New York - Part II

After Yankee Stadium, we headed to our hotel to clean up. We stayed at the Grand Hyatt. Oh my goodness, was it the nicest room! It was big - so super nice. I LOVED it. I bid $120 for it on priceline.com, and got it! The rates are usually about $300 a night - so it was a great deal. (you all know how I love deals) So, after we were showerd and cleaned up, we decided to head to the temple and do initiatories. We hopped on the subway, and away we went. It was so easy to get there! It was really amazing how noisy it was outside, and then immediately stepping in the temple, it was silence. It was crazy! Troy and I were the only people doing work in the temple from 4-5 oclock that day. Crazy, huh? I guess it's slow. So - if you live in NY, or are visiting...go to the temple! Afterwards we grabbed a bit (yes, I mean bit) to eat, and headed to see Wicked at the Gershwin. A little bit about our meal: they have menus on the windows, so we decided to stop at this mexican place. It was about $14.00 for 2 tacos. You know how mexican places are, the plates are bigger than your head, and they add tons of rice and beans, not to mention the chips and salsa you get while you wait. Well, this was definitely not that kind of mexican. We paid $4 for chips and salsa, and we got two tiny tacos...you know - the quarter sized ones, and the only thing on it was meat. No salsa, tomatoes, lettuce...nothing. Needless to say, we were starving after eating. We decided we are not "fine diners". But, it was now time for Wicked. I was so excited. I saw it in Chicago 3 years ago, and we have the CD, which our family listens to often, but Troy hadn't seen it. It was defintely great! Troy enjoyed it, and I loved it just as much the second time! Since we had been all over, we just took around our small point and shoot (which explains the quality of the pictures) but I really wanted to take my camera, and try some nightshots at Time Square. We went to the hotel, changed, and headed back to Time Square. (It was probably 11:00 pm at this point). I tried my hand at a few photos, some turned out, some didn't. Since we were still hungry from dinner, Troy got a slice of pizza, and I go a NY Cheesecake. Troy ended up eating most of my cheesecake - but it sure was good! The next morning, we got up, went to watch the taping of the Today Show, and then headed home. I learned some tips and tricks about the Today Show, for any of you who may be headed tha way soon. (learned from a security guard)

1. They come outside to the Plaza at 8:00, 8:30, 9:00 and 9:30.
2. Meredith can not be on the air between 9 and 9:30. Apparently her contract states she can't be on 2 channels at the same time, and Millionaire is syndicated, and shows somewhere in the country at that time.
3. Matt's middle name is Todd. And, apparently if you call him by his middle name - he is more likely to come talk to you.

As you can see from the pictures, we were standing in the totally wrong place. Oh well, we got sweet pics - and it was fun just being there. Afterwards, we found this little diner and had the total opposite experience with food than the night before. Tons and tons of food. Troy couldn't even eat what I couldn't eat - that's how much food it was, and was $20 cheaper than the night before...So, we definitely learned a lot! Enjoy the pics! Sorry, they're so random...I just go camera crazy... I love the cool tiling in the subways.
We were sitting under this crazy green light waiting to go to our seats. I suck at "hold the camera and take a picture of yourselves".


This is my FAVORITE picture. I love it. (above)


They had this rack of postcards that I was in love with! If they weren't $5 a piece, I would have bought some! Next time I'll have to get up early and take pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge.



Waiting for our yummy breakfast at the diner.

I have never seen this brand of car before. It was parked in the same garage as our car, and I snapped a pic of it while we were waiting for the attendant to retrieve our car.


The two pics above were taken out of the car window. I drove around with the window down so I could take pics. This last pic is of Saks - on Fifth Avenue.