Girls Weekend in New York

So, my awesome husband was trying to figure out when to use a flight voucher he had, and suggested that I use it to go to New York to have a girls weekend with Amanda!  AND, he used his Hilton points to get us a free hotel room.  I mean, seriously...how was I lucky enough to marry such a guy?!

I flew into NY Saturday morning and Amanda took a bus from DC to meet me there.  It was a quick trip...we had about 29 hours from start to finish, but we made the most of it.  We saw most of the sites we wanted to see...we did a LOT of walking!  We did take a double-decker bus tour for about an hour and half on Saturday, which was a nice break, and for a night tour as well.

I'm not used to navigating a new city without the help of my directionally savvy husband, so we did get turned around a couple times, but overall, I think we did pretty well.

Some pictures from our trip...

NY Public Library...so beautiful!

Empire State Building...102 floors!  Each year in February they
have a race to see who can get to the top the fastest.  The
record so far is 9 minutes and 43 seconds!

Me by the Statue of Liberty :)

World's Largest Store, Macy's
11 floors of shopping!

Ok...not an official sight, but funny nonetheless.
A lady pushing her dog in a stroller.  Oh, the
things you see in New York!

Tons of pigeons in New York!   Made me think of  Home Alone

Times Square...always packed with people!

New Years Eve Wishing Wall.  All the wishes on the wall
will be dropped in the ball on New Years Eve, so of
course we had to put our wishes up there :) 

Parsons School for Design
from the show Project Runway

The real Penn Station...not the sandwich place :)

NY Post Office...SO big!

Awesome view of Empire State Building

The bull statue from Hitch

NY style pizza

Statue of Liberty

9/11 Memorial pool where one of the WTCs used to stand

Only tree that survived the 9/11 attack

Cute little dinner outside at the restaurant, Casa Bella, in Little Italy

Sidewalk view of the Casa Bella restaurant

Beautiful view of the NY Skyline (blurry because we are on a bus)

Amanda and I enjoying the NYC nightlife:)

St. Patrick's Cathedral where Cardinal Timothy Dolan
celebrated the mass we went to on Sunday. 

We lit a candle at the beautiful statue of St. Rose of Lima,
Rose's patron saint and Amanda's confirmation saint.

FAO Schwartz candy store
We tried chocolate covered gummy bears!

Beautiful view in Central Park

Me in front of the boat house from 27 Dresses

And my favorite....Belvedere Castle in Central Park
We got to go up to the 2 upper levels to see the awesome view

Amazing view from Belvedere Castle

I was definitely ready to hit the pillow by the end of Sunday night! But I was so thankful for a weekend away and for Paul (and his parents!) holding down the fort while I was gone.

Hugs!