Earlier this week, we had a whirlwind trip to NYC (planned by my amazing husband for my birthday!).
We flew in on Monday evening, checked in to the cute Blakely boutique hotel in Midtown Manhattan, and then walked to dinner at Maestro's Steakhouse (thanks Mom and Dad for funding the meal!). The food was amazing, and because our wine was delayed in getting to the table, they gave us a free shrimp cocktail that came in a glass and silver bowl packed in dry ice so it was smoking dramatically when they brought it to us.
Tuesday, we spent the morning exploring Central Park. It's really a beautiful oasis in the middle of the city.
The weather, as you can see, was beautiful, which was nice because there was a Tropical Storm sitting over Tampa - it rained every day we were gone.
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| Giant bubbles! |
We walked around the lake, the Loeb Boat House, and then on to the reservoir. They were filming something here so made us go back the way we came.
After a long walk, we decided to have an early lunch at the iconic Tavern on the Green. This New York landmark opened in 1934, briefly closed in 2009, and then was completely restored and reopened.
I literally had the best lunch of my life here. They had a three-course special for NYC Restaurant Week. I got a refreshing watermelon salad, roasted salmon with lime butter sauce, and for dessert, strawberry cheesecake with a GLUTEN FREE lemon cookie crust. Wooo! (Don't judge...it was my birthday celebration!)
We took it easy for the rest of the afternoon, and then headed out to dinner on Broadway at a place we had been to before - Nizza, which has great gluten free Italian food. Then we headed to Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers Theater.
While the guy who played Hamilton was great, Glenn and I agreed that the guy who played Aaron Burr kinda stole the show.
Dad, Glenn was so glad that he read the book on Alexander Hamilton that you recommended. He truly had a crazy life story - it was hard to believe it was true, and they really covered most of it in the show.
So anyway, folks, that's it. The next morning we had a sickening and terrifying cab ride back to the shittiest airport on earth (LaGuardia) and headed home. I should mention that I got on the plane, fell asleep for an hour, and woke up to discover that we were still on the tarmac and hadn't taken off yet.
Booooo.
We're home now, and it is a beautiful sunny day in Tampa Bay. (Scorching hot with 1000% humidity, but who's complaining?) We're spending a relaxing day at home.
By the way - I did write a blog post for work about our Montana trip. It's probably repetitive for you guys, but if you'd like to see it, here you go:
https://www.rogerwest.com/strategy/take-a-hike/
Also, just for fun, here's a pic of Deucie hard at work at daycare:
At least for me, that should be it for traveling for a while, but we'll try to find more blog-worthy things to do around here. Love you guys!
