Eating Our Way Thru NYC

I teased everyone before we left that I was only going to eat ..... Let's just say we did eat a lot!

When we got there Sunday evening we were hungry, in a hurry and trying to get our bearings. We ended up eating pizza inside a convenient store. It was actually really good!

After our cruise we ate at the bar while Gary watched wrestling. I didn't take a picture but I wish I had. It was the best appetizer sampler I have ever had!  All homemade & baked not fried. So good!

Monday morning we had breakfast at the Starlight Diner where the waitstaff are all people trying to get on Broadway.  So not only do they serve food but they also preform!  We got to see them do a lot of songs but they also did Phantom of the Opera & I was so excited!

We had lunch from a cart on the street. Chicken gyros - Yum! 

After Fallon we went to the Playrights Tavern. We sat upstairs in a really nice bar with a nice view. I had a portobello mushroom sandwich and Gary had some kind of porkchops. 

We skipped breakfast Tuesday but did stop at one of the five million Starbucks for coffee. And they put my name on both cups which I thought was funny!

Gary eventually got hungry so we stopped for a cookie. 

Before we left we had lunch at McGees, the bar that McClarens is based on in the show How I Met Your Mother. We shared mac n cheese. I had sliders & Gary had a BBQ chicken sandwich. 

TV Junkies

We spent our last few hours looking up landmarks from our favorite TV shows/movies. 

The first thing we found was the New York Public Library. This is my favorite scene from the Sex & The City movie. I cry every single time!

We found where the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld is. 

Then we had lunch at the pub that inspired the bar on How I Met Your Mother. 

We finished up with Gary getting a cupcake from The Cake Boss. 

Who knew Mondays could be so much fun?!??

We were lucky enough to score tickets online last month for today's taping of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. It was such a fun experience & I'm really glad we got to do it!  Fun once we got into the show that is... The 3 hours leading up to it consisted of a lot of be here at this time, now wait in a line. Now come back at this time and wait in another line. No. Don't wait here it's a fire hazard. Go find something to do. But make sure you are back in time or you don't get in!  

Once you finally get in it's a very top secret operation!  Absolutely no phones. It was really awesome to be behind the scenes though!

Then after dinner we wandered over to a comedy club!  So we have just been laughing all evening!

Exploring

After breakfast we just went & walked around. We went thru Times Square. We walked down 5th Avenue. We stumbled upon the LOVE sculpture!  Now a little nap then off to Fallon!

Harbor Lights Cruise

Best $60 I ever spent!

While I sit at a bar with Gary so he can watch WWE Summer Slam PPV & eat the best "bar food" I have ever had, I thought I could share a few pics from the cruise we went on this evening!

Shout out to the cute girls from Spain for taking pictures of us that weren't selfies!

And We're Off!

We made it to the bus station on time and away we go!  

Our driver just made an announcement no drinking alcohol or smoking on the bus. If the driver can't get drunk & high neither can you.... Hahaha

A pit stop in Philly...

45 minutes in Philadelphia ...  

A pit stop in Philly is definitely the pits!  

I had a few bites of a questionable hot dog. 

I met the bus station mascot. 

And I witnessed some amazing spelling!

Hendrick Andrew

One of my very best friends gave birth to her son, Hendrick, on July 18th.  It was less than a week after everything with Lexi and a month before his due date.

Erin's pregnancy was rough.  She had something called placenta previa.  Her placenta didn't move away from her cervix the way it was supposed to.  This caused her to have a lot of bleeding.  So much bleeding actually that she went to the ER numerous times afraid something was happening. 

The doctors had her on medicine to stop the contractions for about a month.  As soon as that ended she started having them regularly again and the bleeding got worse. 

On Friday, July 18th, she woke up to a lot of bleeding so her and Andy rushed into the hospital.  While there, Erin's water broke and they took her back for a C-section right away.  And Hendrick was born!  Weighing in at a tiny 5 pounds 3 ounces!

Saturday morning Hendrick was having trouble keeping his food down and his oxygen levels kept dropping.  So they sent him to Children's.  He stayed there until Tuesday evening then he got to come home.  Everyone was so excited!

Gary and I went to their house that Saturday to meet him.

I couldn't get over how tiny he was!

Then Monday night, before Erin went to bed, she noticed something wasn't right.  Hendrick was really limp and not responsive.  So they rushed him to the ER.  They got sent back to Childrens and they have been there ever since.  Its been 9 days and they won't be going home until Monday at the earliest.

Somehow Hendrick ended up with a virus.  So they did a round of antibiotics for that.  Now he has pneumonia.  He will be on the medicine for that until Monday.  He is also on oxygen.  He will have to be off of the oxygen for 48 hours before they will discharge the poor little guy.

Its been a rough few weeks.  But Hendrick is tough and he has a wonderful mommy who hasn't left his side.  He is going to pull through, its just taking some time. 

Idlewild

We spent a really fun day yesterday at Idlewild park with Amanda, Justin & Becca!  

We started at Storybook Forest. That place seemed so much bigger when I was a kid! I'm also pretty sure they haven't made any improvements in the 20 years since I have been there either. But the girls loved it & that is all that mattered!  

After we ate lunch we went to the park to find Daniel Tiger. We found him & of course Lyla wouldn't go near him... Gary & Becca got hugs though. 

Then we went to Soakzone for a while. Afte that we hit up the kiddie rides.  Lyla was hesitant but I convinced her it would be fun and after the first ride she was hooked!

Then we talked them into going over to the big rides. Lyla rode her first roller coaster!  She even sat in the front car with me!  She loved it & grinned ear to ear the whole time!  After that she rode the Scrambler & the Spider with us!  We were so proud of her!

It was such a great day!