"new york city"

I have so many awesome pictures from our trip.
These are from New York City, downtown Manhattan.
This is one of my favorite pictures.
It sums up what you think the streets of the city look like.
Hot dog stand with umbrellas and cabs and bright colors. I did get a "dirty water dog". Pretty good if you don't think about it! ha. But I can say I have eaten a hot dog from a street vendor in New York City...... check that off my list! My two favortie girls. We were headed out to a Broadway play. On Broadway. On a Saturday night. What is cooler than that?

The Chrysler Building is such a familiar landmark. Cool to see it from the street.

The ferry boat ride out to the Statue of Liberty was awesome. Was morning and cloudy but serene. I love boats and being outside. The rain subsided so we didn't get wet until we got to Lady Liberty!

My gorgeous girl LOVED the city. She wants to move there!

I can't remember the name of this street, but I'm going back someday. It is a street full of different restaurants and has tables outside. We walked down it and I wanted to stay.

So enjoyable.

I can just picture sleeping in, going to a deli for coffee in the morning, doing a little shopping and coming here from lunch. With my BFF and our girls.......

We walked down to Wall Street.

Was really cool because I used to work in that industry. (for a stock broker at an investment firm).

In front of the New York Stock Exchange.

Ground Zero.

This restaurant Delmonico's was the elite of elite back in the day. Rich people would come from everywhere to see and be seen.

It's still open but has had a lot of turnover with owners. Gorgeous building.

I have so many pics to post. More to come.....................................

"DC and New York"

Here are just a few pics from our trip. So many to share. We really enjoyed Washington D.C. and New York. Here is a pic of the capitol. All of the buildings are gorgeous and the architechure is amazing. Nicole and I didn't sleep a wink on our red eye flight to Georgia and then on to Virginia. At about 3:00 am we got the giggles on the plane when everyone else was asleep. This was our flight back when Nicole actually got some sleep. We were on the wing all flights which as nice. Got some cool pics out the window.

We went clear to the top of the Old Post Office in DC and ate lunch there. Was awesome. Could see the entire city and it was fresh and cool up there.

Here we are in front of the White House. It was raining. We got alot of rain in DC and New York. We saw the snipers on the roof and our guide told us Obama was in town because of the way the flags were hung. Saw his motorcade and missed him at the Capitol by 5 minutes!!

Had to a pic with New Yorks finest police officers in Rockefeller Center.

Central Park was amazing. This is the "kissing bridge" famous in so many movies. It was raining that day to! But lovely and we walked thru the park and took lots of pics.

Times Square in Manhattan.

Was really cool at night too. We loved it!

Some of the streets were dirty and smelly and full of garbage. We saw it all. The good, the bad and the ugly.

We saw "Shrek" on Broadway. A play on Broadway in New York City..............really...........how cool is that. Show was awesome. Nicole loved it too!

Lady Liberty. So awesome to see in person. I have pics that are closer, but thought this one was cool because you could see the NY skyline too. Was overcast and raining (surprise!) but I really enjoyed the ferry ride out to see it. Fresh air. On a boat. Morning. Very enjoyable.

A few things about the trip that I did not enjoy.

NY Subway. Dirty. Stinky. Hot. Icky.

4 hours sleep every night. Not enough!

Moving hotels almost every night.

Other than that. Trip was amazing. So many more pics to come. Such a great experience for Nicole and I to do together. Met some great kids and parents I didn't know before. Great bonding before they are all of to high school in the fall.