I am really going to try and not make this a 300 page post. Ha. Seriously though I got to do and see so much in New York I just have so much I want to share. I had a wonderful trip and could not have had more fun with Jennifer.
I have always wanted to go to New York City. I have asked and asked Marshal to take me, but he really has no interest. He got to go on a work trip to see the major city highlight, but would never commit to taking me.
It turned into the perfect girls trip. Jenn and I ran non-stop trying to squeeze in as much of the city as possible. I don't think anyone could have gone with the flow with me as much as Jenn did. I went with no plans and no expectations. I just wanted to see and do everything and that is what we did.
This isn't going to be your typical "I went to New York City" blog post. I really want to share everything that made my trip so fun and not just the I saw this and I saw that.
It started off great before we even left XNA. We were waiting to go through security when randomly this guy standing in front of us decides to turn around and have a chat with us about gun rights and shooting planes. What made him think two single girls wanted to have this conversation is beyond me. Any way he of course he gets on our plane so we have to take a picture of him and wonder the whole time if he is planning to shoot a hole in our plane to prove his point. Ha not really but he was cracking us up.
We arrive in NYC around 12:30 and got checked into our hotel. We stayed at the alfot in Harlem. It is fairly new and a really great place to stay. We weren't right down town, but we were only about a 15 minute train ride away from everything. As soon as we got checked in we headed for Times Square.I was taken back by how beautiful it all was, but honestly everything was a lot smaller than I had pictured it.
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| Miniature cupcakes at a bakery called Baked by Melissa. |
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| Radio City Music Hall |
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| Grand Central Station |
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| Me in trouble as always. No really just took a picture because the NYPD were just sooooo nice! |
The ball was tiny compared to what is shown on t.v. Of course
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| You can hardly see it in this pic. Ha. |
We hit up all the major stores. Jenn's cousin Zack met us and took us all over Times Square.
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| The big piano at FAO Schwarz toy store from the movie Big. |
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| I am not going to even pretend like I was able to keep my hands off of the Abercrombie model. |
He even let us go to the second floor at Tiffany's and dream. Did you know they have cute little private rooms where they serve you Tiffany colored petit fours and champagne while you look at rings?
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| The price tag on these babies is $39,800. I bought myself the missing one. Ok I pretended like I bought myself the missing one. |
That night we went to see Mary Poppins. It was fabulous! I loved every minute of it.
The show started at 8:00 p.m. so it was still day light outside. When we left 2 hours later I expected to walk out into the dark of night. I was shocked when we stepped out of the theater and it appeared to be daylight. The lights of the city were so bright it seemed as if there were literally no change in day and night. I loved the fact that you could shop at Forever 21 at 8:00 a.m. or 2:00 a.m.
Any way we headed for dinner. We arrived at Juniors at 10:45 p.m. and had to wait 30 minutes to be seated. We were cracking us up how many people were trying to get dinner at 11:00 at night. It was well worth the wait though as the cheesecake was so yummy!
We finished dinner around 12:30 and hit the streets again. This is when one of my favorite parts of the entire trip happened. The streets are packed with people. You are being pushed and touched and grabbed by everyone around you.
There were people trying to get you to buy stuff and take their fabulous tours. We passed by this guy that was holding a sign for some club and he is invites us to go because they are passing out free dildos and chicken wings. HA! What in the heck. Where did they come up with that combination? Oh my mercy! As if that wasn't enough we cross the street and on the very next corner ,directly across from the police station, this group of guys are conducting their drug deal. I found it rather amusing because there were literally cops everywhere. There must have been five of them within 10 feet of these guys ; yet here they were just passing around money and drugs like it was nothing. It was great!
The next morning we wanted to just be able to take it easy and I had it in my mind that I wanted to sit in Central Park and read so I bought a trashy magazine and a donut from the street vendors and we sat in the park for awhile.
It was so pretty and it being a Sunday it was so busy. There were people every where hanging out, sun tanning, playing ball, taking yoga classes, running and just having a great time.
After Central Park we headed to the Empire State Building, and then to see another show. We saw Memphis from 5th row seats, which was really neat, but I honestly liked sitting in the mezzanine better because it made the show so much more magical, not seeing all the setting changes and actors microphones and stuff.
After the show we went to dinner with Jenn's aunt and uncle and cousins that drove in to see her from their New Jersey home. We ate at Bond 45. It was somewhere I would have never picked on my own, but it was so yummy. Jenn's aunt ordered everything for me as I didn't even know what half the stuff on the menu was. She did great and I loved everything (whatever it was-ha).
The next morning we got up early and headed down to see Good Morning America and the Today Show. We spent most of our time at the Today Show since they do several segments outside. We met this group of guys that was there to promote the new Dallas and I found it interesting that they were actually getting paid to stand outside the Today Show to promote the show. We also met Lenny, a guy that stands outside the Today Show everyday for the last I don't know how many years. I wish I would have thought about the hour delay here, I would have text you all to make you watched my few seconds of fame on t.v.HA!
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| Some of the 50 guys being paid to stand outside the Today Show to promote the new Dallas show. |
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| Lenny |
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| Miss America getting ready to be interviewed. |
We saw everything, met a lot of fun people and had a great time. Everyone was very friendly and for the most part I always felt safe and comfortable with my surroundings. Looking forward to my next trip! Minus the flight back home when I have never been more terrified that I was going to die (so thankful I wasn't one of the three that had to go the hospital that night).
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