We have now decided to make this an annual event. It looks maybe like San Francisco next year? I come home with aching ribs from laughing, sore feet from walking, several purses that I really don't need, and some priceless memories with my favorite VA girlfriends!
Here are a few photos of our amazing girls weekend. We took this new bus up this year. For $33.00 round trip, it was awesome. We did get in trouble from the bus driver when we got on the bus in DC. It was 8:00am and he kindly let us know that we needed to sit at the back of the bus and keep it down, because people were trying to sleep. I think that just added fuel to the fire. From that point on we were not mother's of 20 kids....yes between the 5 of us we left 20 kids at home with their dads. We were unleashed wild Mormon ladies heading to the Big Apple!
We went to see the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular. Note: you only need to see it once ( I had already seen it)
We were much more organized with our restaurants. Penny served her mission in Japan, so she took us to a "real" Japanese restaurant. It was good? I was a little nervous about all the smells...yuck fish in my soup? But I warmed up to it and it was a great meal. It was so fun to hear Penny speak Japanese. Thanks Penny for making me go. I would have never gone without your push!
The Rockefeller Christmas Tree
When Jason and I lived in Brooklyn I never walked on the Brooklyn Bridge. It was fun to see Brooklyn and remember living in New York.
Here we are after one of many stops to Chinatown. We have to stock up on purses. It has changed so much in the last 16 years. When Jason and I were 1st married Chinatown was totally different. Bags, watches, glasses we hung all over. Now with the police cracking down on all the illegal bags, the Chinese have just gotten smarter. They now have a look out person. This woman comes up to you mumbling...do you want Coach, Louis Vuitton, Gucci? Then you follow her about 4 or 5 blocks off Canal street. She drags you to a basement room about the size of your shower. It is so funny to see these little closet size mini stores full of purses. One time we were asked and the man walked us over to a mini van. The door opened and a little Chinese lady stepped in the back, sat on a stool and told us to get in. 3 of us got in and they shut the door. The van was full of bags. I was laughing so hard I almost wet my pants.
Our last night we took TJ (Sierra's friend) out to dinner to thank him for letting us stay at his apartment. What a nice guy!
I did not make it on the Today Show. Although I sat and froze my behind off watching Penny and Shauna wave to the camera (lucky girls). I wish Katie Couric was there.
I dragged the girls to Dylan's Candy Bar. It is an amazing store on the upper East side. I got all the kids candy bars & jaw breakers. The store was huge and stuffed with candy.
We also ate $22.00 sandwiches from Carnage Deli. It was really overpriced (and like Sierra said you could feed a small village in Africa with all the meat that was on one sandwich) but very worth it. Thanks Whitney!
We found the Manhattan Temple on the upper West side. It was amazing to walk in off the street. We were greeted so warmly by the workers. We used the cleanest bathroom we had all seen in days. We just sat in the small waiting area and visited with the workers. It was great.
Central Park!
I really wanted to find a hat. One my head was freezing and two because I saw these really cute black fur ones and I just had to have one. So I stopped by a street vendor on 5th Ave (who shops in stores in NYC anyway?) I was trying to reach way up high to grab one of the fur hats. I just could not reach. So I asked the man to help. He started talking about how these were "real" fox fur blah blah blah. I asked him how much? He said well in Burgdorff's they are $2,000. I said well I'm not in Burgdorff's...how much. In the back of my mind I was thinking how much I would spend on this hat. I decided $20.00 max. He then tells me that the hat is $450.00! $450.00 for a hat off the street I said? he then begins to yell at me telling me that women come from all over to buy his hats...again blah blah blah. I ended up finding another vendor who had the same hat for $18.00. Don't you just love New York!
It was like the perfect ending to a perfect weekend. As we were driving home. It started to snow. When we stopped at a service plaza we asked one of the other passengers to take our picture with the driver....priceless!
We also ate $22.00 sandwiches from Carnage Deli. It was really overpriced (and like Sierra said you could feed a small village in Africa with all the meat that was on one sandwich) but very worth it. Thanks Whitney!
We found the Manhattan Temple on the upper West side. It was amazing to walk in off the street. We were greeted so warmly by the workers. We used the cleanest bathroom we had all seen in days. We just sat in the small waiting area and visited with the workers. It was great.
Central Park!
I really wanted to find a hat. One my head was freezing and two because I saw these really cute black fur ones and I just had to have one. So I stopped by a street vendor on 5th Ave (who shops in stores in NYC anyway?) I was trying to reach way up high to grab one of the fur hats. I just could not reach. So I asked the man to help. He started talking about how these were "real" fox fur blah blah blah. I asked him how much? He said well in Burgdorff's they are $2,000. I said well I'm not in Burgdorff's...how much. In the back of my mind I was thinking how much I would spend on this hat. I decided $20.00 max. He then tells me that the hat is $450.00! $450.00 for a hat off the street I said? he then begins to yell at me telling me that women come from all over to buy his hats...again blah blah blah. I ended up finding another vendor who had the same hat for $18.00. Don't you just love New York!
It was like the perfect ending to a perfect weekend. As we were driving home. It started to snow. When we stopped at a service plaza we asked one of the other passengers to take our picture with the driver....priceless!Thanks girls for the most amazing weekend! Can't wait until next year!
5 comments:
What a great trip! Sounds so fun...love girlfriends! You should have stopped in to see Dan, Caitlin and little Winston...too bad they are moving to San Diego!
xoxo
It looks like you guys had so much fun!! I have been trying to get my girlfriends from Ohio to come down here and get on the bus and take a trip to NYC, but they are all just now having babies and can't leave. I may have to push a little harder to get them to go. Sammi and I had a blast when we went last year. You all look really cold though...that is a drawback for me. I want to see all of your new purses!! Love that Chinatown!
Hooray Sara!! I'm so happy you have a blog!! I'm jealous of your fun girl trip to NYC! That was the last thing I did before moving back west and I need a trip back! (paid for would be nice :) your family is just darling, it reminds me of the wildness at my parents house about mmm.. 10-15 years ago, gotta love it. I especially love the sexyback video, hilarious!!!
that sounds like so much fun! maybe you should come to miami next year?
Can't beat a weekend sans kids and with girlfriends!
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