New York Part 3....the end.

Okay, last post about New York. After our conference was done on Thursday, we spent one extra day, Friday, to do some site-seeing and just relax. We went to Central park and walked around New York in upper Manhattan. It was a lot cleaner up there and the park was nice. Joe and I thought it so funny that there is such a rave about Central Park, because it is pretty, but still just a park. I guess when all you have is city, cement and metal buildings surrounding you all day, this park seems like quite the oasis.

Showing off my belly. It was just starting to show....
I was sorta trying to jump for joy, didn't really work though.

And of course we had to try some New York hot dogs. The were so tiny!

My all time favorite thing we did in New York was see the musical "Wicked". We hoped on the subway and headed to 52nd street to catch the show. In the 20 minutes we were underground traveling, a huge New York storm hit. As we got off the tram and headed for the stairs, we realized it was pouring rain!! Rain was pouring down the stairwell and something like 50 New Yorkers were all huddled at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for the rain to stop. Joe ran over to a newspaper stand that was in the subway and tried to buy the last umbrella, but a mean old new yorker man, said he got dibs on it, and the teller sold it to him. Joe was so mad! So instead of standing around like everyone else, we made a run for it! We got soaked just in the few seconds it took to run up the stairs and into a nearby store. Lucky for us, this store sold huge umbrellas for the same price as the little rinky-dinky umbrellas that the subway had. Luck was on our side, as we only had a few minutes to reach Wicked before it started. We braved the rain, Joe made sure to cover me and sacrificed his entire right side. It was soaked through and through. What a gentleman right? But we made it safe and sound into the Broadway Theatre. It was by far the best thing for me. I had very high expectations going into this show and I was blown out of the water. It was better than I expected and I enjoyed it oh so much! The banter was so witty, the acting superb, and the singing was well, just absolutely amazing. It was such a treat to go.

Me with the stage in the background, it was pretty cool, of course the picture doesn't do it justice at all.

I was so happy afterward as you can see in my picture with the poster. Best show EVER.

We ate at a really nice restaurant that night called Tripoli. It was amazing. They had the best stuffed meatballs I have ever had. We ended the night with a nice clean air (because it had just rained the city smelled so clean!!) walk to our hotel. It was an amazing night.

We caught a plane home the next day and got to see our little guy! New York was a blast, but nothing beats seeing the eyes of your little boy lighten up when he sees you after being gone for 8 days. It was a heart melting experience. It is so good to be home.