The National Stationery Show is held in New York every May, so we looked forward to attending our first one this year!! We went out a day early to do some sightseeing & shopping! Jason came for the first few days since he had never been to NY before, then Taryn's sister Katie joined us, as did our good friends Jace & Doug. We packed a lot in our first day, including breakfast in Greenwich Village, the ferry to Staten Island & the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, Ground Zero, Central Park, Tavern on the Green, and the Rainbow Room on top of the Rockefeller Center. We topped the day off by having dinner at the very famous Nobu sushi restaurant, where we had our one and only "star" sighting - John Stamos was sitting at the table next to us! Then we had some very busy days at the tradeshow, but met some really great vendors and ordered a lot of very unique items!
Ground Zero - they have the whole area blocked from tourists, but a nice construction guy inside took a few pictures for me.
Meanwhile, back at home, my Mom and her husband Steve flew in from Portland to watch Jake while we were gone. Jake had a blast and was very well taken care of!! We really appreciate them coming out, and luckily my mom stayed a few extra days once I got home so I could spend time with her too!
