I'm not going to go through every hour of each day, which I'm sure your thankful for, but I will mention some highlights.
1. Wicked! This is definitely the most important, exciting part of the trip. My sister, Linda, came in to the city from New Jersey on Saturday. Neither of us had seen the musical and both were dying to. Clearly we're really bad, last minute planners though because every time we went to buy tickets they were sold out. On my last trip, we attempted the lottery that they have every night to win tickets. And lost. We would have to wait until our next trip to NYC. So this time, again, because of last minute planning the show was sold out. I went to the theater in the morning to try to get tickets but all they had were two tickets, separate sides of the theater, where one was more of a partial view. Dang it. But we were on a mission. Again, we tried for the lottery. And lost. Grr. Hopes lost again, we walked off to get some food but it just so happened that we had a combined epiphany on the way. Maybe we should try for some cancellation tickets! Do you get the vibe that we were on a quest to see this show? We turn around and walk the half block back. And what do we find? A cancellation for two amazing seats dead center of the theater! Ok, so the price was a little more then we wanted to spend but it was SO worth it. Amazing show. I recommend it to everyone. And if you need someone to go see it with I'm here for you. :)
2. Visiting the Statue of Liberty. Um, or waving to it. Having previously been to NYC I already had the skillz of getting downtown to buy tickets for the ferry over to visit the very tall famous green lady. Previously we never actually visited the island though because once we got down there we didn't want to wait in line. But no matter. This time however my friends really wanted to go, so downtown we headed. For some reason we took some sort of short cut, or long cut, or different route or something, but eventually made it to the ferry. This was free, which seemed odd, not to mention that the name of the island we would be going to didn't really match up with my memories and/or my apparently not so well founded knowledge of geography and US history. Staten Island, Ellis Island, same difference... with the exception of the Statue of Liberty being on a different Island then where we were traveling to. Clearly it had been a long day. Or we're just stupid. But on the bright side we got to see her closer then being on Manhattan and I had the opportunity of having a creepy guy ask for my number. Seriously. What is the point of asking for a girl's number when you've already asked where she's from? Long distance relationships never work. For most. I'm pretty sure I could make it work out between me and Zac though... I'm just sayin. Moving on.
3. Chinatown. I didn't get there last time so I was definitely getting there! My friends were a little iffy on going, mostly because they're not really purse girls, but they were excited to share the experience. I think. Doesn't matter now. Just like my first trip I was after Kate Spade purses. Simple enough. As soon as we stepped out of the subway we see a nice girl who looks like she means business. I start out our not so much of an english conversation, "Kate Spade? Kate Spade? Kate Spade?" We get the signal to follow her and off we go. Our first stop had a nice selection and everything was cheaper then my last visit. It's always better to shop around first but I couldn't help it. After nearly tripping a few times down the scary staircase we get to a scary room filled with wonderful purses, I talked the lady down in price and off we went with my new purse. Almost. We weren't allowed out of the building until given permission by the lady in charge, I'm assuming she had to do a street check for cops. It would be a shame to have a cop raid on so nice of people. My next purse was picked out on the street by guys carrying around suitcases larger then I knew existed. While I was picking out my second purse, Tia ran into a guy selling "new" ipods. Maybe I was wrong to talk her out of buying electronics from Chinatown but nevertheless I did. It was just a hunch that it wouldn't last long. Kind of like the perfume that I bought. I knew it wouldn't be that strong but I was hoping that the scent would last more then five minutes. $15 gone, but a priceless experience buying it. We didn't travel too far into Chinatown, partly because the streets are named as opposed to numbered and I'm directionally challenged, and partly because I didn't bring enough cash. Note to self for my next time.
4. Of course we ate at Junior's. Even though there is no longer a sign in the alley pointing to "the funniest show on earth" I've labeled it a new tradition of going whenever I'm in NYC.
There are of course other fun experiences but I'm sure you're tired of reading... if you even made it this far. But just like every other New York trip it was fun and exciting and I'm ready to go again!
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