New York City Bucket List

Living in NYC is something that I never imagined I would do. I grew up on Long Island and my family moved to Georgia in 1994, ironically the same year that Tomasz's family moved from New York to Georgia as well. To  make a long story short, we met on a plane, realized we did not live far from each other and started dating in 2008. In 2010 we got married, and decided to move back to New York. This was mostly for Tomasz's career as there are three airports within 30 miles of each other. Moving also really launched my career, as there were many new opportunities. Flash forward to June of 2010 and we were moving to Manhattan. When planning to move to New York we figured we would live on Long Island. I was unemployed and got a job within the first week I was seeking, in NYC. Yes a real high rise building! So off we packed our little truck and Ozzy and we moved. We lived in Manhattan for about 7 months before I could not take it anymore... We did have an AMAZING apartment, however it was not very kid friendly.

View from the Roof

Our living room

One day when we were out exploring, we walked the Brooklyn Bridge and Tomasz said he wanted to move to Brooklyn. Yeah Right I said. When I thought about Brooklyn, I thought of a not nice area and a JayZ music video. Boy was I wrong. I fell in love with Brooklyn Heights. If you watch Sex and the City and you hear Miranda refer to Brooklyn, this is where. So when Ela was 4 months old we made the move. It is the best of the suburbs in the city. There are strollers everywhere! In case you thought the same as I, here are some pictures. (Or you can follow me on Instagram where we are always on the GO)

Our Building

Ela in a NYC sunset

The promenade, a series of parks on the water.

One of the many streets of  beautiful Brownstones

Our favorite park on the water with a famous carousel

So now we are getting the itch to move again.Besides being in a small apartment, the girls are getting bigger and we want to get them settled into the school district we are going to end up in Long Island or Westchester. So with the horizons of moving in the future, I started thinking about things I want to do before we leave.

Tour the Brooklyn Brewery

Take a Riverboat Dinner Cruise around Manhattan

 Run a 5K- Now that I have committed to being  runner, I need to put it to the test.

 Ill start with a 5K. One with views of the city of course.

5/10/2014 Mother's Day Run

Visit the NYC Public Library- Weird Right?

See a Broadway show- In the 4 years since we have been here I have not seen a show!

 I was so close to seeing The Sound of Music on Broadway(from the reviews glad I missed it)

When we save for $250 a ticket Ill check this one off the list.

Continue to avoid Street Meat! Just Kidding, But really!

I heard its the best, but NO WAY!

I never dreamed that I would live in NYC and have had so much fun. Brooklyn Heights has been one of the best areas to have young children. Lots of children friendly things to do, parks every other block, stroller friendly neighborhood. Not to mention all of the great restaurants, shopping and things to do.  I look forward to moving and settling down in a house with a backyard, but I sure will miss city living!