I just returned home from a long weekend in NYC (my first) and had a wonderful time visiting my good friend Meghan.
Friday night we went to Jazz at Lincoln Center to watch Meghan's boss perform...which just happens to be the famous Wynton Marsalis. It was a great show and I'm sure I'll have hearing loss for awhile now! After the show we hung out with Wynton's son and had some pizza, what a great kid! No pics from Friday because I didn't want to be the crazy tourist taking pictures with Wynton (he was super nice though).
Saturday we woke up LATE but ate an EXCELLENT brunch at Igloo in Astoria. I think it was probably the best brunch I've had. The day was sort of dreary, windy, and drizzly but we did some shopping on 5th Avenue and of course we had to go to the toy stores! We also swung by Magnolia Bakery which had the most delish cupcakes ever! I had a red velvet and it was pretty much pure sugar but it was awesome. By early evening I looked pretty awful from all the walking in the rain and wind.
One of the things I really wanted to do was see a musical on Broadway so we put our names in for the front row lottery at Wicked, fully intending that we'd be seeing something else because the chances of one of us getting tickets when there were 300 some people there were pretty slim. Imagine our surprise when my name got called!!!! We got front row seats to see Wicked for only $26.50 a piece!!! It was the highlight of my trip! GREAT musical!
After Wicked we walked to the famous Serendipity for some appetizers and desserts. YUM!
Sunday was a beautiful day and we ended up walking 8.3 miles and pretty much all over. We started by going on the Staten Island Ferry, down to the WTC site (which wasn't anything to see), by Wall Street, up through SoHo, Chelsea, West Village, etc and then ended at Central Park. It was great.
I think I'll have to take a trip to NYC every year for a long weekend. Thanks Meghan!!
