NYC

Joe and I recently took a trip up north for our good friend Steph's wedding. But before the wedding we were able to spend a couple days in Manhattan. We did a ton in two short days! There are no photos of our front row (the most amazing seats!) seats at Letterman. No cameras allowed...boo!!

We stayed at Sofitel and I am writing this because it was fabulous. The hotel is centrally located and offers the best service I have ever received from any establishment! They upgraded us for free on arrival, sent up free cheesecake, took care of the room twice per day and we were greeted by about eight people every time we walked through the hotel. a.maz.ing. loved it.

Day one. walking through times square, moments before scoring our Letterman tickets!

This is god's gift to New York. They aren't cupcakes. They are small whole cakes. Delicious.

I ate them at every possible opportunity.

Mint Chocolate Chip while watching Paul McCartney outside...

Crowd for Paul.

There he is in the pink shirt. He played on Letterman's roof for quite a long time...

The view out our window at Sofitel.

Outside our hotel, heading to Broadway show, Wicked. (amazing show!)

Wicked set. See Emerald City?!

My handsome husband.

Joe can find a celebrity anywhere. Look closely. I am taking a photo of Joe with Ivanka Trump in the background. Her hair is back and she's in that small cluster of people. She didn't even have hair and makeup done that night. BRAVO!

After I took Joe's photo, some nice woman offered to take our picture. She didn't know we were trying to zoom on Ivanka! So funny!!

Red skirt, off white sweater, messy ponytail. Ivanka. Why is she following us???

Curtain. Loved, loved, loved it.

Times Square at night. It was energy-- in every sense.

Wish we had more time to see more shows...

Up at the crack of dawn to head over to rockefeller plaza. This was our view...

Me and Al. He wasn't the nicest. If you can't tell, he wasn't super excited about this photo. :)

Wrapping up the show. They were close...

Now this man is genuine and kind. Really nice to the crowd.

We had to go in here. Reese would LOVE this place.

The dolls have their own spa and salon to get their hair done and get cleaned up.
It was crazy. Only in NYC. Reese and I will go there someday for sure.

Rockefeller center-- where the rink is in the winter. We are TIRED. :)

Carnegie Deli. Packed 24/7.

And it was the biggest sandwich I had ever seen. Tasty though!

Serendipity. Yummmm....

Small, charming... and busy!

Frozzzzzen hot chocolate. So good.

Joe out front of the nine (yes, nine) story Macy's. It just kept going and going and going.

Inside Macy's. Love that.

Best dog in NYC, so they say. Gotta admit, they were pretty good

(even if it is located next to the porn store).

No seating. And a recession special! Good stuff. Joe loves it...

Driving to Philly-- bye NYC. By the way, this was one of the scariest drives ever. If you are not used to driving through Manhattan, don't drive through Manhattan. I kept my eyes closed while Joe drove. It makes Boston drivers look very sweet and kind.

My goal is to have the Philly/Wedding photos up by tomorrow. :)