This week Danny and I slipped away to New York City to celebrate our anniversary - and what a trip it was! It was a rather last-minute decision, but it turned out to be one of our funnest times away (isn't that so often how it goes? The most spontaneous things end up being the funnest.)
Jacob and Danny had just gone to NYC for Jacob's 16th, and many of the things we did there Jacob and Danny had just done. So Jacob, I hope this post helps both of us remember the adventures of NYC!!
This is the view from our bedroom window - the highest floor of the hotel. The first thing that amazed me there was just how fast the elevators fly - in no time at all we were on the 44th floor, ears popping.
This happens to be the hotel where Jacob and Danny stayed, right across the street from where we stayed this trip.
I cracked the window open as far as it would go (about 5 inches) and stuck my camera out for this shot. And yes, the people really do look like little ants. Little ants that never sleep.
The famous Times Square.
Jacob and Danny kept talking about how much they loved the famous pizza of New York and before we even got there my mouth was watering for it. This was the first slice (of many) that we had there. Yum.
Our first night there Danny took me up to the top of the Empire State Building. Absolutely breath-taking. Also very scary at such dizzying heights. But yes, it was romantic...
The second day we went down to Ground Zero to see where construction workers were building the new skyscrapers. It was quite emotional to be down there where so much tragedy had taken place.
This was the pizza place that we walked blocks and blocks to find. Danny and Jacob swore it was the best pizza they found in the city, and we were determined to find it, and bring some home for the kids. After developing two achy feet, one stiff back and one swollen knee, we found it!! Victory!! And yes, we brought each of the kids home their own pizza! No, not a slice, a whole pie!! Worth every penny too...
Seriously though, we really did have achy feet and legs and backs, and we found a peaceful place to sit in Bryant Park and have some coffee. Then we wandered around the many quaint little shops that were set up here just for the holidays.
There is a church near Ground Zero that had set up a relief center for workers to come. Their fence had been bombarded with pictures of missing people and other misc. memorials and some of these were on display in this church still. This was probably the most touching thing we saw related to 9/11 while we were there.
The shops in Bryant Park...
Bryant Park is right behind New York City Public Library - this is the back of it. Just beautiful.
And the absolute highlight of our trip was going to see "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" on Broadway, starring Daniel Radcliffe! It was an amazing show!
And yes, we were stalkers. We waited outside for him to come out the backstage door and got a picture of him!!
It was really cool to see him come out, sign a few autographs, be escorted by his bodyguards into a black SUV and drive off... he did an incredible job in the show - who knew he could sing and dance so well?
Thank you, my darling husband, for taking the time to research this trip, plan it out, and drive us there. Thank you for driving in the city, thank you for my gorgeous crystal earrings, thank you for every slice of pizza and cup of coffee. Thank you for your offer of a ride through central park (I am so sorry I turned you down on that one!). Thank you for bearing with me when you were ready to go back out at midnight and I was just too wiped out to take another step. Thank you for all of it honey, I will never, ever forget it. Thank you for all these wonderful years of being an incredibly romantic, kind and loving husband... what a lucky woman I am indeed.
