the first week in january my bff nicole came to visit us in the city! she lives in new zealand, so i hadnt seen her in over a year and a half! i was SO excited to show her around because last time she was in nyc, we were moving into our first apartment so we didnt have much time for fun! this time we fit in LOTS of exploring…and food. 😉
our week consisted of:
walking in the park with the pretty snow…
taking a cupcake baking class at butter lane bakeshop…
met up with friends around the city…
went shopping…
(anthropologie)
(chinatown)
sat in the audience at the rachael ray show…
ate lots of yummy food…
(sal and carmines pizza)
(johns on bleecker)
(arepas on the LES)
and explored the city…
(one of my favorite subway stops)
(dodging walls of trash leftover from the christmas blizzard)
(i liked this little guy at a subway stop in chelsea)
we had SUCH a great time! i hate that we cant have this much fun together all the time! i would like to leave you with a classic “tara and nicole” picture (this is what we look like 99% of the time when we are together)
i miss you, my pea! thanks for coming to see my new york!
from the desk of tara hope... 
Is it easy to get in to see the Rachael Ray show? Sounds fun! And I think you must share the tips you learned for frosting cupcakes!
hahaha what was it we were laughing at so hard in that last photo? i can’t remember but it sure was funny!