so we are back from our weekend in nyc. we loved it. it was such a good time to get away, have some fun and see something new and exciting. unfortunately - my feet are not as happy about the trip as i am. while i am so happy to have my saucony's - i just wish i had thought to order them at least a week before the trip so that my feet would get acclimated to the new shoes and the new shoes would be broken in by the time we decided to walk for miles on end! we walked pretty much ALL of NYC in one day. and the next day - what did we do? we walked about half of it. then stood for 3ish hours at a concert... yeeeeeah. it was insane. but so much fun.
we got to new jersey and to our friend jackie's house - where we were staying - in pretty good time, woke up a little late and had some stuff to deal with from back home. sadly - i failed at taking care of a few things and those few things blew up. :( but at least it got worked out and i THINK everything is okay. so after all that was dealt with, we finally headed to nyc. new jersey is awful to drive around. the scenery was fun but the drivers and the roads just sucked. if you don't know where you're going, expect to miss turns and then don't expect to be able to just make a u-turn and correct the mistake. it was pretty ridiculous how many times we missed a turn because the signs are just SO small and confusing. but regardless... we made it to the elizabeth station where we hopped on a train that took us into penn station NYC. it was literally like walking into hong kong. and when we got into the city from the train station... the first thing i thought of was "these taxi cabs should be red and green and then i'd be in hong kong and super happy." don't worry - i didn't pine for hong kong the entire time. think about it? yes. pine for it and have a miserable time because i wasn't IN hong kong? no. :)
so we started walking. we walked from penn station, passed time square and walked all the way to central park. but in between there we checked out some prices on tickets to see a few broadway plays. a little too pricey for me to justify not being able to see the entire stage, so we opted out for this trip. maybe another time. but we walked and walked. had a hot dog from sabbra's and sadly we were really disappointed. but we continues on... got some pizza at ray's. it was really yummy! so big! hehe. so after we ate, we kept walking. the walk from penn station to central park is about a mile and a half... give or take. we sat in central park for a little bit and then realized we were close to the store that inspired "duncan's toy chest" in home alone 2 and the plaza hotel from home alone 2. we visited both (they are across the street from each other) the plaza hotel was so intimidating. we are poor folk and the plaza hotel is a super expensive hotel! ahaha. so we went in, snagged a few pictures, walked in the lobby and then came back out. we weren't sure if tourists who were not staying at the hotel were allowed to visit. so i got to visit that. such a fun little thing to do! (oh forgot to mention we saw the naked cowboy dancing with his guitar! epic... okay not really but we still saw him. didn't talk to him but saw him.)
then we walked from there to the train station to take the train to china town for dinner. we had ajisen ramen! it was LOVELY!!!! when we were in china town... i heard so much cantonese that i, no joke, forgot i was in the united states for a little while. it was amazing. i felt like i was home in hong kong and just in a different area that i had not yet visited. (there are plenty of those places!) oh man it was fun! we walked around china town for a little while and then decided to call it quits. it was around 9:30 by then. we finally got back to our car and unfortunately... we had another crappy time driving around jersey trying to get back to our friends house. boo! but nonetheless - we made it home and i pretty much fell asleep on impact of the lovely bed i was sleeping in. :) bud stayed up late and made a game plan for saturday's trip into the city.
on saturday - we got up late... (well we wanted to get up at 8 and leave at 8:30... didn't happen. woke up at 9 and left at 9:30). so we went to staten island to ride the ferry from jersey to nyc. it was nice because the ferry takes you right by lady liberty and its a lovely ride too. very reminiscent of hong kong's star ferry, however this ferry was much bigger, slower, and had a much greater distance to travel. it was fun. oh did i mention that the weather for both days was absolutely perfect??? so yeeeeah. we got to nyc and headed directly to the cosby show house! it was so wonderful being there... i just wish i could shake the hand of mr. bill cosby... such an inspiriation and seems like such an amazing man. truly. so after a bit of hanging out there, pictures and such, we headed to mesa grill. but sadly - we didn't think about the fact that it had a dress code. we were dressed like your average tourist... t-shirt/jeans. its a business casual place so we missed out on going there. i was really bummed. but oh well... next time.
stopped at nathan's and had food and then went to the empire state building. that was fun. amazing how fast the elevator takes you up! glad my ears didn't pop. the weather was so good... we saw so far it was incredible. i love being that high up. it was like we were on top of the world! honestly. i know... how cheesy. but it was the truth! :) after that, we headed down and caught the ferry back to staten island. we cut our NYC part of the trip short and headed to baltimore to see the digitour at sonar in baltimore. it was a lot of fun. i just wish i wasn't in so much pain due to walking so much (lets face it i'm out of shape) and from walking funky due to the blisters on my feet... ugh. anyway - i still had fun and the gregory brothers were so much fun to watch! headed home afterwards, got our chicken nuggets for our anniversary ritual, caught up on community and enjoyed each other's company. we love each other. even if times get crazy, we love each other. happy anniversary, bud!
today we woke up late, i watched like half a season of the cosby show and bud went grocery shopping and returned something to justin and got my keys back from him. thank you again, justin for watching our aminals! they mean so much to us and we are thankful that you could take care of them. :) <3 and if you read this... jackie - thank you so much for letting us use your house while we were up there! you are amazing and truly a gem! we love you.
