Back in October, Wes and I spent a long weekend in New York to celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary! Neither of us had been back since we went for our one year anniversary (and I was pregnant with Emma!) so it had been awhile! We love New York and it was super fun to get away for awhile (it happened about 10 days after we were done with the big re-model!).
We flew out super early and made it to New York around 11am. Love the city skyline from the plane.
Took an Uber to our hotel which was right in the middle of 42nd street! The last time we went, we stayed in New Jersey and bussed over every day so this felt like a small luxury staying right in the middle of it all!
We got dressed and were ready to hit the ground running!
First stop - lunch at Shake Shack! This is where we really fell in love with Shake Shack all those years ago so it only felt appropriate to eat it in New York as well ;).
Everything was decorated for Halloween which was so fun! We stopped at an Irish pub for a mid-day beer (no kids!).
Before going to see Mean Girls!!! It was so funny!
After the show, we strolled to Central Park - we had the most amazing weather. Took notes of this playground - we would love to bring Emma and Everly here one day when they are older.
So many people were out - we were just soaking it all in.
And wound up walking through Rockefeller Plaza and the ice rink was up! Is it up all year? I really can't remember, but I don't think I had seen it before.
For dinner that night we googled tacos and overwhelmingly this place came up - we knew we were in for a treat when we showed up and there was a line out the door!
These street tacos were soooo yummy (we actually ended up eating here twice!).
And we capped off the night with a drink at a pub.
The next morning we grabbed breakfast around the street and headed out to walk the Brooklyn Bridge! It is something that I always wanted to do, but never had done. The weather was crisp, the sun was out - it was just a perfect morning strolling from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
My initials (LM) were on those balloons way up there - what are the odds?
After we finished up, we had a few hours to kill so we stopped at Joe's pizza for lunch.
Seriously delish - I loved my white pizza so much!
Next up - we headed over to Metlife Stadium to watch the Cowboys play the Jets!!!
We love checking out sporting events when we travel and we were pleasantly surprised that the Cowboys were there while we were there!
The Cowboys lost, but we had a great time.
Another night, another pub - I looked up some recs before we left. We shared a flight of beer.
And some appetizers. Yum!
The next morning we headed to Greenwich Village. We stopped and got a bagel.
Ate it in this lovely little park - the leaves changing colors were just at the beginning stages, but I am so glad we got a feel for it!
Before we headed out on our food tour!!!!! We had the best time walking around with our guide and getting to try so many samples of different Italian food!
We met the nicest couple on the tour that took this picture of us! They told us we were exactly what they thought of Texans, haha.
One of my favorite parts of the tour was walking through the neighborhoods!
We stopped and talked to one of our tour guides friends who was sitting on his stoop!
The Friends building.
This was my favorite house - the cream with the hunter green was such a good combination.
After we finished up - we took the Staten Island Ferry so we could get a look of the Statue of Liberty.
I always love taking this ferry!
When we finished up there we decided to walk the Chelsea Highline.
And go through Chelsea Market.
We shared a lobster roll because we knew we would probably have a late dinner.
Went back to our hotel room, hung out for a bit and then hit up a tex mex restaurant for margaritas before capping off the night with tacos from our new favorite spot ;).
We wanted to wake up early the next morning, but we just didn't (ha!), we headed to get a coffee and banana pudding for later.
Before walking over to the Today Show! We only made it for the last half hour, but we still had a blast!
Walked to The Smith to have breakfast.
Checked out FAO Schwartz and picked up a little treat for the girls.
And then decided to head to the Central Park Zoo. If you have been reading for long, you know we love checking out zoo's when we travel. This one was quaint but had some nice views.
Where are the girls when I need them ;).
Those yellow trees stole my heart. We sat here and ate our banana pudding from Magnolia and soaked up our last kid-free hours.
For a late lunch, we headed to Katz's Deli and boy, was it an experience!
It was super crazy and loud but also somewhat organized? The nicest butcher made our sandwich - we looked up an article that told us what to order :).
We couldn't finish this - it was so huge!
We headed back to our hotel to pick up our bags making a pit stop at the M&M store to get the girls a fun little treat!
And then we headed home! Such a fun little getaway :).
Meanwhile, the girls were having the best weekend and two school days with my parents!!! My parents took such good care of them and we are forever grateful for the love they pour into these two! Here is a peek of what they were up too! Minus all the school stuff :) but I will say my mom was a rockstar making sure they got everything done!
Puzzles.
Working out - Emma loves working out with my mom here in the mornings!
Workbooks!
Making birthday cards for Ally.
Reading books.
These three cheered on Everly at her soccer game!
My mom took the girls to a birthday party at an indoor swimming place!
Avocado toast for breakfast!!
They went to the Kimble on Sunday afternoon and there were a lot of activities for kids to do!
They made glasses!
Got their arm/face painted.
And did lots of arts and crafts.
They had smores (I think more than one time ;)).
Made pumpkin energy bites.
And shared smoothies (the girls are still talking about the time that Papa George took them to get smoothies!).
Think they liked it? ;).
They had a great weekend!!
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