man oh man did we have fun. we were ready to live it up, since we were free from responsibility for the moment. their 2 older kids are the same age as our 2 older kids and all of those kids were in d.c. so we thought we would be really close by, just in case :)
we rented an apartment, hit up b & h, times square, several bakeries (including magnolia & levain), saw a show (leap of faith), walked and walked and walked, ate and ate and ate, took the staten island ferry, went to the today show, walked around central park, met up with my cousin, went to the met, found some delicious bagels (ess-a bagels), stayed up really late and had a grand ol' time.
enjoying the sights & smells at magnolia....
on a stroll in central park...
we did make it to the today show and saw bear grylls & my absolute favorite ann curry. she spoke to me. all i could say was "you are so pretty". she laughed and said it's all make up. then she leaned in really close and said "see, i have freckles under there. lot's of them!". then she touched my arm and said "but really, how are you doing?"
we are pretty much best friends now.
mr. B in R square...P really likes the time lapse app :)
the staircase that lead up to our apartment...
a view of the city from central park...
shake shack, grand central station, the garage (a bar that had a huge jazz group.. so so amazing) ping pong at the fat cat, st. patricks's cathedral, and some pics from out broadway night. we saw leap of faith, it was really cute. we then crashed an after party, not knowing we were crashing it. someone offered us champagne so of course we stayed. it wasn't until after a few glasses that we noticed an old lady giving us the stink eye. she finally approached us and said " it's just that this is a private party" and then shook her head. we finished our glasses and then snuck out...
we headed over to carmines for a delicious italian dinner. then we closed down times square looking for some action. we finally settled on a 2 am snack at a deli.
views from ess-a bagels, the most delicious bagels i have ever had... ever. levain bakery... so delicious, huge cookies, central park & one pic of our night out on broadway.
some views from the met, the chrysler building, & soho....
we did see a rat, which just about killed me, but other than that, i'd say the trip was flawless.
we decided to make a tradition out of it and go back every year.
also, i just saw avengers and couldn't help but notice that it was filmed right on our stomping grounds... 39th & park!