NYC in August

So, we had one last amazing hurrah this summer. We went to NYC for our 10th anniversary! We left the kids with the grandparents (and aunt/uncle, and friends) for a whole week and took NYC by storm!

Here's a quick list of some of the amazing things we did:
Saw the statue of liberty (via the staten island ferry)
Walked across the Brooklyn Bridge (followed up with eating delicious brooklyn pizza at Grimaldi's pizza)
Times Square - during the day and at night
Went to the MET & the Natural History Museum
Walked through Central Park
Rode the Subway all the time (we felt like it was a new cool game that we had learned by the end)
Ordered Chinese food at 1:30 am
Hot dogs from a street vendor (street meat)
We went to a Broadway Show - 'Promises, Promises' with Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth (it was AMAZING!!)
NBC Studios tour - got to see SNL studios and walk those hallowed halls :-)
Went to the Top of the ROCK (which has a great tour of it's own talking about how it all originated)
9/11 Tribute Center - we bawled our faces off, but it was SO powerful!
Went to Chinatown, Little Italy, Greenwich Village, Chelsea (the chelea market is awesome!), NYU campus, SOHO, the garment district (Parsons school of Design!),Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Brooklyn, etc! Basicly we went EVERYWHERE!
Shopping, shopping and more shopping! We haggled with a few street vendors and had a grande time.

We had a tour of FOOD:
Ippudo in Greenwich village. Japenese Ramen - SO AWESOME! I MUST attempt to make this!
Cookshop in Chelsea - gourmet deliciousness. We had rabbit, oysters, lamb, etc.
Tabla - amazing Indian Food. We did a tasting (which is like 10 courses of incredible food in ways I have never had them!)
Magnolia Bakery - we went here several times including on the eve of our last night in NYC. Gotta LOVE that you can buy cupcake deliciousness at 11pm in Greenwich Village
Sushi in Times Square
Ate really good food at an Irish Pub called the Pig 'n' Whistle - which was super authenticly Irish...waitress included.
We drank at the House of Brews at midnight...shots with the hubby is FUN!
Shake Shack - best burgers and shakes! And we beat the lines - which can be hours long!
Grimaldi's Pizza in Brooklyn (long wait, but seriously good!)
Amazing Italian food with an unbelievable bread basket in Little Italy!
Etc, etc, etc...

We had the time of our lives! It was a trip that we will never forget! I really wouldn't want to live there, but it was FANTASTIC to visit!

Check out some pics from the trip:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=231461&id=855642263&l=4ffba4b65f

We have some GREAT tips to share with anyone who wants to visit NYC too, so email me & I will happily share!