In A New York Minute

As promised here is all the juicy details about our trip to NYC (minus the trip home - separate post).

Wednesday:
Wednesday was our first full day in the Big Apple. We had to wake up super early to get into the city at to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I got to ride the ferry and subway for the first time. Ah, little country girl in the big ole city. :) The Met was very cool. We basically stayed to the modern art section. It is always exciting to see the artist's works that I studied for so many years. Bryan even discovered some artists that he like as well as many that he didn't. :) We both decided that we love Klee and Close. We had to make pretty quick passes through each room just to get in that 1 section! However, we did take some time to sit and reflect on one very awesome Pollock.

From there we went through Central Park stopping here and there to get some pictures in. We grabbed a hot dog (yummy!). We discovered a castle which we climbed to the top of and got some awesome pictures. Upon coming out the other side of the park it was time for lunch! We met Morgan and Anthony at a nearby restaurant. After stuffing our faces we headed to the The American Museum of Natural History for 3 exhibits. We started at the planetarium for a show called Cosmic Collisions (very cool!). It was narrated by Robert Redford (ooooooh!!). :) Then we went to the IMAX they had to watch a movie on ancient sea monsters. Finally we caught the Snakes/Lizards exhibit. We were soooo exhausted at this point, but we weren't done.

I had arranged to meet an old friend of mine that I went to high school with who currently resides in NYC. He met us, and we went to an awesome dinner. It was great to see him. It was the great way to end an awesome day in Manhattan. Finally, it was time to take the Xpress bus back to Staten Island and bed!

Thursday:
Thursday was a good slow day hanging out in Staten Island. Bryan took me for a little driving tour of where he grew up. We stopped at a pier and walked out of the water. It was really cool to see where he grew up. I love learning about his past. We grabbed some coffee and headed back to the house. We had an awesome family dinner, and then we all went our for dessert and coffee.

Friday:
Friday it was time to go back into the city. We were up early to make the trek back into the city. We got off at Times Square. That was pretty awesome. There was so much going on, but I liked it. We grabbed some breakfast (pizza for Bryan and a gyro for me) which we ate on the bus that took us to a cruise. That's right, a cruise! It was a 3 hour cruise that took us all the way around Manhattan. It was kinda long but very interesting. I saw the Statue of Liberty (very beautiful) among many, many buildings....hehe. There were tons of awesome sights along this cruise. There's probably no better way to see a little bit of everything.

After the long, cold, and windy cruise we headed to Chinatown (crazy place! but very cool). The whole gang at dinner here, and then we split up. We were able to get in a little shopping here. I snagged a very cool NYC t-shirt. We went to a martial arts store; they had some super crazy stuff. Bryan and I then headed to a jewelry store owned by a guy he used to know. Finally it was time to go back to Staten Island.

I'll tell you about the rest of the trip including the ride home in the next post. :) Here are the pictures that cover this portion of our trip:

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