Monday, March 30, 2009

New York City

To celebrate our 1 year anniversary, Zac and I headed to New York City. We had a BLAST, but came back EXHAUSTED! It is definitely a place I have always wanted to visit, but glad I was not in need of a restful/relaxing vacation :)

Day 1: Flight to New York City, Hotel Wellington, Broadway, Subway, Empire State Building
Hudson River:
Lower Manhattan:
Brooklyn Bridge:
New York Mets' New Ballpark & US Open Venue:
Landed at LaGuardia:
View from our room on 25th floor:
Walking around Broadway:
Headed to Times Square from Hotel:
Subway Musician:
Lobby of Empire State Building:
View from the top:

Day 2: Battery Park, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, World Trade Center Site, Federal Hall, Wall Street/NYSE, Trinity Church, Walked Brooklyn Bridge, Chinatown, Little Italy
Ellis Island:
Lower Manhattan from Liberty Island
(World Trade Center Buildings Stood here - twice as tall as these buildings):
Main Building on Ellis Island:
Registry Room (where immigrants were processed):
Hospital on Ellis Island:
Ferry Terminal on Ellis Island:
Baggage & Dormitory (not been restored yet):
Lower Manhattan from Ellis Island:
What a day!!! And it's not over!!!
Sculpture currently in Battery Park:
World Trade Center Construction Site:
Construction of #7 is complete
(building that fell later in the day on 9/11):
Federal Hall
(where George Washington took the oath as President):
New York Stock Exchange
(you cannot drive on streets around this building and guards all around):
Trinity Church
(where firemen & police officers rested during 9/11 search & rescue shifts):
Cemetary at Trinity Church:
On Brooklyn Bridge:
Chinatown:
Yep, that is a bucket of frogs!
We watched a lady pick out the best to take home to cook:
Lombardi's in Little Italy:

Day 3: Good Morning America, Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Museum of Natural History, David Letterman, Central Park, 5th Ave, Serendipity, Dylan's Candy Bar
Set of Good Morning America:
Sam Champion!!!:
Cooking Segment w/ America's Top Chef Winner:
Recap of Their BIG Adventures:
Yep, that is us with Robin Roberts and Diane Sawyer!:
Rockefeller Center:
American Museum of Natural History:
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall:
Exhibit in Hall of Asian Peoples:
Exhibits in Mexico and Central America:
Exhibit in Hall of African Peoples:
Real Elephant Tusks from Africa:
Dinosaur Exhibit:Extinct Bear:Woolly Mammoth:
Life Size Blue Whale:
Waiting for the train:
We were on the front row of David Letterman!!!
Nicholas Cage was the special guest.
David Letterman's Production Company:
Central Park:
Serendipity's Famous Frozen Hot Chocolate:

Day 4: Metropolitan Museum of Art, St. Patrick's Day Parade, Anniversary Dinner, Wicked, Ellen's Stardust Diner
Female Figure from 4500-4000 B.C.:
Twins???:
Medieval Art Exhibit (choir gate from church in Spain):
Arms and Armor Hall:Temple of Dendur:
After theater dessert:

Day 5: Modern Museum of Art, Times Square, Flight back to Dallas
Helicopter hanging from ceiling in MoMA:
Vincent van Gogh's The Olive Trees:
Pablo Picasso's Violin and Grapes:
View of Neighborhood from the Sculpture Garden at MoMA:
Street Musician in Times Square:
Corner Food Vendor
"Hot dogs??? Pretzels???"
Times Square:
Traffic:
Fire Station:
Leaving the city:

2 comments:

Suzanne said...

WOW... you people are crazy :) does look like so much fun!

Katie said...

Oh my gosh! I'm tired just reading about all you guys did, but what a fun trip to see and do so much. Congrats on 1 year!