12.14.2011

Christmas Magic in NYC

Last Monday thru Thursday RT was in New York for work and I was lucky enough to meet him there on Thursday for a little Christmas getaway!  We stayed until Sunday and had the best time.  New York is a magical city year round but it is extra special during Christmas time.  I have been fortunate enough to have been to NYC twice before but Christmas really is my favorite time to go.  Here is a rundown of what we did...

Thursday:  We stayed at the New Yorker.  When I got there on Thursday RT was still working so I dropped my bag off in the room and walked down the street to Macy's.  I loved the window displays and thought it was so cool to be standing right where the Thanksgiving Day parade takes place.  I met RT back at the hotel and we freshened up and headed out to meet our friend Nate (who works at Morgan Stanley in Times Square) for dinner.  He suggested a place called Malatesta.  It was amazing!  Authentic Italian food by Italians that didn't speak very good English.  We drank wine, stuffed ourselves with pasta and had great conversation.  Then we headed to a bar for another drink before Nate had to catch the train home.  By then I was exhausted from a day of traveling and a flight that left Dallas at 6:10 am.



 Friday:  We hit the ground running!  First stop FAO.  I mean, how can you go to NYC with out going to FAO! We shopped and shopped and picked out the most fun gifts for Cole, Campbell and Gray.  I was like a kid in a candy store!  We even saw Spider Man and Iron Man and may or may not have gotten in trouble for taking their picture.  From there we went to Dylan's Candy Bar.  It is 3 floors of candy, ice cream, cookies and cakes.  Yum.  Then we had lunch at my favorite restaurant ever, Serendipity.  If you have never been there you MUST go.  It is indescribable, quirky, small, always has a wait 2 hours long no matter what time of day you go.  They are famous for their frozen hot chocolate and the food is always good.  Next up was Barney's to see the Lady Gaga exhibit....it was weird.  Then off to Central Park for a stroll and to see the Plaza.  Amazing.  Of course we went to Rockefeller Center and saw the Christmas tree.  It is unbelievable.  Then we headed to Time Square.  We just soaked it up.  It is just so cool.  For dinner we ate at Lazzara's for dinner and seriously had the best Caesar salad and pizza I have ever had.















 Saturday:  We slept in.  We ate breakfast at the Tick Tock dinner that was connected to our hotel.  We took a cab to NoHo and bought Compost cookies, Crack pie and Candy Bar pie at Momofuku Milk Bar.  Go there if you get a chance.  Then we walked around Bryant Park.  It was a magical place.  We watched the ice skaters, saw the little Merry-go-round, shopped and I just loved it.  We met my aunt, cousin and her two kids for lunch.  They live in Atlanta so how crazy was it that we were in NYC the same weekend!  After lunch we went back to the hotel, relaxed a little before getting ready for dinner at Shula's followed by Sister Act on Broadway!  What a fun night!




Sunday:  We had a VERY early flight Sunday morning.  We were sad to leave but ready to see our babies.  Thank you to my parents for taking Cole to school and to Cruse's birthday party while we were gone and for loving on both kiddos so well (as usual).  I am pretty sure neither one of them missed us which is actually a great feeling because I know they were having such a great time!

I can't wait to go back!  Thank you honey for such a wonderful getaway!  I am so glad we had time for just the two of us during this busy season.  I love you!

5 comments:

The Hamptonios said...

fun! great pics!

Rachie said...

holy cow - i cannot believe how much y'all packed in, but it looked like so much fun. made me miss it (:

Shelley Lenay said...

So jealous!!!!! Looks amazing! We will go during Christmas...at some point!

The Rodriguez Crew said...

Your pictures seriously look professional! I loved all of them!! And I was reliving our engagement (on christmas night in nyc) all of those years ago! It's one of my very favorite places to visit. So nice to have a quick getaway with your husband, especially at christmas!

Lyric said...

Paige, you are too kind! How fun to get proposed to on Christmas night in NYC! Last time i was there was right before Christmas when my sister was proposed to at Top of the Rock! Such a fun and exciting and romatic place!