A Bite Out of the Big Apple

We’re back!  We had a great time shopping, eating, exploring, eating, walking, shopping some more, drinking, and eating.  And we did a little sleeping too.  But not nearly enough sleeping.  I’m totally spent.  While we were away on our mini-vacation, Jack learned many new skills, including removing all of the toys from the toy basket and moving the toy basket to obtain access to the area behind the couch (where Sophie usually hangs out- therefore a furry domain), unplugging the answering machine (but not before he pushes all of the buttons and erases all of the messages), unplugging the lamp and launching it into the toy basket, and sticking his fingers into the electrical outlets.  All in approximately 35 seconds.  I am currently unable to leave him semi-unattended (put groceries away in the kitchen while he chills in the living room) ever.  It is awesome and has made for a fantastic day (which is my birthday, might I add) which has included two time outs already!  Woo Hoo!  Ok, so somehow I’ve gotten off the subject of the trip.  Hmmm… where was I?

Eating.  Soo many stories to tell… let’s see, I’ll try to keep it to a minimum.  So we tried the most fantastical pizza joint ever… suggested by Little Miss Mel ages ago.  We highly recommend it as well, to anyone who may be in the area anytime soon.  It’s right smack dab in the coolest part of town (the village) with lots of great shopping and restaurants etc.  We headed over on Saturday for an early dinner, after spending the day walking through Central Park, exploring and hoping to stumble upon one of those great little street fairs.  We somehow managed to miss the crowd.  Shortly after we arrived, a line formed outside about a block long.  Craziness.  So, we finish up dinner and decide to hunt for some cupcakes… and low and behold, we stumbled upon a great little street fair.  And the first thing we see is this.  That’s nutella, not chocolate by the way… followed up by a big pile of strawberries.  Yummy.  So after a wild goose chase (which is a really long story which includes walking 13 blocks in the wrong direction) we finally found our cupcakes.  But by the time we got there the line was ridiculous.  And we were tired… after walking 26 blocks (which was his fault), and LML’s verdict on Magnolia was lingering in the back of my head, so we went to a great little italian bakery across the street from the pizza place and I got my cupcake.

Let’s see… we saw Wicked.  Which was insanely fabulous.  I highly recommend.  After Wicked we took a rickshaw ride through the theatre district, passed Times Square and Rockefeller Center, back to our hotel.  That was incredible.  Very expensive for a ten minute ride… but definitely worth every penny (in my mind).  I was kicking myself the entire ride for not bringing the camera. 

We also saw Spamalot.  Which was horribly boring (for me because I don’t get the whole Monty Python funniness) but E liked it… and I’m glad he liked it, because I knew he really was looking forward to seeing it.  All in all it was a fabulous trip.  I’m so glad we went.  And I’m so glad we’re home.

Here’s a few more pictures from the trip… oh, by the way, did I mention that I chopped my hair off the day before we left?  Yeah, it sucks.  Whatever.