I (heart) NYC.

But I LOVE Chicago. I spent the first part of my spring break in NYC visiting Sharon and Matthew. Matthew who was sick and tired and Sharon who was soon going to be sick and tired.
My original flight was delayed until the next morning (theme of this trip) but I arrived early Friday morning and was greeted at LGA by Matthew and Gigi. After freshening up a bit and downing the first of many espressos of the weekend, Nurse Horrible and I headed to the Natural History Museum. Shhh...don't tell anyone I took this picture:

Once inside we wander around and saw just about ever room, rarely ever pausing long enough to read the labels. (For someone who plans on going into some sort of history-museum-education, this is not a good practice.) The thing I liked the best were the dinos, and the art like displays of the fossils with metal outline structure and not with fake bones.

And a few more old things...
And then there is me and "DumDum" (Easter Island Head) from "Night at the Museum"
Later, after more walking and coffee, we met up with Sharon for a trip to Strand book store and dinner at a Korean restaurant.
Day number 2 in NYC was spent with my lovely and amazing corazon, esposa, novia, Nathalie. A great friend I met my semester abroad and who I did the most traveling with. She lives in NYC now and we spent the afternoon doing what we do best, sight seeing..."Nathamber" reunited.

We took the ferry and saw...
And made like the true tourists we are and did the audio guided tour of Ellis Island. (Which by the way, is very tastefully done and worth a repeat trip).
And took lots of pictures of the historical landmark...

(The Great Room where immigrants waited to be called for the exam.)

That evening we did dinner and cupcakes (so yummy) in the East Village and spent the night catching up and chatting about the "good ole Spain days".

Sunday was spent relaxing. Unfortunately after 2 days of photo ops I failed to take many pictures of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden and the many hours of Wii we played. Although I did get to enjoy one of Matthew and Sharon's favorite Brooklyn eateries but I think Matthew might have enjoyed it more...
It was a good thing we had beer and Wii and mac and cheese because the snow and cold came in (it was like I never left Chicago). And I was stuck in NYC until Tuesday morning in a very foul mood. But after a great weekend family and friend, I was back in Cincinnati for B's baby shower and the rest of the Tour de Famille.

And more Tour de Famille photos soon to come, but I have a question. As you might know, I took in a stray cat. Who is doing great and the best companion, but she has a little hair ball situation. She doesn't cough (throw) them up but she is hacking all the time (Mama Max thinks it's a Kitty cold but I'm not sold on that idea unless she caught it from NYC folks.) So my question is does anyone have advice or home remedy? I read that butter sometimes works to lubricate her insides, and she eats dry food for hairball control. It is the most wretching sound to hear. xo