we kicked off the weekend with breakfast {our hotel always has a killer breakfast} and headed out for a PACKED day.
we stumbled upon a little street fair when we left the hotel & just perused through it down avenue of the americas.
of course you can see the empire state building on the left in the pic above - but that tall orangish-brownish building over there on the far right is our hotel. and all those beautiful trees are bryant park.
what does one's view look like in the mornings staying at such accommodations you ask?? well, you have two choices...
bryant park.... or...
ummm - like either of those would ever be considered anything but an awesome view!! HELLO.
as we were walking down the street, i asked amanda to snap a quick pic of me & d.might...
and ended up with a sweet photobomb by bub rub. awesomesauce.
the street fair was pretty neat - there were all sorts of vendors! pashminas, hats, sunglasses, etc. and of course jewelry booths - one even had bugs in the jewelry. like for real insects.
and it totally smelled like toad suck daze. not the jewelry. the actual street.
we finally made our way down to our intended destination - the first stop of the day...
i've had this print in my room since around the age of fourteen and even though i adore it -- i can't help but think of how my accident prone self would fall plum off that beam if it were me eating my lunch up there.
the empire.
the park.
the boys.
we headed over to brooklyn {ahem, via the subway, mind you - s.c.a.r.y. stuff} after our top of the rock adventure.
we'd heard of the best pizza place ever and we're full believers of not leaving any stone unturned.
and here is the line to get into said best pizza place ever.
however, there was this little park just down the street, overlooking the river - so we took turns standing in line & walking around down here a little.
grimaldi's pizzeria.
tiny. old. full of italian dudes.
and delicious pizza & root beer.
it was so good!! but i'm not really one for waiting an hour and a half {on a good day} for food.
call me impatient if you must.
but the last thing you'd want to deal with is me waiting for food...
why take the subway or a cab back into manhattan when it's just a bridge away??
exactly.
loved walking back across the brooklyn bridge.
except for almost getting taken out by people riding bikes.
twice.
we stopped at a few points just to observe and found this little jewel written on the bridge right were we happened to stop...
f.a.t.e.
the brooklyn bridge.
we eventually made our way over to ground zero, of course.
because it doesn't matter how many times you've been down there - it is always an amazing thing.
the cross at ground zero.
this go-round they had the 9/11 memorial store open. so in we went.
i wish i had the adequate words to describe what it feels like to be in there, to see everything in there.
this is a replica of what it all should look like when construction is finished. simply amazing.
unfortunately amanda got seriously sick right around this point, so we decided to come back and see the towers, construction, and what was once ground zero.
she rested a good part of the afternoon and evening and luckily felt well enough to make it to one of the biggest highlights of the trip...
the yankee game.
yankee stadium, the bronx.
new york yankees v. the minnesota twins
american league championship series - game five
of course you need a broom when the yank's sweep the series!!!!
SWISH-ER.
and this lovely, lovely little thing is what one might refer to as a bleacher creature.
and the other one to her left... jury's still out on if that was her son or her date.
crazy fans. crazy win. crazy, CRAZY good time.
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