Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Five days in Coeur d'Alene is just what we needed as summer comes to an end.  We stayed at the Coeur d'Alene Golf Resort, which turned out to be absolutely breath taking.  Somehow we ended up with a room facing the lake with living room and balcony.  Waking up and opening the blinds to this was dreamy!!!! (specially with a touch of a button👏😊)

And first..............Coffee!

                         Your shuttle to the Coeur d'Alene Golf Course

Coeur d'Alene Golf Course

The Coeur d'Alene Golf course was beautiful.  Hitting balls into the water to warm up was unusual but fun.  The 14th tee, which is out on the lake (floating green), was super cool.  You hit the ball onto the green and then you take a boat out to putt and back.  Pretty neat!!!

Driving Range

14th Hole at the Coeur d'Alene Golf Course "the floating green"

Hiking around Tubbs Hills was perfect! Not long or strenuous, just right, with a view of the lake at all times.  The fresh air was wonderful. Needless to say I did it three days in row, beats being inside working out, which I love.

The views while hiking

The downtown was small and quaint, with restaurants, boutiques and little shops lining both sides of the street.  Very nice for evening strolls

Mrs. Honeypeeps Sweet Shop
(Side note.  When I was little, I would always ask for a quarter for a gum ball, it was my thing😬 according to Todd, nothings change.  My mother, will get a kick out of this lol!)

Some of the places we ate at that we thought were wonderful and if you're in the area we recommend checking out.  Beverly's on the 7th floor at the Coeur d'Alene Resort.  Fine dining and very very good. Fire Artisan Pizza and Crafted Tap House+Kitchen were both good with and easy vibe.  Both great places to chill, enjoy and hang out.

Cedars on the Lake.  Floating restaurant, a little bit of a different vibe, but it was really good!!! Reminded me of a log house in the woods, but this is ON the lake.  We heard you can't go to Coeur d'Alene and not eat here, so we did!  It did not disappoint. Reservations are a good idea, it gets pretty packed.

                                                          Cedars


Definitely coming back in the summer.  So much to do on the lake!  That and Todd has a few more golf courses in the area that he would love to play at.

Until Next time Coeur d'Alene

NEW YORK

NEW YORK

Finally! Getting a chance to write a little bit about our four day trip to New York.  Hands down, way way to short.  New York is a must do! Not just once but several times.  Our four days were packed with everything to do and see.  It was go go go from the moment we landed.  I've never been more exhausted!  Getting up early and going to bed at 11, 12 midnight and not even clubbing😳

That's how busy we were.  We did, The Brooklyn Bridge, Dumbo Brooklyn, Central Park, Grand Central Station, New York Subway, Statue of Liberty, Staten Island, Times Square, Broadway, Radio City Music Hall, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Empire State Building, Little Italy, China Town, 911 Memorial, 911 Museum, One World Trade Center, Oculus, Rockefeller Center, New York Public Library Main Branch, Federal Hall National Memorial, New York Stock Exchange, fewwwwwww! That was a lot!

We saw a lot and did a lot.  Everything felt it was on super speed.  We would love to go again and take our time in each section of the city and really enjoy it.  Central Park and it's surrounding should be a day alone.  It's absolutely gorgeous!!!!  Would love to go back and see Central Park in full bloom, we can only imagine.  Staten Island and Miss Liberty will take a full day.  Little Italy looks fun for food and shopping.  Just to stroll around town and take it all in would be wonderful without being in a hurry.   China town with all it's illegal imitation products was a little scary (no, we didn't buy anything) in a asian accent voice "watcha want? You like? What model? You want buy? follow me....." (as they are walking next to you and  showing you fake loui, gucci, prada, etc.)  ah..... no thank you. Not going to jail in New York or anywhere else for that matter.  China town was loaded with an array of what looked like fast food asian restaurants, you all know I love food!  Specially different stuff.  Todd wasn't having any of it.😕  My niece Irene would be the perfect partner for that adventure. I shall return LOL! And yes, we will go into every little dive possible.

Grand Central Station was something like we've never seen before! We were both mesmerized how it all works and so efficiently.  If you like Oysters, go to the Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant, it was fabulous!
We walked, and walked and took a cab, took an uber and did ride sharing (forgot the name of the app 😞) along with riding the subway.  I thought the subway would be a little scary, but it was very easy to get the hang of it, and everyone was very pleasant and helpful.

We love you New York!  Until we meet again!

Thank you to the kind lady that got on the ground to take this photo, best part, I didn't have to ask :)

Staten Island

Grand Central Station

Brooklyn Bridge

Dumbo Brooklyn

Central Park

Federal Hall

Charging Bull/Wall Street Bull

Fearless bronze girl sculpture

Time Square 

New York Public Library Main Branch

Little Italy, Lombardi's Pizza

St. Patrick's Cathedral

A must!!!  If you know me, you know why 😉 (SJP shoes store)

New York! 

Oculus

On to the next adventure!

TALIESIN WEST

A day at Taliesin West.  Learned so much!  Can hardly wait to visit some of his other designs.

TEXAS

A visit to Dallas and San Antonio.  Loved both places, each had different things to offer.  While Todd was in classes in Dallas, I was out and about exploring.  My ultimate favorite was visiting The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.

The Lone Star State

Dealey Plaza.  It's fascinating trying to imagine what it would have been like that day, not to witness the shooting but to witness all the people that loved John F. Kennedy.  To watch him and Jackie in the back of the car waving.

One of my all time favorite icons.  Intelligent, elegant, and with an  impeccable sense of style.

View from the sixth floor where Lee Harvey Oswald would have stood while shooting. (I totally missed the sign that said "no photos allowed"  from inside.  I was able to capture this one)

Everything is bigger in Texas! Except me lol! I tried :)