NYC

I have never been to NYC (except a quick drive through the city and onto the ferry when I was 13) and I have always wanted to go during Christmas time. So this year for Christmas, my wonderful husband arranged overnight care for the kids and we went for a quick 1 day/1night trip to the city that never sleeps! The weather forcast was for rain all day and a high of about 38 -yea. Thankfully we had snow instead of rain (at least for most of the day). It was COOOOOLD, but it was pretty. We went to see the site of the twin towers, then walked through Chinatown and had lunch in Little Italy.

Just when I had started to thaw out, we were off again. We looked at the Empire State Building (too cloudy/foggy to be worth going up) and headed to Rockefeller and 5th Avenue. Seeing the tree with the ice skaters in front was pretty cool. I would have loved to skate, but by this time I was too cold and tired to make the effort! We looked around 5th Avenue a bit, picked up a gift for the kids at FAO Schwartz, and headed back to the hotel to dry out and catch a quick nap. We had a wonderful, wonderful dinner at The Spotted Pig in the West Village (thanks Becca), even though we didn't see any "famous people" as Bennett had requested! It was great to end the day with a little taste of a non-touristy part of NYC. I am looking forward to my next trip to the Big Apple when it is a tad warmer and I can spend more time shopping! :)