New York City Baby!!!!! July 2011

I found myself in New York City in July.  I went with "the family".  This is us in Times Square the night that we got there.  I never thought I would love New York City as much as I do.  I've been there before, but I always am shocked by how great it is.  There is just so much to see and do.  I only got to knock off a few of the 1000 Places to See while I was there. 

43. Columbus Circle-"The family" went to go see Hairspray and I opted out to meet up with their cousin Lily, who became my awesome trusty tour guide.

This is such a cheezy picture, but Judy had called me in the middle of my "photo shoot" to tell me that they left the show early and sometimes it is just easier to take the damn picture pic real quick and get the hell out of there...so that's what we did.

Deep thoughts....Why is it so embarrassing to take photos?  I don't judge other people when they take pictures in crowded places....but why am I so embarrassed when I am the subject of the pic.  I'm gonna try very hard not to be so embarrassed and rushed during my photo shoots.

44. Lincoln Center/Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall was under construction so this is as good as it gets. 

We went to go see the Broadway show that Harry Potter was in.  It was actually really good.  Hailee and Hope got annoyed cause I would only refer to him as Harry Potter...apparently that was not sophisticated enough for them, so I caved in and I call him Daniel Ratcliffe now.

When we go to New York, we always go to Max's Chocolate Factory...it is truly delicious.  Too bad nobody told me that I had chocolate all over my face.  Do I look like I'm in love?

 45.  World Trade Center

They haven't built the memorial yet, but they do have a place where you can go and pay your respects.  There is a little museum that gives stories and it was so quiet in there even though people were packed it there...remembering, thinking, reading other people thoughts, but no one was really talking. 

Behind me is where the Twin Towers were and where they plan to build the memorial.

It felt very wrong and posing and smiling for this picture... 

Brooklyn Bridge?

Okay, so, I had Hailee take about fifty pics of me in front of two bridges cause I wasn't quite sure which one the Brooklyn Bridge was.  So here I am in the creepy...not quite a cab...cab ride, Hailee is taking picture after picture.  So, I've decided not to actually count the bridge cause I didn't get to see it:(

So, there weren't any cabs by the World Trade Center Museum, so this random black town car pulled up and gave us a price to take us to our hotel.  I quickly said yes!  It was sketchy but I was desperate because the girls were hot, tired, on chocolate overload, junked out, and ready to be somewhere cool before they melted down.  I was so nervous that he was a serial killer that I pulled up my gps on my phone to make sure he was heading in the direction he was supposed to be.  Am I the worst nanny ever?