10/26/10

A city so nice, they named it twice! (NEW YORK!)

Well, yes, we have been home for two weeks, but better late than never, right? So Tia, Mom and I went out to New York to vay-cay with Tiana and we had SOOO much fun! The first half of the trip, we spent in Albany and then the four of us spent a few days in the heart of NYC! We went on a food tour, out to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, to Ground Zero, to Time Square, saw two Broadway shows AND we were on Good Morning America! (The one thing my mom insisted we do!) :) So yes, we were busy girls, but we couldn't have had a better trip. (Except Tiana---she could have done without all the throwing up) :) Here are some pictures!
This was Tia and I on the plane in FIRST CLASS!! WOOT! :)
The next morning, we took a drive down to the Norman Rockwell Museum and I LOVED it!! It was super neat to see some of his original works, and his house and studio were transplanted onto the museum grounds!
The morning after that, we went to a little orchard/farm to get hot, fresh apple cider and doughnuts..........mmm.......I am craving some right now! :) Georgie loved looking at the "Punt-kins" :)
And we all had a lot of fun feeding the baby animals. This was probably my favorite morning :)
The next day, we headed to Manhattan! This is us at the beginning of our food tour. It was so interesting to learn some little, unknown facts about the area and taste some good food all along the way.
You may recognize this pizza place from a few scenes in Spiderman 2 and yes, the pizza was great!
The "Friends" building!
Tia was confident she was becoming a native New Yorker :)
That night we went to WICKED! I fell in love with it all over again :)
Sisters in Time Square
After we went to Time Square, Mom took Tiana back to the hotel to throw up some more. Meanwhile, Tia and I went out on the town and ended up going to a comedy club and staying out till 2 the next morning :) IT. WAS. A. BLAST!!!
The next day, we hit the metro....
....which took us to a ferry that took us to Liberty Island :)
and Ellis Island (which was incredible by the way. If you're ever in town, make sure you get a guided tour of the place. It's well worth it)
Once we got back to the mainland, Tia and I went off on our own to Wallstreet and Ground Zero.
And as we were eating dinner at Carnegie Deli, MR. T WALKED IN!! :)
This was our shopping center--Canal Street---basically a 2nd Tijuana
and Mom was pooped after our shopping spree :)
And before we left the city, Tiana insisted we visit this incredible doughnut place wher doughnuts are........wait for it............$6 a piece!
Then we drove back to Albany to say goodbye to JC and Georgio. I miss that girl. Auntie loves you Gigi! :*

3 comments:

Meg and Brad said...

The post is lovely - and the pictures are even better! I'm glad you girls had fun!

Sydney said...

Very good post. It looks like you had so much fun.

Katie Pettey said...

Ali, I love reading your blog! What an amazing trip in one of my very favorite cities! I'm so glad you gals had such a good time. We love you!