Storms and New York

Today I woke up to news of fallen trees, people washed out to sea and cancelled flights. Transport in London was threatened with standstill, and still some lines are not running because their tracks are covered with debris. They have named this storm after St. Jude, the saint of desperate causes.

There is so little on our street that is not man made or concrete that we slept soundly. No worries of trees falling onto our house or garden furniture blowing away. I woke up in the night to close our bedroom door as the wind blowing through our flat was making the front door bang in its frame, but that was it.

I really pray that everyone is safe and that houses didn't sustain too much damage. I feel very thankful that here in the UK we rarely have weather like this. I can't imagine living in the path of real storms like hurricane sandy etc.

Matt and I were checking flight updates frequently last night and this morning since we're going to New York in a couple days. Many flights have been cancelled or delayed but thankfully our flight is still scheduled. By the time we fly, most of the high winds will have settled. I'm not sure what we would do if our flight was cancelled. So I'm very relieved we don't have to deal with that disappointment!

We are very excited to be heading across the pond (my first time). After years of reading American blogs, I have a list of things I want to experience/buy:

Visit Hobby Lobby
Buy Graham Crackers
Bring home some modpodge
Check out the clothes in Target
Zara is cheaper?
Go to IHOP 

We also have a map with marked places we want to visit...most of these places involve eating (forgive me body).

I would also love to hear any suggestions you have!

If you want to follow along, I will be instagramming (of course). You can find me at @estherdearfriend