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Sunday, October 5, 2008

NYC...Here we come!



Jon and I were lucky enough to go on another vacation. We went to New York City for 5 days in September. We went that particular weekend to attend an event hosted by one of Jon's vendors from work MD&D. We arrived on Thursday afternoon and met up with Auntie MK and Uncle Joe. They were in town from Cali to attend the same event. We walked around Times Square, went to dinner and then went to my first Broadway show! We saw Young Frankenstein. It was FABULOUS!!! It is a Mel Brooks production...so obviously it was filled with humor and wit. We loved it!

On Friday, Jon went into the NYC office and did some work and I got to go play with MK and Joe. We went to all the fun stores on 5Th avenue, including Tiffany's:) I girl can't pass up an opportunity like that!


Then we attended the Annual MD&D Boat Ride. Oh, what a time we had!!! Our friends from ATL, Hollie and Travis, were there too! It was amazing, everyone took a bus from the hotel to the boat dock and we boarded a beautiful boat. We were greeted with a glass of wine:) There was all the food and booze anyone could ask for. Our favorite part was the view. The boat went around Manhattan and then came back and circled the Statue of Liberty. It was truly a breathtaking view. Our camera doesn't do it justice...


On Saturday it rained on and off...but that didn't stop us!!! We went on a pub crawl in the village with some guys from Jon's work and their wives. They have been doing this for years and normally they stop at about 15 pubs!!! Since it was raining I think we only went to 4 or 5. We had so much fun! It was really fun to see a side of NYC that we probably wouldn't have without our local friends:) The atmosphere was great and the company was even better.

Sunday we spent the day together and did all the fun touristy stuff. We went to FAO Schwartz and played on the big piano, Central Park and took a carriage ride, the 30 Rock building, Grand Central Station, Times Square...the whole shabang!


Jon playing a tune:)


The 30 Rock Buidling. We were hoping to see Tina Fey...no luck!


Sort of cheesy...but we couldn't resist!

We also went to Bryant Park, for those of you who don't know, that is where NY Fashion Week is held and guess what!!!! IT WAS NY FASHION WEEK!!! We saw several famous people coming in and out of the tent and then a lot of people who thought they were pretty hot stuff, but no one knew who they were...we won't tell them though:) Then we went to dinner and another Broadway show! This time we saw Mama Mia, it was really good too!


During our trip to NY we walked a lot and became regulars on the subway, it was really fun to get around the way the locals do it. All in all, we had a great time! We can't wait to go again next year:)

Right now we are back home and cheering for the PACK!!! Love, Emily and Jon