Hong Kong Photo Journal - Part 2

Very jet lagged ...

Mango: "don't sleep yet!"

Hong Kong Photo Journal - Part 1

We will let these photos speak for themselves..... from the beginning of the trip until now....

Flying over the North pole! notice the giant cracks!

All the TV monitors froze and had a huge rebooting session (this was when we flew over the North Pole!)

First photo of Hong Kong - Mongkok!

Hungry - waiting for my japanese ramen!

Another shot of the bustling Mongkok after dinner

First day of work for Mark! Notice the building is still half built!?!?!

Waiting for the car at the W hotel right next to Mark's office building (the ICC).

A Barnyard Wedding ... At Stone Barns?

This mood board really got us going... Mark and I really love an outdoor wedding surrounded with beautiful foliage and flowers. A barnyard wedding would be perfect. After checking out venue information of a few places in and around NYC, Blue Hill at Stone Barnes seems perfect..

How perfect?


- just 40 minutes outside of NYC, far enough to be a little away from the city and close enough for everyone to get there

- a wedding ceremony in the garden

- a cocktail and hors d'oeuvre hour outdoors

- reception and dancing in the newly finished Hay Loft (houses 150-250 guests)

- and on to enjoying an Indian summer night ....

- lastly.... how about FRIGGING AMAZING FOOD?

Getting Ready for Carol's Wedding

My sister Carol's wedding dress code for bridesmaids -

pretty bridesmaids dress:

... and SILVER SHOES.


Who knew they would be so hard to find ? After 10 days of excruciating search in Hong Kong (aka shopping city), I finally found these gorgeous Blumarine heels! they are a with a moderate 3" heel with baby pink soles (!), plus they make my feet and legs look great! Another plus is that I can wear them again!

I would kill for these electric blue version (same shoe), but unfortunately they just don't fit the occasion :P

A note to my bridesmaids: it's never too early to look for shoes! (gold and comfy ones)...

Mango = McGuiness ??

See for yourselves!!

View From the Top

More pictures coming soon, but here's one of us at The Peak overlooking Hong Kong towards Victoria Harbour and Kowloon.

Tea Museum !

My dad took Mark and me to the Tea Museum at the Hong Kong Park, which is about a 10 minute walk from my house. Since the men were already there drinking tea and i left the house about 30 minutes after them, i decided to take a taxi just so i could get there asap. As soon as I got on and told the driver where i wanted to go, he said, "why don't you lose some weight and walk?!?!" Not knowing that I had just returned from NYC and had dealt with Middle Eastern taxi drivers for the past 2 years, the driver got an earful. I arrived at the museum in 3 minutes flat.

Anyways, the teahouse at the museum was pretty cool. Mark and my dad liked the red tea, and we also had fancy Chinese tea with buds that flower immediately upon contact with boiling water. These are the exact ones that Marie Antoinette drank!

The life cycle of the "Jasmine Fairy Tea":

Me smelling my dad's tea...