Our 2022 Family Yearbook has arrived! This is the fifteenth book that Tammy has created. Everyone treasures them. π
New York 2023 - Day 3
Partial day: 10,069 steps. 4.6 miles.
- Pack bags and checkout of Arlo Midtown.
- Breakfast at Andrews NYC.
- Walk the Highline.
- Attempted Milk Bar but location was closed.
- Cab back to Arlo Midtown to get bags.
- Walk to Angelo’s Paris to get macarons to bring home.
- Cab from Angelo’s to LGA Terminal C
- Pizza for lunch at Sunday Supper.
- On time departure on DL1529 to Minneapolis.
We finished our weekend in New York with a walk down the High Line. This is one of my favorite experiences in NYC.
Other times on the High Line: 2012, 2018, 2023 (Tyler and I), 2023 (Tammy and I), and 2023 (Family).
New York 2023 - Day 2
21,964 steps. 11.48 miles.
- Andrew’s NYC for breakfast but too busy.
- Paris Baguette for mochi donut.
- Angelina for absolutly perfect macarons. Wow.
- Blue Bottle for cappuccino.
- Blocked by NYC Half-Marathon.
- Take R train to 57th Street.
- Nintendo Store for tons of shopping.
- Apple Store on 5th Avenue.
- Walked along Central Park
- Angelos Pizza.
- Southbound Q train to 28th Street.
- Milk Bar flagship store for Birthday Cake, Cereal Milk soft serve, and Confetti Cookie.
- Museum of Mathematics.
- Cab to Arlo Midtown.
- Walk to meet up with Hadar & Lois.
- Fabulous dinner with Hadar & Lois at El Rio Grande.
- Walk to Exit Escape Room NYC.
- Beat the Sugar Rush room!
- Walk to Times Square.
- Europan Cafe for crepes.
- Walk back to Arlo Midtown.
Tyler and I successfully solved the Sugar Rush room at Exit Escape Room NYC! We had 3m 3s time remaining on the clock. Doing puzzle rooms with just two people isn’t easy but we got it! Room 48!
Nintendo NY
One of our must stop places for Tyler and I in New York was Nintendo New York! We got here on Sunday right at 11a when they opened. The store is filled with cool Nintendo history, characters, games, and of course plenty of gear to buy. We shopped and roamed around for 90 minutes taking it all in, including selfies with Link and Bowser.
New York 2023 - Day 1
19,922 steps. 10.01 miles.
- Bagels at Liberty Bagel.
- Taxi to Battery Park.
- Ferry to Liberty Island.
- Visit Statue of Liberty and Pedastal.
- Ferry to Ellis island.
- Ellis Island to look up Josef Gins on manifest.
- Fairy to Manhattan.
- Nutella crΓͺpe from truck in Battery Park.
- Snack at Siena Bakehouse.
- 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
- Coffee and Hot Cocoa at Blue Bottle.
- Take 1 Train Northbound to 42nd-Times Square.
- Dinner at Shake Shack.
- Pit stop at Arlo Hotel.
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Tyler and I visited the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. It is strange to experience things that are so vivid in my mind but are things that happened before Tyler was born. This is all history to him. Everything is so well done here. I strongly recommend experiencing it.
I would not do well on this elevator. π
In the crowd boarding the ferry from Ellis Island to Manhattan with the Statue of Liberty in the background.
Lady Liberty.
Tyler and I visiting with Lady Liberty!
You must have a New York bagel! So much cream cheese. Cinnamon & Raising with plain for me. Liberty bagel with Oreo cream cheese for Tyler from Liberty Bagel in Midtown.
Tyler and I commemorated our New York 2023 trip with a special and extremely exclusive POAP! Only two issued. π
We enjoyed our tradition of Ο Day dinner of nothing but pies! Chicken Pot Pie was delicious, followed with a Nutella Pie. All homemade from scratch!
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TeamSPS had a great time celebrating Ο Day at 3:14pm today with 600 pieces of pie! π₯§
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Using my new IYK Disc to distribute POAP claim codes for the TeamSPS Pi Day 2023 event today! Made a sign to help people know what to do. π€
See Pi Day Collection.
In the midst of a blizzard Jamie decided that it would be a good idea to take the older kids that had just finished sledding for an hour to town 11 miles away. After clearing the Mazda CX-9 of snow and getting it warmed up Jamie pulled out with Mazie, Nora, Tyler, Levi, and Elsa. The snow was deeper than Jamie expected but they made it up the driveway and turned right onto the dirt road. The road had no clear markings and with the blizzard the snow had blown over everything. There was only snow in front of us and not being able to see the road Jamie drove right off the crown of the road putting the passenger side wheels in the ditch. Mazie, Nora, and Jamie attempted to dig the wheels out and push but the Mazda simply slid further into the ditch. Hector came out to help and we proceeded to make no progress, simply sliding further into the ditch. Denny then came to the rescue with his pickup and tow strap. First attempt to pull the Mazda out actually pulled Denny’s truck into the ditch too and left him stuck. Luckily the crew was able to get the truck unstuck, and a 2nd attempt to pull the Mazda out was more successful. Denny pulled in the truck and Jamie managed the Mazda until we got all wheels back on the road. Finally, after nearly an hour, both cars returned and everyone rejoiced.
I made Olson Family Vacation 20 Blizzard Rescue to remember it.
From The Economist Espresso on March 11, 2023.
American regulators closed Silicon Valley Bank amid a run on the tech-focused lender. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation took control of SVBβs $175bn-worth of deposits and said insured depositors would have access to their money on Monday. Americaβs 16th-largest bank, having seen its deposits shrink during the VC winter, had failed to raise enough cash to stay afloat. The S&P 500 dipped by 1.5% on Friday to finish its worst week since September.
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Signs of the stress at SVB were spilling over into other parts of the financial world late on Friday. The price of cryptocurrency USDC, a stablecoin which is pegged to the value of the dollar, fell to as low as $0.88. Circle, the payments company which manages USDC, confirmed that around $3.3bn of its $40bn in reserves was deposited with SVB.