2 Day family holiday in NYC and South South Jersey

So we had an excuse to go to NYC, my interview at a local energy engineering consulting company and so we were in the city taking in the sitghts and sounds.  The interview went well and afterwards I met Bella and Lily at a cafe on the Lower East Side called "Teany's" which was started by Moby in the early norties.  All the food being vegetarian or vegan I had my Canadian "bacon" bagel washed down with a  dates, strawberry and banana smoothie, TASTY.  Lily and Bella had just eaten a rice dish at a local Asian restaurant as per Bella's request for "RICE". It was here that Mirabella the little rebel found something she really loved:    A motorbike in her size!

After a big morning of adventure in the city and playing on the 2 playgrounds she spotted, it was time for a nap.

The next day we headed out to Parvin State Park near Vineland NJ. On the way there were cornfields, farms, horses, deer farms and many producers selling blueberries, tomatoes and all sorts of seasonal fruits and veg; it was the true country.  We even spotted some Confederate flags, true blue patriots! Once we arrived at the park there were awesome forest walks and a big lake with a beach were Bella and Nick worked as lifeguards.

Much love Bella, Nick and Lily

Snow, fun and a rental car

Now writing from Massachusetts we are on a road trip north to the capital of new England... Boston.

has been awesome to get on the open road.... next post I will report on how the food is in Boston. Apparently a highly educated populace of 600,000 we'll see about that ;-)

The next few days will be about Art, food, history and culture.

Bella has been facing her fear of vacuum cleaners 

And 

I've been teaching her to drive ha ha 

Tonight we had a great Italian meal in Stanford, Ct. It would be a sweet place to go to uni but why were there so many cigar and tabacco stores?