Last Day at Work!

So on the blessed day of August 11th... I worked my last day at Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics (clever name I know). So I gave myself a whole week to play and have fun before I came home! Good plan right?!?

This is where I spent my summer hours...

This is me with the Hygienist, Gail, and little Urmi in the front. A couple of my friends at work.

It really was a good job, it helped me make some decisions in my life. But I'm glad that it is done, and I'm glad I get to go back home to "my office!" It made me appreciate what I have back home even more!

Day of Kayaking, Chocolate and Bryant Park = Perfect Day...

Every summer they have free Kayaking available, the only set back is... it's in the Hudson. The Hudson river is a very dirty disgusting river, but it was so much fun it didn't matter!

May, Me and Brittani

Brittani was feeling a little sick, so she went in before we did so of course she became our photographer... May and I

This is where we could go, we weren't allowed to leave outside the piers...

Brittani and I

This is the lady who helped us get in/out. She had awesome green hair, so I thought she deserved a little shout out...

I liked the name of this boat that was docked at the pier, I thought it was clever...

Am I the only one who thinks this would be sweet?? I would love to take trapeze lessons, too bad I only have 2 1/2 weeks left!

So for dinner that night (Becky and Alicia are both in Utah at the moment, so to keep us distracted from missing them, we had to go do fun stuff like kayaking and going to dinner...), we went and ate at Max Brenner. It's a chocolate restaurant, and lets just say amazing...

How could this not taste amazing?? This was my Hazel Nut chocolate crepe, with ice cream and toffeed bananas... YUM

And to end the beautiful sunny day (we haven't had many of them this summer... I know its becuase I'm here, the Tolman curse lives on), we went and people watched and hung out in Bryant Park.

Brittani pretending she didn't know May and I by reading a book and ignoring us =)

I really like that you could see perfectly the reflection of the building on the glass of another building...

and May... I love may, she is just so random, like for instance, this is a conversation we had while enjoying Bryant Park:

May: Have you ever thrown a penny off the Empire State Building?

Deena: Uh... no

May: Me either, I'm sure it would hurt pretty bad!

Deena: Ya! Could you imagine being that person who got hit! Imagine going to the ER and saying you were knocked unconcious by a penny... funny stuff.

May: Imagine if it hit you vertically instead of horizontally... You would make a

human piggy bank!

Can you see why we're friends? I love May...

Alicia and Nicole's Visit!

More visitors!! YEA! So my lifelong friends, Alicia and Nicole came up and visited for a week. It was so much fun to go around the city and play tourist with them, cause usually I try to blend and NOT look like a tourist! So here are a few pictures of our amazing week together...

SERENDIPITY

We went and ate at Serendipity's, and of course had to get the famous Frozen Hot Chocolate.

Me and Brittani, enjoying a Mint flavored one.

May, Alicia and Heather

Alicia, Nicole and Me

YUM!!

TOP OF THE ROCK

We went up to the Top of the Rockefeller Center. It was such a pretty/amazing view from up there! I Love NYC!

My favorite, Central Park...

Nicole, Me and Alicia...

Alicia pointing at the Empire State Building...

TIMES SQUARE

Nicole and Alicia

We were lucky enough to find this guy...

A random guy that is often found wondering around Times Square. He is known as the Naked Cowboy, and he just wanders, poses for pictures and plays his guitar...

One of our finest, trustworthy, hardworking NYC policemen, drinking his Jamba and texting... I feel so safe here! (Oh and Alicia is posing in the background so it looked like I was taking a picture of her and not him... Thanks Alicia!)

Nicole and Alicia, making it work in the rain...

YUM! Juniors Cheesecake!

MADAM TUSSAUDS WAX MUSEUM

Nicole trying really hard to stick her bootylicious butt out... not quite there

The real Rachel Ray, so much better!

Nicole violating one of the greatest baseball historical figures ever...

We be jammin'...

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! What? She made out with my little person boyfriend!

BROOKLYN BRIDGE

Some of the best pizza ever!

Nicole and I

Alicia

Stop making fun, you know you would love to live on Hicks street... I know I would!

CONEY ISLAND

Nicole, Me and Alicia

It was exactly as it sounds... A game where there was a guy standing in a pit and was all padded up, that you could pay money and he would stand there and you would shoot him with paint balls. Apparently its fun?

The famous Cyclone Rollercoaster

Best Hot Dogs in NY!

"Under the Boardwalk, out of the Sun..."

THE BEACH!

So they were having a sand sculpture contest the day that we were down there and here are some of the enteries...

We didn't stay until the very end, but we were guessing that this was Moses with the 10 Commandments... can't you see it?

We couldn't for the life of us figure out what these guys were doing... Guesses: Fireworks, the American Flag, the Texas Flag, a X-Games Ramp... No clue

AMAZING! This is all out of sand!

The Eagle guy, with a key. That's on the back of a coin isn't it?

Octopus

And another amazing castle. How would you build a bridge out of sand??

We didn't stay until the end so we have no idea who won the great grand prize of $400, but if it were up to me, definitly the last one!

GROUND ZERO

No words needed...

This is the memorial that they are working on building, I think it does it justice. The squares, are fountains in the foundation of the 2 buildings. Along the walls of the fountain will be all the names of those who were lost in the tragedy...

A sweet statue that looks like a balloon animal near Ground Zero.

CENTRAL PARK

The LDS temple.

While walking we saw this balcony... awesome

Imagine, memorial for John Lennon

At our picnic, Nicole, Alicia and myself

Nicole and Alicia

Nicole and Alicia by the Alice and Wonderland Statue

MAMMA MIA!

So we went and saw Mamma Mia! on Broadway, and it is my favorite that I've seen this summer.

Alicia with her Playbill

Nicole with hers...

And me, above them, not sitting with them, all alone....

Okay so we went to go buy the day of tickets, and they didn't have 3 seats that were together. So we split up and had 1 box seat. So I made my up there and there were 4 seats, but so far I was the only one there, I was hoping that no one would show up so that my friends could come up and join me but a few minutes before it started, in walks 3 Scottish older men... AWESOME!! They were hilarious! They asked me why I was here by myself and I told them I wasn't but my friends were sitting below us. They then stood up and leaned over and asked which ones, I pointed them out and they then told me to yell at them. So I got Alicia's attention and they started dancing and yelling that we were going to have more fun then them!! We then sat back down and continued to talk, I only caught about half of what they actually would say cause they would talk so 'bloody fast" that I had no idea what they were saying! But I did find out that the night before they had gone to some "ladies" club, that they were sure I worked there (which I promise mom is not true... I really do work for a pediatric dental office...) Anyways, they were dancing, singing and were some of the best random people you could meet at a Broadway play by yourself, my only regret is I didn't take a picture! Oh well... Random Scottish men, if you're reading this, send me a picture so I can show my friends!

It was totally pouring, we were all soaking wet by they time we got there, and still wet (and got wetter) when we left!

It was and awesome trip! Thanks guys for coming to visit! Love ya!