November for the Mr. and Mrs.

[part 3 of 3]

So day two of NYC began with a little continental breakfast at the hotel and then off to the city! 

We went straight to the Rockefeller Center! They thought it would be best for me to see NYC from "Top of the Rock" so I could see all the cool landmarks around me {since we didn't have enough time to actually explore it all} I thought it was amazing....

 Mr. and Mrs. @ Rockefeller Center/Plaza

 love this. I felt like I belonged in this city...hehe

Then Ty, John, Matson and I went to the TOP OF THE ROCK and took A LOT of pics!

I loved doing this. I have always really wanted to see Central Park as well as all the gigantic buildings/landmarks famous in NYC so I got to see it all in one swoop :) Then it was off for the fun adventures of 

SHOPPING!

We went to find the rest of the crew at Anthropologie then headed to H&M then to Urban. After all that we were hungry and ended up at a recommended pizza place {forgot it's name. won't lie, I wasn't the biggest fan...but it was a fun experience none the less :)} THEN I convinced everyone to go to Chinatown.
So we went to Grand Central Station to jump on a subway. SOOOO cool.

I just kept thinking how many movies I have seen with this location in it. 

Anyway I was one of the only people that wanted to go to Chinatown.

I wanted to see what this place was like. Check out the goods.

Let's just say we ran into some sketchy fellow who offered us a nice deal on purses/wallets etc. I had no idea that was real life. That it was just in the movies. HAHA

SO cool.

Grand Central Station

my husby chowin away at the pizza 

Chinatown :)

After our adventures in Chinatown we had only a little time left before we had to head to the airport. So the boys wanted to go see the 9/11 memorial and where the new Twin Towers were being built. So we let them go do that and we hit up a department store called Century 21. It was MASSIVE. First I was stoked about it. THEN I remembered how irritable large places with too many options and WAY too many people crowding the walkways makes me. I did find some cute pants and a shirt BUT other than that....I would steer clear of that place if I ever went back :)

this is the new tower they are building I believe.

This vacation was such a great experience! I loved spending all the time with my new family, getting to see new places I always have wanted to see, seeing the amazing play and realizing although NYC would be lots of fun to live in {lights, sights and endless possibilities for entertainment and food}, I could probably only manage doing so for a week or so {maybe}  because of the large amounts of crowds ALL THE TIME. I am incredibly grateful for this vacation and always will be :)

Love my life and experiences with this guy. He brings me great amounts of happiness.

It's only been 8 months and the journey has just begun.

:)

November for the Mr. and Mrs.

[Part 2 of 3] ...I said only 2 parts but I forgot how many pics of NYC I have :)

"In NEW YORK, Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,

There’s nothing you can’t do, Now you’re in New York, these streets will make you feel brand new, the lights will inspire you, let's hear it for New York, New York, New York" -Alicia Keys

Yes I did sing this song when I arrived in the magical city of New York city :) {call me a nerd, it's fine. I know it} This picture was of the first "real" New York building I saw once we got off the subway. I was in utter amazement. BLOWN away at this massive city and the lights. The INCREDIBLE amount of people everywhere. The newness of new surrounding and sites {for me}.

Well let's start with pictures from the airport on our way to NYC

Forrest Gump rules.

JUMBO suckers!

JUMBO mentos! everything was GIANT size.

Once we arrived in NYC we had to rush to get to our hotel, change/freshen up then head into the city for dinner and then the reason for the stop the play "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying". Since there are 8 of us it looked like we would have to get 2 taxis to take us to the subway....WELL we were in luck! A limo pulled up and said he could take us for the same price as 2 taxis. HEY why not right? 

rollin in the limo :)  

this guy thinks he is a straight balla :) haha

Once we arrived in the city, we went to find food immediately. Our wonderful find was SHAKE SHACK :)

It was DELICIOUS. The BEST burger I have ever had. ever. Long disneyland like line but worth the wait. THEN we had a little time to go explore Time Square {always wanted to go there since I watched TRL when I was younger :) haha} Here is the proof:

PRETTY lights everywhere! :)

THEN it was off to the play!

 Starring Daniel Radcliffe AKA Harry Potter :)

I couldn't take actual pictures but here is the theater prior to the play starting.

GREAT play.

I loved seeing Daniel Radcliffe in a different role and he had a great american accent.

After the play was done the cast took a bow then Daniel and John {the other main character} stayed and began speaking....instantly Daniel went from Pierrepont Finch to Harry Potter!! English accent was great :) anyway they started an "auction" for Pierrepont's bow tie which then they added that you could come back stage to meet the cast. The bid started at $50 and ended at....$5,000!!! YIKES. crazy. It was lots of fun to watch people throw money around like it was monopoly money though. haha

NEXT we headed out to explore more. We went to Serendipity so I could experience the real NY original Serendipity. 

Unfortunately the wait for 8 was 2 hours {YEAH 2 hours! WHAT?!}

So John, Sue, Ash and John decided to leave since they had already been there. 

So Matson, Erica, Ty and I waited and got in about 15 minutes later :)

Then we got the delicious experience of a Serendipity frozen hot chocolate! 

mmm {minus their weird whipped cream}

 Their HUGE menus. Entertaining to look through though :)

CREEPY picture of me. But there it is. Serendipity :) it was a fun experience

Well this is where day one of NYC ends and the next blog post will be day 2 :) THEN I will update you on December. I WILL not make it to the new year without being up to date on our year!!