Tita Em in NYC

My aunt, aka Tita Em, went to New York for Mother's Day Weekend. She stayed over at her friend's house, Tita Tina, and Javs and I took them out Saturday morning for brunch.

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Our favorite brunch place in NYC?

TEA & SYMPATHY!

Stopping for a picture along 2nd Avenue.

The famous FULL MONTY!

Tita Em and her breakfast

Moi!

Javi and his English Tea. Very dain-tea!

You forgot to put your pinky up, Javs!

Tita Tina

Apple Rhubarb with Custard

Bananas and Custard

Tita Em enjoys her desert.

Tita Tina & Tita Em outside of Tea and Sympathy.

The two Titas were scheduled to watch the matinee that Saturday, so Javi and I took them to Times Square.

They had about an hour to kill before the show, so we posed as tourists and Javi shot his camera away!

Waiting for the walking man.

I like my hat :) Thanks, Javs!

My favorite shot.

Hope you had fun, Tita Em! We'll take you out some more next time!

Phantom of the Opera

We watched it last week!

Okay, okay, I have to admit that this was an American-Idol-influenced decision (contestants sang Andrew Lloyd-Webber compositions). But Javi and I were really planning on watching Phantom a long time ago but decided to wait until it got warmer. Honest! :)

Naturally, no one was allowed to take photos during the performance, but I managed to get a few shots of the stage before and after the show, as well as during intermission.

The famous chandelier

Jennifer Hope Wills as Christine Daae

The cast

Howard McGillin as the Phantom

(Tim Martin Gleason as Raoul in the background)

Sigh! What a show! For those who haven't watched it yet, you cannot miss it! I just have two tips for you:

1. Make sure you don't get a row past J - otherwise, you end up under the mezzanine and can't see the chandelier when it gets brought up at the beginning of the show.

2. Always look out for the Phantom - he shows up when you least expect it!

Enjoy the show!

From my Sister's Camera

How could I have forgotten to post a picture of one of the major reasons why I was so excited to visit Manila? Nugget!

I got this lovable imp of a dog for my sister on her 9th birthday, and he has managed to be the center of our family's conversations time and time again. This cute and lovable, stretched-out ball of black fur has a stubbed tail - verifying that he is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi (by the vet!).

We decided to name him Nugget for two reasons:

1. His original owner (the dog breeder) named him "Nog-nog" (which is somehow a shorter version of sunog, which means "burnt"). Apparently, he was the only puppy in his litter with a black body and white paws - his siblings were white with black paws. Awwwww.

2. Kim's favorite snack at the time? Chicken nuggets.

Speaking of Kim, here are pictures of the young lady and I in Dunkin' Donuts.



This set of pictures reminds me of those old Photo-Me booths!