This weekend, Jer and I took a little day trip into New York City. We had been pretty busy all week with work, and so we didn't realize that it was only going to be 32 degrees and we were going to be walking around all day outside. Jeremy was really sweet and made a midnight run to Walmart to pick me up some pink long underwear and hand warmers. We were actually both pretty comfortable all day, those hand warmers worked great. I stuck a couple in my back pockets and gloves Jer put some in his hat and in his shoes.
First, we went and saw the tree in Rockefeller Plaza. You can't really tell in this picture, but it was huge! It looked so pretty lit up when it got dark.
Afterward, we walked over to Bryant park and went iceskating on the pond. They had a special promotion going on that day where you could iceskate for free, your rentals were free, and they even gave you free hot chocolate We thought it was a pretty good deal! I think this was my favorite thing we did all day. It was just kind of magical, everyone was just so happy and frolicking around on the ice.
That afternoon we went and saw "Newsical" on broadway. It came very highly recommended from the people in the discount line, but we both thought it was just ok. I think next time we'll try and see "Wicked." After the show we did a little bit of window shopping on 5th Avenue and went to FAO Schwartz. It's a pretty amazing toy store. Jeremy had a great time looking at all the Lord of the Rings stuff.
Afterwards we went out to dinner at Broadway Joe's on restaurant row. They have amazing cheesecake! As we were walking back through Times Square to the train station, we noticed an little convention of Santa Clauses
All day we had seen people dressed up as different things...a toilet, bacon, the statue of liberty...Elmo (he looked as if he had fallen on some hard times....) I guess it's a New York thing. I'm really glad we got to see the City during the holidays, what a fun day!
