Saturday, December 3, 2011

New York City!!

I know these posts seem a little out of order but here you go. Back in October Justin was invited to a conference in Long Island and told me nonchalantly that I should go with him. Well, I took him up on his offer, got my Mom and Dennis and sister-in-law Andrea to babysit the kids and walaa, we went on a fun trip! We flew out Monday and joined up with his coworker for a fun afternoon of riding bikes and seeing the most beautiful homes. Then on Tuesday and Wednesday I went to NYC all by myself and had a fabulous time being quite the tourist.

Then on Thursday Justin was going to be done with his conference at noon so I borrowed his coworker's SUV and hit the mall for a few hours. Then his coworker drove a few of us into NYC and we saw the 9-11 memorial, amazing! Then we walked around some more and ate dinner in Times Square, it was a fun evening.

On Friday Justin and I hit the city solo. We went on a boat cruise over to Ellis Island and Liberty Island. We tried to look up my great grandpa but couldn't find his information although my Mom said they have found him before and printed off the ship ledger. Since it was raining we skipped Central Park bike riding and went up the Statue of Liberty which was fun but time consuming. Then we flew home Saturday, what a fun unexpected trip!

On our fun bike ride, we had a blast!

Nellie on top of the Empire State Building

Justin on top of the Empire State Building







View from the Empire State Building

Riding the boat away from NYC

On the boat to Liberty Island




Occupy Wall Street

9-11 Memorial Fountain, amazing!









The 1st of 4 building being built at Ground Zero.

With Justin's Coworkers in Times Square

Love these houses, all on the same incredible street!





My mouse mousse dessert ;)

My hot chocolate recommended by my sis-in-law, can't remember where at (a french name)

Me shopping at South Street Seaport



Frozen Hot Chocolate at Seredipity III (doesn't look at all like the movie)

FAO Schwarz, candy store.

Times Square (I saw an off broadway show in a tiny theater, The Fantastiks. I would've rather seen a big show in a huge theater instead like Phantom.)

1 comments:

Dave said...

Now that you have finished your Serendipity 3 frozen hot chocolate and feel fine a month later, it's time for my story!

A few years ago I went to NYC and of course stopped into Serendipity 3 for dinner and dessert.

Two weeks later I got home and saw that it had been shut down for health violations, including rat droppings in the kitchen and cockroaches.

They've since reopened.

The end.