We has so much fun and we able to do the trip for relatively cheap. My friends husband works for the airline so we were able to get buddy passes. They were a great price, but we had to fly stand by which was super nerve wracking!!! We were never sure about our flights, and were always on the edge of our seats waiting to see if we were going to make it on the flight. Luckily we made all our flights and made it to NYC on time, and obviously made it back.
I also have a good friend who lives in NY, she and her husband were heading out of town so they ever so kindly offered their apartment to us while they were gone. This helped out a ton, hotels in NY are ridiculous, luckily our neighbor works for Marriott so she got us a discount for the night that we did have to stay in a hotel.
We has so much fun we tried to see just about everything possible!! The Pictures below are a bit jumbled but I think you will get the point.
We went to: bubba gumps, The Seinfeld restaurant, Yankees game(probably the highlight of our trip), FAO Shwartz(the toy store from BIG), Dylans Candy Store(Dylan is Ralph Laurens daughter, and she opened up her own candy shop. Soo cute!), Crumbs (the most amazing cupcake store! I think I still dream about those cupcakes), serendipity, central park, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and every where in between.
We went and saw a Broadway show called American idiot. I have to say it was not the best.... it was a little much for me with the loud music and the language. I did like the singing in it, the singers had really great voices. I did not love the choreography though... you can only do a head bang so many times! I like Greenday so it was fun to hear all their songs, over all I give it a 6.
Ben served his mission in New York so he took me to see one of his areas in Spanish Harlem. The area was interesting, I think we were the only Caucasians around and Ben pointed out a drug transaction to me... good times. We stopped by one of Bens apartments, then Ben took me to a pizza place he and his companions would frequent for lunch. The pizza was soo good, and it was huge, it covered my whole plate, I always wondered why New yorkers liked to fold their pizza... not just because they are weird New Yorkers but out of necessity!
Well enjoy the pictures!
