Had a most fabulous visit with one of my best friends Nicole Dolan from Iowa. She had never been to the East Coast so we had a very busy week planned. I picked her up from the airport on Monday and headed to The Yard House for lunch where Stephen met us. Had a great lunch and a few cocktails. Tuesday (Stephens Birthday) we got up early, wished Stephen a happy birthday and headed to Cape Cod with my friends( from the golf
course) Linda Longhi and Frenchie Dennencourt. We stayed in East Sandwhich but visited the quant little town of Falmouth MA. Had a great lunch at the local pub and did some shopping in the mom and pop shops. Nicole and I then headed to the coast and visited multiple beaches and even found Nobska Lighthouse. Headed back to Sandwhich and had a fabulous seafood dinner at the Pilot House. Wednesday we awoke and headed to the Ferry for Martha's Vineyard. We had a late start and missed the afternoon ferry so decided to head home. Wednesday night we dragged Nicole to robots...I think she was a bit bored!
Thursday we had a busy day planned in NY. We left at 6am for New Haven and took the train into town. Our busy day included Grand Central Station, the Statue of Liberty, the 911 Memorial and Times Square. Grand Central Station is celebrating its 100th year and is always jaw dropping. I loved seeing Nicole's eyes when we got in view of Lady Liberty for the first time! Unfortunately Ellis Island was not open due to the government shutdown. The 6 block walk to the 911 memorial was the typical NY experience-lots of people, traffic, shops and businesses and of course the hot dog stands! Nothing's better then a NY hot dog! The 911 memorial proved once again to be a very emotional visit. Tears trickled down both our cheeks as we read the names engraved around the water falls that now stand where the two towers where. Nicole and I hugged each other at The Tree of Life! ( the only tree that survived the tragedy). We had a wonderful, long day in NY!
Friday was movie day. Nicole and I walked 6 miles to a Red Box and got 4 movies and watched them all after noon. It was so nice to have a chill day. Saturday we got up and I took Nicole to the Yankee Candle village. This neat town with tons of shops and lots of good smelly candles. Nicole met some other friends for an over night cook out so Stephen and I spent the time mowing and trimming our yard. 
Sunday we had gotten tickets for a haunted house called the Trail of Terror. It was a multiple maze haunted house that took about 45 min to go through. There were ladders to crawl, slides to slide down, places you had to crawl and swinging bridges you had to cross. There were fireworks going off, chain saws, people jumping out and items hanging that you had to maneuver through. Stephen was off scaring other friends that went with us and I held on for my life to the back of Nicole's jacket. She only jumped once or twice while I had my face buried quite often in her back! We had a scare-tastic night! We finished it off at Barcelonas with half price wine and Tapas.
Monday was a bitter sweet day having to take Nicole to the airport to head back to Iowa. I love seeing my friend and my heart is warm knowing she spent her vacation visiting me! Miss you tons Nicole and loved our week visit! I have so many more things planned for your next visit!
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