I Want to Wake Up in a City That Doesn't Sleep!

I recently returned from visiting New York City! My nephew is working as an intern on The Late Show with David Letterman and I went with my sister and nieces to visit him and The Big Apple. The last time I visited New York was in college...This time, it was fun having our own tour guide (my nephew). He really knows the city and the best eateries!

My nephew and I waiting outside Shubert Theatre.

We saw Blithe Spirit with Angela Lansbury and Rupert Everett.

City skyline from Brooklyn Bridge.

Highlight of this day --Grimaldi's Pizzeria!

We visited Rector Chapel near Ground Zero. It has been turned into a beautiful memorial site for victims of 9/11. This is a mound of Emergency Response System patches from those who helped from around the country. This historic chapel housed exhausted firefighters on its pews.






Ground Zero

Pam and I navigated our way to the LDS Manhattan Temple.













Ribbon and button heaven! M & J Trimmings


Dylan's Candy Bar on 3rd Avenue. Real candy on the floor boards. My favorite at Dylan's are the chocolate covered cookie dough balls.

My nephew and niece outside FAO Schwartz. Taking a break from shopping.

Central Park ~ Alice in Wonderland sculpture.

We went to The Martha Stewart Show. They chose my question for the "Ask Martha" segment of the show. I asked, "In a high elevation I find that sometimes my cookies dry out. Should I change the measurement of the ingredients or change the oven temperature?" She responded that I should change the amount of the levening ingredients. It was fun to see her and her beautiful set.

Our hotel had beautiful spring cherry blossoms in the lobby.

They gave me hope that spring might be around the corner..?

Waiting for our Broadway show ~Blithe Spirit. This was also the night that they dimmed the lights on Broadway in memory of Natasha Richardson.

Pam and I braved a blizzard to go to Rockefeller Center to see The Today Show. Meredith Vierra waved to us through the window.

Times Square













Ed Sullivan Theatre





















We visited Rupert at Hello Deli.
















I left my 5 boys at home under the wonderful care of Jeff and many others who made it possible for me to go. I arrived at JFK during the St. Patrick's Day Parade and made my way through a sea of wanna-be-leprechauns to finally arrive at our hotel. My sister and nieces arrived later that evening. Our adventure had begun! During the week we: shopped, ate, visited ground zero, ate the best Mac 'n Cheese at SMAC, went to the Martha Stewart show, saw a Broadway play, ate Magnolia's cupcakes, shopped, walked through Central Park, visited The Metropolitan Museum of Art, learned all of the Subway lines, ate the best pizza at a restaurant under the Brooklyn Bridge, saw Lady Liberty, the Empire State Building, the Manhattan LDS temple, saw Meredith Vierra at The Rockefeller Center, bought a purse on Canal Street, visited Dylan's Candy Bar and walked from the top to the bottom of Manhattan and saw everything in between.


I missed all of my boys while I was away. When I returned home my family had a new appreciation of the word "Mommy".