I (heart) NYC!

This weekend we were in New York City! We stayed with my dad, Julie, and Jenn and also spent some time with Lisa and Timmy. We arrived on Thursday evening... just in time for a crock-pot roast dinner at my dad's place. Friday morning we lounged a little and then headed off to Brooklyn to visit Aaron's cousin Dani at her vintage shop. It was my dad and Julie's first time at Go Fish, but we had been there before. We stopped at a local cafe for lunch and were worried for just a minute when they didn't appear to have any open tables for four. But, my dad being my dad just asked if we could move a table into the front area of the cafe where they have benches for people waiting. They were cool with it and we were happy because we didn't have to wait!

Back in Manhattan that evening we took Misha the dog for a walk and then arranged to meet up with Atul from Austin. Aaron had an 'it's a small world' moment earlier that morning when he had run into this long lost friend on the street. We may have found the diviest (is that a word?) bar in all of New York, but it was fun to catch up with Atul. After dinner with my dad we met up with Lisa and Timmy in the upper west-side for a glass of wine.

Saturday we had tickets to the matinee showing of Spring Awakening. Thanks to the TKTS booth we had seats for all 7 of us at orchestra level! Great show and fantastic music! Viewer be warned: contains adult content.

Timmy treated Aaron on Sunday to an ice-hockey game at Madison Square Garden. Aaron thought it was pretty funny how people started chanting for the Giants since they were going to be playing against Green Bay that night for a chance to go to the Super Bowl. While the guys were doing their thing, Lisa and I got a mani-pedi at her favorite salon. It brought back fun memories from my last visit since that was where we had our nails done for wedding in May.

Our flight home was on Monday, but since it was a late afternoon flight we had time to fit in one more thing. Aaron hadn't EVER been to the Empire State Building and the weather was clear so that's where we headed. It was soooooooooooo freaking cold at the top! The wind just cut right through you but the views were worth it. We were pretty disappointed with how commercial the experience was - they tried to up-sell you the entire time you were in line. We calculated that if you said 'yes' to everything they wanted you to buy (audio tour, pop up map, IMAX experience, green screen photo, etc), it would have cost over $100 per person! Are you serious?! Only in America could we come up with a way to squeeze that much out of a tourist for essentially what amounts to an elevator ride.

Anyway, even with everything that we fit in over the weekend we felt relaxed and that we were able to get some quality time in with the people we love. Click here for the full collection of photos. It was a great trip!