New York City!

A couple of weeks ago Jeff and I went to New York for the first time.  We went with his family who are mostly seasoned pros out there, especially Sarah!  Our hotel was right across from fashion week which was awesome, but it also made it that much more frustrating being so close to all the celebrities and fashion designers and not being able to go in.  We waited outside to see if we could spot anybody famous but had no luck.  We went to Times Square the first night we were there to get a good taste of the city.  I loved all the energy there, the lights , buildings and people...its a very exciting place!  The next morning we had plans to go to the Today Show but got a late start so we headed off to the Empire State Building.  It was such an incredible first view of the city (very smoggy though).  I bought a tiny empire state building Christmas tree ornament with a little Santa on it, it is so adorable and I can't wait to use it!!   We went to see ground zero that same day and the 9/11 memorial.  It was very sad to see it but also very interesting to see all the remains they had collected and to read all the stories.  We went to such a delicious place for lunch, did a little purse shopping and got some cupcakes at Magnolias.  We saw Mary Poppins on Broadway and it was such a great production.  Jeff and I had never even seen the movie before but we ended up loving the play.  We also went to the MET and saw some pretty incredible things.  I got to see Monet's paintings (he is my favorite artist) which was pretty cool and Jeff got to see all his historic Arms & Armor things which he really enjoys.  My favorite part of the trip was our bike ride in Central Park with Michael and Sarah.  It was so much fun and we got to see so many things in the park.  There was a mini orchestra playing (just four or five people) and they were pretty good, I could have listened to them for hours!  There was also some crazy guy dancing and singing in some tunnel, kinda weird, but of course entertaining.  I loved every bit of our trip to NYC and hope to go back someday soon!  If you want to know more about our trip click on the Allen's link and get a day by day play :)