well... i guess thats all. it is now 10pm and i need to go to sleep. i'm super sleepy, still a bit sore and i need to get to bed. love to you all! <3 goodnight. here is my favorite picture from our trip!
we got to new jersey and to our friend jackie's house - where we were staying - in pretty good time, woke up a little late and had some stuff to deal with from back home. sadly - i failed at taking care of a few things and those few things blew up. :( but at least it got worked out and i THINK everything is okay. so after all that was dealt with, we finally headed to nyc. new jersey is awful to drive around. the scenery was fun but the drivers and the roads just sucked. if you don't know where you're going, expect to miss turns and then don't expect to be able to just make a u-turn and correct the mistake. it was pretty ridiculous how many times we missed a turn because the signs are just SO small and confusing. but regardless... we made it to the elizabeth station where we hopped on a train that took us into penn station NYC. it was literally like walking into hong kong. and when we got into the city from the train station... the first thing i thought of was "these taxi cabs should be red and green and then i'd be in hong kong and super happy." don't worry - i didn't pine for hong kong the entire time. think about it? yes. pine for it and have a miserable time because i wasn't IN hong kong? no. :)
so we started walking. we walked from penn station, passed time square and walked all the way to central park. but in between there we checked out some prices on tickets to see a few broadway plays. a little too pricey for me to justify not being able to see the entire stage, so we opted out for this trip. maybe another time. but we walked and walked. had a hot dog from sabbra's and sadly we were really disappointed. but we continues on... got some pizza at ray's. it was really yummy! so big! hehe. so after we ate, we kept walking. the walk from penn station to central park is about a mile and a half... give or take. we sat in central park for a little bit and then realized we were close to the store that inspired "duncan's toy chest" in home alone 2 and the plaza hotel from home alone 2. we visited both (they are across the street from each other) the plaza hotel was so intimidating. we are poor folk and the plaza hotel is a super expensive hotel! ahaha. so we went in, snagged a few pictures, walked in the lobby and then came back out. we weren't sure if tourists who were not staying at the hotel were allowed to visit. so i got to visit that. such a fun little thing to do! (oh forgot to mention we saw the naked cowboy dancing with his guitar! epic... okay not really but we still saw him. didn't talk to him but saw him.)
then we walked from there to the train station to take the train to china town for dinner. we had ajisen ramen! it was LOVELY!!!! when we were in china town... i heard so much cantonese that i, no joke, forgot i was in the united states for a little while. it was amazing. i felt like i was home in hong kong and just in a different area that i had not yet visited. (there are plenty of those places!) oh man it was fun! we walked around china town for a little while and then decided to call it quits. it was around 9:30 by then. we finally got back to our car and unfortunately... we had another crappy time driving around jersey trying to get back to our friends house. boo! but nonetheless - we made it home and i pretty much fell asleep on impact of the lovely bed i was sleeping in. :) bud stayed up late and made a game plan for saturday's trip into the city.
on saturday - we got up late... (well we wanted to get up at 8 and leave at 8:30... didn't happen. woke up at 9 and left at 9:30). so we went to staten island to ride the ferry from jersey to nyc. it was nice because the ferry takes you right by lady liberty and its a lovely ride too. very reminiscent of hong kong's star ferry, however this ferry was much bigger, slower, and had a much greater distance to travel. it was fun. oh did i mention that the weather for both days was absolutely perfect??? so yeeeeah. we got to nyc and headed directly to the cosby show house! it was so wonderful being there... i just wish i could shake the hand of mr. bill cosby... such an inspiriation and seems like such an amazing man. truly. so after a bit of hanging out there, pictures and such, we headed to mesa grill. but sadly - we didn't think about the fact that it had a dress code. we were dressed like your average tourist... t-shirt/jeans. its a business casual place so we missed out on going there. i was really bummed. but oh well... next time.
stopped at nathan's and had food and then went to the empire state building. that was fun. amazing how fast the elevator takes you up! glad my ears didn't pop. the weather was so good... we saw so far it was incredible. i love being that high up. it was like we were on top of the world! honestly. i know... how cheesy. but it was the truth! :) after that, we headed down and caught the ferry back to staten island. we cut our NYC part of the trip short and headed to baltimore to see the digitour at sonar in baltimore. it was a lot of fun. i just wish i wasn't in so much pain due to walking so much (lets face it i'm out of shape) and from walking funky due to the blisters on my feet... ugh. anyway - i still had fun and the gregory brothers were so much fun to watch! headed home afterwards, got our chicken nuggets for our anniversary ritual, caught up on community and enjoyed each other's company. we love each other. even if times get crazy, we love each other. happy anniversary, bud!
today we woke up late, i watched like half a season of the cosby show and bud went grocery shopping and returned something to justin and got my keys back from him. thank you again, justin for watching our aminals! they mean so much to us and we are thankful that you could take care of them. :) <3 and if you read this... jackie - thank you so much for letting us use your house while we were up there! you are amazing and truly a gem! we love you.
well... i guess thats all. it is now 10pm and i need to go to sleep. i'm super sleepy, still a bit sore and i need to get to bed. love to you all! <3 goodnight. here is my favorite picture from our trip!
a bajillion stories in the air! <3
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