New York City - Day 5

The first pizzeria in the US!

 This is our last full day and night in NYC. At this point, Devin was starting to get bored being alone all day. We have lots of photos of random people as he liked people watching around town. He spent the day at the Transit museum and visited the first pizzeria in the US. 

The whole time in the city, we wanted to see a Broadway show. With Newsies being one of my favorite musicals, we decided to see this one. The best part was scoring $30 standing tickets!

We finished the night with dinner at the Shake Shack and one last view of Times Square.

New York City - Day 4

The look of a $17 pastrami sandwich

We sat at the same table from "When Harry Met Sally"

We went all over the city on our 4th night. We first started with dinner at Katz Delicatessen. This diner was made famous by "When Harry Met Sally" and was on a list of NYC must eats for their pastrami sandwich. It was good. It was also $17! We sat at the famous table, but was a little embarrassed to take pictures since there were so many people around us. Yep, we are tourists. 

After dinner we headed to High Line Park. It is built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side. We took a leisurely walk along the park admiring the city lights.

Our night wasn't over yet though. We headed uptown to Serendipty 3 for their frozen hot chocolate.

New York City - Day 3

Our third day in the city marked my first day of work. It was hard concentrating on work when all I wanted to do was spend the day with Devin exploring. Considering my flight and our hotel was paid for with this work trip, it was hard to complain about work when we had this awesome opportunity to travel to one of our bucket list destinations.  We still had 3 nights of fun ahead of us and we definitely jam packed it with fun.

While I was at work, Devin spent the 3rd day at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and the Guggenheim Museum. No pictures though. After I was finished with work, we met up for dinner at The Burger Joint in Le Parker Meridian Hotel. It was recommended by my coworkers and was delicious! We were surprised to see this hole in the wall burger place in such a ritzy hotel. We ended the night by renting bikes and riding around Central Park.

New York City - Day 2

The New Freedom Tower

911 Memorial Reflection Pool

Survivor Tree at the 911 Memorial Complex

After a good night's rest, we were ready to take day two by storm. We left around 9 and didn't get back to the hotel until after midnight. Such a fun filled packed day of site seeing.

- NBC Studio Tour - The couch potato in me loved walking around the halls of 30 Rock. We were able to see some incredible studios including Jimmy Fallon, SNL, and Dateline.
- NY Water Taxi tour - We were able to see the city from the water. My favorite part was the Statue of Liberty. Ellis Island was closed due to hurricane damage so this was the only way to see the iconic statue. She was smaller than I imagined.
- 9/11 Memorial - This was a very somber experience. I kept thinking about that fateful day back in 2001 and the images that will forever be engrained in my mind. It was crazy to think that I was in the same place that this all happened. The reflection pools that now stand where each of the buildings were are a beautiful tribute to all those that were lost.
- Brooklyn Bridge - This was my favorite thing from our trip. We ate at Grimaldi's Pizzeria under the bridge, grabbed ice cream at Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, and hung out at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Around sunset, we walked across the bridge back into the city.
- Top of the Rock - We wanted to see views of the City at night and what better place than the top of the Rockefeller Center. We spied Central Park, the Empire State Building, Times Square, and lots of other magnificent buildings.