Back for some more NYC

So I can't believe it has almost been a week since I got back from my trip to NYC. I went with my good friend Carrie O. and her friend (and now mine) Heather D.

Carrie's sweet husband gave me a call 6 or 7 weeks ago asking if I would be willing to join his wife on a trip to the Big Apple- who could say no to that!! (Thanks John for inviting me to go!) It was a great secret for Carrie up until the day before we left, which was last Thursday (Nov. 5-8). I was just delighted for the chance to catch up and have some much needed girl time!

So as far as keeping things a secret- it was wonderful fun, but planning out all the details was a little more challenging! So I will sum up this wonderful girls weekend- at least a little bit!

First I had to meet up with Carrie and Heather at the Hotel in New Jersey, which was located right by the Giants Stadium. Then we headed to the big city, and went into Times Square for the evening's activities. We had to have a quick dinner at a semi-lame deli, too bad the wait at Carmine's was too long.

This was for all of us, our first time actually going to a Broadway show in NYC. (I know, it's crazy that Joe and I didn't do that while we lived there). Anyhow, we weren't sure what Carrie would want to see, but she had mentioned wanting to see Mary Poppins in passing to Heather- so that is where we ended up. Weird huh! Well the New Amsterdam Theatre is lovely, and the scenery was cool. We had great seats, but overall we all agreed that it was just OK- not remarkable. Oh well, hind sight is 20/20!

Day 2 we thought we would take in the sights of lower Manhattan. Bummer, another bad choice- who would have thought that the New York Yankee's celebration parade would be held down there! Just goes to show what a sports fan I am! Well, I guess at least Carrie and Heather got first had experience of the crowded subway and insane amounts of people being thrilled with the outcome of the World Series.

We snuck in a view of the Brooklyn Bridge from South St. Seaport, walked in and amongst the buildings of Wall St. saw a portion of the parade at Bowling Green, with everyone shoving paper out of their windows. Caught a glimpse of Lady Liberty from Battery Park, walked past Ground Zero and saw the progress there, and got stuck in the crowds leaving the parade- yuck!