2017 by City

Each of the below cities include a one-night stay in 2017. Cities denoted by an asterisk include multiple visits.

2006. 2007. 2008. 2009. 2010. 2011. 2012. 2013. 2014. 2015. 2016.

• New York, NY*
• Silverthorne, CO
• Nashville, TN
• Anaheim, CA
• Chicago, IL
• Red Bank, NJ*
• London, England
• Paris, France
• Atlanta, GA*
• Newport Beach, CA
• Flagstaff, AZ
• Danbury, CT
• Coronado, CA

New York City - December 2017

Sometime in November I got word that I was going to need to be in New Jersey for a work dinner on the night of December 11th and then an all-day meeting on December 12th. Given the dinner was on a Monday night, I was either going to need to fly on Sunday afternoon. Never wanting to miss an opportunity to be in NYC, I chose to fly out on Saturday and spend the day Sunday in the City.

My plane landed around 7pm at JFK. It had been snowing all day and was still lightly snowing when I arrived. I took the subway to my "normal" Hotel 32|32 - I stayed at this hotel 4 different times in 2017. I walked towards midtown and stopped at Macy's at Herald Square on my way.

The windows were a NYC-themed scene.

This is the inside of Macy's...

...and it closed to the outside.

My view while eating dinner at the Whole Foods at Bryant Park.

After eating I walked toward Rockefeller Center and the Tree.

This is Rock Center built out of legos.

The Saks windows were a Snow White theme this year.

On Saturday night after I got back to my hotel I got a text from my mom that Zoe had died at about 11:30pm AZ time. I had gone to say goodbye to her Saturday morning before I left - she had kidney failure since June 2015 and hadn't been eating for about the 5 days prior to Saturday. Saturday night was a rough night being alone in the hotel room - I didn't get much sleep.

Sunday morning I slept in - no one gets an early start in NYC anyway, especially in the winter.

I walked through Madison Square Park on my way to Union Square for breakfast at Hu Kitchen.

Tried a new coffee shop in Union Square and also walked around the Christmas markets.

I then went to Astoria to get my nails done at Athena's Nails.

From the manicure I went to Columbus Circle and walked around the Christmas markets there.

Then it was to Grand Central...

...to take a train to dinner.

"Spaghetti" and meatballs and bone broth from Springbone. I had been following them on Instagram for a while and wanted to try their food. It was excellent.

Sunday night I was back to my hotel by about 8pm as I was getting up early to get on a train to New Jersey. Made it out of Manhattan just as this explosion was happening.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Since tomorrow is Christmas Eve, I thought I should get Thanksgiving up on the blog. Dave hosted Thanksgiving with his parents and kids on Wednesday afternoon. He cooked his first ever prime rib (and did a great job with it!).

Thursday morning I ran my 6th Annual Phoenix Turkey Trot.

Tutus and long socks were our "costumes" this year. I can't take any credit for making the tutus - those were all Gina!

Finished! My time this year was 26:26, which equates to an 8:31 min/mile. Not bad for doing no running since a year ago at this same race.

After the run the Kruckenbergs again hosted brunch at their house. Brian was the barista again this year (I don't think this responsibility will ever change).

Amy wasn't able to run this year...you can tell why from the 2-week-old in the picture :)

First Thanksgiving meal of the day.

After brunch I came home for a while and then my parents hosted the family Thanksgiving dinner.

Dave was entertaining Owen and Uriah with his juggling skills. Owen was so cute watching Dave.

Then Owen wanted to eat the tangerines...skin and all.

The rest of the night was spent sitting outside by the fire with family.