It's awesome to go away, and it's awesome to return home again. The first weekend back is a cozy, crazy act of snuggling in, catching up, running errands, and local outings--smothered in a sauce of loving-where-you-live. Between the four of us, we had friends over for dinner, played in a soccer tournament, attended a girls leadership conference, went to a birthday party, and celebrated a postponed Valentine's Day.
DS took this selfie while doing the weekend honey-do list on Upper West Side, and it made me smile. Getting the goodies to make dinner for friends on Saturday.
Throughout March, AS and I are attending a girl's leadership workshop every Saturday afternoon, and we attended our first session this weekend. It's a mom-daughter program developed to help girls learn confidence-building skills and leadership skills--especially in dealing with friends. The program also touches on coping with stress. It gives moms and daughters a language to talk about all of it, so when a situation pops up we've have familiar and common reference points. We're already talkin' "trash can behavior," "the double sorry," and "I may be wrong, but I am strong!"
It's an inspiring, well-organized program, so please check it out! https://girlsleadership.org/
AS and I are making the most of it with fancy mom-daughter lunches beforehand.
Friday night was unexpected, bizarre and a totally fun Valentine's celebration. I so appreciate Valentine's Day celebrated on any other day besides Valentine's Day.
I'm sure they do this kind of thing in many other cities, but the whole night felt like an "only in NYC" kind of night.
Dinner and a show at The Lodge at Gallow Green is an adventure in immersive theater. The show was "Sleep No More," a take on Macbeth. I can't give any more away, other than to say the evening went a little like this:
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