NYC TRIP!!

 I have been looking forward to visiting my best friend in NYC even before I booked my flight sometime last year. I love NYC and I love my best friend so I was just looking forward to getting away to the city that never sleeps with one of my favorite people ever. I wanted to have 3 full days in the city so I left late on Thursday evening and planned to fly back early Monday morning.

Glad I had had a glass of wine BEFORE i got on the plane since it was so crazy getting to NYC! 

Was supposed to land at LaGuardia around 11:20pm and then had a car ready to pick me up at the airport. Well after being delayed almost 45 minutes and the having to attempt to land twice. (Scariest thing ever! It was foggy we were getting ready to land could see the ground pretty closely and then went right back in the air! Ekk. Was throwing up a few Hail Marys at this point!) I finally landed and got the car for my 45 minutes-hour drive (turned into a little bit longer because the driver didn't REALLY know where he was going. At one point asked if the building was on the left or right. Umm no clue dude. So after a few turn arounds and one way streets I finally made it to her apartment around 1:30am. I had been up since 5:15am that morning. So needless to say I was exhausted. Poor Danielle she had to work for a few hours Friday morning but was grateful that she stayed awake for me to get in! :)

Friday

SLEPT IN. It was glorious. Don't get that time very often. Got ready and then Danielle took the afternoon off. So we walked to brunch and had a pitcher of mimosas because that is what you do on a Friday afternoon with your best friend in the city.

Mimosas and Turkey, Bacon, and BBQ Sauce sandwich with delicious Mac & Cheese from Kitchenette. http://www.kitchenetterestaurant.com/home.html

Check them out if you ever go there! :)

 

Then we walked around the city and it starting pouring. Ugh. Thank goodness for moms that tell you, you should pack an umbrella. It saved the day. :) so we decided to go home to hang out and watch movies! So it was a nice and relaxing night in on the couch with wine, Chinese Food, movies, the Kardashians and sweats. Perfection.

I kept saying all weekend that it was so nice to not have set plans all weekend. I didn't have an agenda which made for a relaxing weekend. I have been to NYC many times before and have done all the touristy things. The only thing I did want to so was see a Broadway Show. Was really hoping to see Spider-Man but it stopped showing on January 4th of this year. Boo. Took me a while to get over that. :)

Saturday

So we woke up and cooked breakfast. Aka Danielle cooked breakfast and we started to plan our day. Starting looking at shows and ticket prices online and dang! They are expensive! But Danielle knew that her roomie went somewhere near where they lived to get discount tickets. So it was GORGEOUS OUTSIDE. Like jeans and a sweatshirt weather without a cloud in the sky!! So we stopped to get iced coffee and walked to get tickets. Walked down Wall Street which was really cool and got to the ticket place and we had settled on going to see Newsies so we got in line and were about to get 2 tickets in the front row of the Mezziene level for HALF PRICE. So we got them for that evening at 8pm. :) we were both so exited.

So then we walked back to her place and grabbed a book and walked down to the Hudson River and walked around there for a bit. Did I mention the weather was GLORIOUS? It was so great to sit and people watch with the Statue of Liberty in the background. So we sat there for a while read and took in Gods glorious creation.

Then we walked back to her place, grabbed a Panini at a corner restaurant and went home to take showers and get ready for our night out on the town!! So we got all dolled up and took the subway to Times Square for the show. To say Newsies was incredible is an understatement. It was fantastic! Once the show was over we went out in the Upper West side to a bar Danielle goes to. Got a couple drinks and are dinner at 11:30pm because that's what you do in the city and then went back on the subway to her apartment in the financial district and met up with a few of her friends at a beer garden underneath her apartment. Very convenient! We didn't end the night until like 4:30am because again that's what you do in the city.

Sunday

We slept in again! Haha because needless to say it was a late night! :) Woke up realizing that I am a little old for going out! :) so got up took a hot shower and then walked down a block for breakfast at a place called George's and it reminding me of a Waffle House which was exactly what we needed. So after a shower, food, a fountain diet coke we decided to take the subway to Central Park since it was my last day and it was beautiful again. It was still nice out. A little cooler but still sweatshirt and jeans weather! So we got out there and there was still a ton of snow. So we walked around and found a bench. Talked, read and people watched. A few times I was waiting for Benson and Stabler to jump out while taping Law and Order SVU. That didn't happen but I did hear and see a lot of NYPD Sirens! :)

After that adventure we headed home to watch more Kardashians and hang out in sweats for a bit. :) then her cousin Kelly called and was coming over to see me and we decided we would go out for dinner and drinks for my last night. So we walked down to this Mexican restaurant called Mad Dog & Beans. And it was delicious. :) then we walked home and got back in sweats and I packed and then watched Safe Haven.  :)

www.maddogandbeans.com/

It was a perfect end to a perfect weekend. I am so blessed that I was able to come visit my BFF in this amazing city. I am so proud of her and it was great to see where she lived and worked. She was such a great hostess!!! So thankful for her hospitality and just the intentional time we got to spend together. It was perfect. Can't wait to come back and visit soon! NYC you have my heart!