New York City Girl at Heart: 2014

We made it a point on this trip to visit the Conservatory Garden at Central Park. I had seen photos and knew it was beautiful but they don't do justice to seeing it in person! And Central park in the Fall..... so beautiful!

I believe it was last year and I was trying to come up with something really neat and special for mom for Mother's Day when I remembered seeing that you could have flowers planted for someone in the Conservatory Garden. As soon as the thought popped in my head I knew THAT is what I was going to do! Some people may think it odd that I gave her flowers that are over 1300 miles away but by now you know what NYC means to us both and how much we love Central Park! So it was perfect!

How gorgeous is this?!?!?!?!

Fall in Central Park

Garden Entrance

It looks like it's right out of a fairy tale!

Mom's flowers!

On our walk to the Garden - just gorgeous!!!!!

So this January afternoon it is a very unseasonal 64 degrees here in Nebraska (with snow in the forecast for tomorrow - lol!) and pizza sure sounds good - but doesn't it always?!?!?!?!?!?

I've taken some time out of my day to spend in the kitchen putting my mad pizza making skills to work! Where did I obtain these amazing skills you may wonder.... Well I'd be more than happy to tell you - NEW YORK CITY!!!! Surprised? ;)

In October mom and I returned to NYC once again!!!!!! We went out for the Food Network Wine & Food Festival - more on that later.....but we finally made it to pizza school! And boy are we glad we did!

Pizza a Casa teaches you how to make a-mazing pizza right in your very own home kitchen. I was surprised how easy it really is! The class was so much fun and it is some of the best pizza I've ever tasted! The instructor started by making some pizza that we all got to taste and then we learned step by step how to make our very own. And believe me - we highly value our time spent in NY and this was sooooo worth our 4 hours! We would do it again!

I would highly recommend Pizza a Casa to anyone looking for an awesome NYC experience! We have such fun memories from the class and I feel like a little bit of NYC came home with me too! It has been a really fun new skill! I have even since hosted a few "pizza making" nights at home where guests are challenged to come up with a unique pizza and bring the ingredients and then we bake them off and have a fun tasting night! We always throw in a few standards too but it's great fun trying new ideas and we haven't had a bad one yet! And who doesn't like PIZZA!!?!?!?!

So if you are interested in your very own pizza adventure check these guys out at pizza school.com you will be so glad you did!