We took a somewhat spontaneous trip to NYC this past weekend. Seeing the Rockettes for the Christmas Spectacular has been on our bucket list, so when I found a deal online, we decided that this trip would be our Christmas gift to each other. We left early Friday morning, and arrived at our destination 4 1/2 hours later (it should have taken 3 1/2, but there was a "gridlock alert," and sure enough it took us an extra hour once inside the city). Our first stop was St. Patrick's Cathedral, which was under construction, but still beautiful even behind scaffolding. We went to lunch at Ellen's Stardust Diner, which was a very fun experience. The waiters and waitresses are aspiring Broadway stars, so there is plenty of singing going on. After we had our fill, we enjoyed perusing the Museum of Modern Art. It was then time for the main attraction. The show was amazing, and we all enjoyed it, even a very tired Quinn. After the show, we drove just outside the city to visit some dear friends. We had a great time catching up, visiting a cider mill, and going to the mall. It was a wonderful, very busy two days and we are all still recovering.
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| Sunrise in Baltimore |
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| We started seeing these signs when we were still 2 hours away |
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| Monkeying around in the back seat |
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| Plenty of gridlock and traffic, including this guy walking his pretzel stand down the middle of 8th Ave. |
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| Still trying to get to 54th... |
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| He was very happy at Ellen's Stardust Diner |
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| Our waitress |
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| St. Pat's |
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| St. Pat's |
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| Hard at work at MOMA |
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| Pong at MOMA |
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| Plenty of doors to open and close |
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| Plenty of doors to open and close |
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| Christina's World |
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| He watched this exhibit for a long time, and cried when we left |
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| More Pac-Man |
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| Rockefeller Center |
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| Rockefeller Center |
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| Rockefeller Center |
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| Rockefeller Center |
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| The famous Christmas tree behind scaffolding in the distance |
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| Playing outside our friends' home |
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| Fresh, delicious apple cider |
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| The blurry girl in the foreground kept trying to kick Quinn out of the Princess Castle in the Disney store, but he was too vain to leave all those mirrors |
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| On the carousel |
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| On the carousel |
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| My wonderful, dear friend! |
