NEW YORK CITY!

Last weekend I had the opportunity to go to New York City with my friend Strand to see our mutual friends Jenn, Kat, and Peter who are from New Jersey and Long Island (respectively). I have not laughed that hard in a while! 

Here's the breakdown of the weekend:

Friday: DAY ONE

2 pm: 4.5 hour bus ride to NY

jumping/screaming/tearing up seeing Jenn when we got off the bus

New York City subway to Times Square

Times Square (soooo crazy and lots of good photos!)

biggest Toys 'R' Us ever with the ferris wheel 

subway to Korea town (like Chinatown) 

YUMMY Korean BBQ - awww soooo yummy. Jenn taught us how to eat, essentially

Red Mango froyo - just like old times in Palo Alto

ride back to New Jersey to see where Jenn lives 

sleep

Saturday; DAY TWO 

8:30 drive to Jenn's tutoring

Strand and I hung out at Dunkin Donuts - yummy too!

half hour bus ride into "The City"

subway to SoHo

run around fabulous SoHo stores

met up with my pseudo-cousin Nolan Lindeke at NYU!!!

hung out in Washington Square until Kat and Peter arrived

mocked Peter for not wearing a jacket or coat... oh, Peter..... (he lives on Long Island)

subway to MoMa to find it was too expensive to go in (really, $12? the museums here in DC are free!)

got CHICKEN and RICE!!! Soooo yummyyyyy mmm..... but not very good for you....

walked up to see the NBC RAIBOW ROOM

discovered Rockefeller Plaza where The Today Show is filmed and where 30 Rock is set

taxi to Magnolia Bakery to buy delicious cupcakes where the following funny conversation too place:

"Peter, get your shoes off the table!"

"What? No, no... you see, I'm cleaning the crumbs off the table"

"With your shoes?"

"Umm... Yeah."

took tons of photos!

Peter had to go...

Jenn, Kat, Strand and I checked out some cute shops in the area including Betsey Johnson (a VERY feminine store that's painted pink) and we dragged Strand in

walked towards Central Park, Jenn had to go

walked through Central Park with Kat and Strand - lot's of photos!

subway to Bleeker Street; spent about 1.5 wandering trying to find it

finally found the secret/trendy Marc Jacob's "dollar" store - bought TWO pairs of cords for $5 EACH  :)

dinner at a fabulous little Italian restuarant

back to Kat's house on Long Island

9 pm: went out to see Peter and some of his friends

12:30: Wendy's for another meal

back to Kat's, loved her dog April

Sunday: DAY THREE

10:30: IHOP with Kat, her Dad and stepmom, Strand, and me. Yummy breakfast!

back to Kat's to pick up our stuff

12: Starbucks

1 pm: good bye to Kat.....

1:58 pm: train leaves from Hicksville to Penn Station

3pm: bus back to Arlington.

Monday: slept until noon! Relaxed the rest of the day

Tuesday: worked in the office; casual wear - very laid back

Wednesday: only person in the office! I held down the fort :)

Thursday...... has yet to come, but I leave for Charlottesville at 6:30 pm from Union Station!