In May I went to New York City to meet up with two of my high school friends. They were both living in Ohio, so I flew in while they drove and we met up there. I was on a red-eye flight so after checking in super early to the hotel and crashing for an hour or so, I got up and went exploring on my own while they were driving. First stop was the Brooklyn Bridge.
I follow a blog of a girl that lives in Manhattan and she loves the Fro-yo at Bloomingdales, so after the Brooklyn Bridge I went wandering through SoHo and stopped at Bloomingdales for a "healthy" lunch!
I loved all the classic New York architecture in SoHo. Once again, having fun with the color filter on my camera.
Wendy and Tiffany FINALLY arrived (traffic was awful) and we were super late, so I had a car waiting for us at the hotel and we RACED to make it to our first show on time - our driver was great - there was some traffic about two blocks from the theater and we decided it would be faster to run the rest of the way, we got out and got about a block away when our driver pulled up again - the traffic had cleared - so we jumped back in the car and he took us the rest of the way. We got in our seats just as the first number was ending!
The first show we saw - Nice work If You Can Get It - with Mathew Broderick! He is so adorable!
After the show we found a random piano on the street!
Then we wandered around Times Square trying to find a place to eat - we were all starving but couldn't find a place that wasn't just fast food you could get anywhere and fit in our budgets!
We ended up at a pizza place getting New York style pizza (nothing like pizza at midnight!)
The next morning we got up and went to the Manhattan temple - it is so wonderful to be in the temple and feel the peace that is there - in the middle of a crazy busy city!
After a quick lunch from a sidewalk vendor, it was time for the main reason for the trip -
Newsies!!
Such a great show! The dancing was INCREDIBLE!
Julie and Dan love So You Think You Can Dance, so I had to get a picture of one of the stars from that show - Alex Wong (he was amazing in Newsies also!)
We found an amazing place to have dinner - Juniors! Tiff and I were braved and tried one of their specials - it was AMAZING - potato pancakes with roast beef, au jus, and applesauce - I crave it now!
Of course, the only reason to go to Juniors is for the dessert. I got the classic cheesecake with cherries, Tiff got the carrot cake cheesecake, and Wendy got the chocolate chip cookie sundae.
We made ourselves ill - but it was SO good!
I finished all of mine!!
Wendy just couldn't do it.
We saw a spectacular sunset
And took about 20 pictures trying to get the perfect shot of Tiff with the big needle and button statue.
After a quick, and somewhat scary walk through Central Park - it was time to get off our feet!
The next morning we went to church and did a little more sightseeing before we had to check out and Wendy and Tiffany had to leave. I did a little more wandering around Times Square before heading on the subway out to the airport.
My flight left just as the sun was setting and I had the most incredible view!
We chased the sun for a lot of the trip. It was the perfect end to a perfect trip! Thanks Girls!
1 comment:
I'd forgotten about the giant button! That was an amazing trip that I think about all the time.
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