in the front seat of his car.... the backseat of his was filled with the wall pictures and my Vibe was filled to the roof! I also had my bike rack attached to the hatchback. We were relieved to find no traffic on the holiday Friday night and made it to Dover, Delaware by 6:30 for a seafood diner and then to Salisbury, Maryland for an overnight at a hotel.
We left at 8:30 am on Saturday and made it to my beach house in Nags Head, OBX ( The Outer Banks ) North Carolina. The weather is perfect and we don't care if they don't deliver the furniture until Thursday!!! We can beach it the entire week! The weather is perfect, the ocean warm and our neighbor's hot tub is hot! I love this beach house ......

Here are 2 pix of the old apartment in West New York on moving day

Anna and Myron

Oops... more fam

Mike and Diane had been to a barbecue the night before( and up till 3am!) and were heading out to a Christening in the early afternoon.... They felt a bit tired and shagged out after a prolonged squawk but managed to stop by to say goodbye. Actually they look pretty good!!!

A & M

Visiting the Long Island Family

We picked up Grandma Esther and headed out to Stephanie and Michael's house for au revoir's before we move to North Carolina. Mike D and Diane, Nick and Alaina as well as little Nick and Adriana all came over to say ciao for now.
Enjoyed ourselves and took some pix. The kids were just the cutest.
Everyone was invited to visit as we have a three bedroom apartment with two bathrooms!
I am sure we will have visitors!

M & A

Chris and Keiran arrived from Denver

Keiran and Chris arrived and we took them to the Empire State Building, to Fred's in Barneys for the best burger, to Times Square, a walk of the East Village and to see the Blue Man Group!
The weather was great and we had a great time!
Chris and Keiran also got to briefly visit Grandma Esther and Great Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Michael.

Happy Birthday Ren and Jeff

It is Ren and Jeff's birthday today on August 1st. Ren is Myron's youngest son in Japan and he is a big 35 today. Jeff is Anna's youngest son and is 21 today! Jeff is presently in OBX with his 2 brothers, friends and Mom having a great time in the sun and sand.

Here is a pix Jeff and his brothers,Sean and Paul at the beach .
And a pix of Ren in Japan!

Happy Birthday Ren and Jeff!!!

Love
Anna and Myron