Thursday, September 19th:
The next morning we got up, grabbed breakfast from Juniors, and went over our plan for the day. Since we have all been to Manhattan before we decided to take it easy and hit some of the hot spots that we haven't been to before.
[I always have a plan!]
After eating breakfast we headed over to GMA so Emily could see her celebrity crush, Michael Starhan. I watch GMA every morning, so I was excited to see George!
["Deals and Steals" segment]
[You can barely see Michael Strahan, Robin Roberts, and George Stephanopoulos through the plastic and glass, but trust me, they are there!]
[I'm the navigator]
[On the subway]
After GMA, we hopped on the subway and headed to Greenwich Village to see the FRIENDS apartment! The three of us are obsessed with FRIENDS, so being here all together was very special!
We then jumped back on the subway and headed to DUMBO (down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass) in Brooklyn. We walked from the subway station to the Archway under Manhattan Bridge and then to the intersection of Water and Washington St.
[Archway under Manhattan Bridge]
[Manhattan Bridge]
The reason why so many people come to the intersection of Water and Washington St is because you can get a cool shot of the Manhattan Bridge with the Empire State Building under it.
After getting our pictures we walked over to Pebble Beach.
[Brooklyn (left) and Manhattan (right) Bridges]
From there we took an Uber to the One World Trade Center and 9-11 Memorials.
[First Uber ride!]
[One World Trade Center]
[9-11 Memorial]
[The Oculus]
Since we had all been to the Top of the Rock and the top of the Empire State Building, we decided to go to the top of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere (7th tallest in the world): The One World Trade Center.
When we got to the top we had lunch at the ONE Dine. The food was great and the view was magnificent!
After lunch we walked around the One World Observatory.
After taking in the view we walked to St. Paul's Chapel of Trinity Church to find Alexander Hamiltons grave. We had a hard time finding it because it wasn't there! It was at Trinity Church just down the road. Duh. I knew that! But St. Paul's Chapel was beautiful so we enjoyed our little walk around the church.
Katey decided that she needed a nap, so she headed back to our hotel while Emily and I walked to Trinity Church.
We found Alexander Hamiltons grave! He was buried next to his wife, Elizabeth, and his son, Philip.
After paying our respects to the great Founding Father, we headed to Battery Park. On the walk we passed by the Federal Hall, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Charging Bull of Wall Street.
[Federal Hall where George Washington was sworn in as President]
[Trinity Church from Federal Hall]
[New York Stock Exchange]
[Charging Bull of Wall Street]
[Katey relaxing at the hotel]
We then got to Battery Park where we took some pictures with Lady Liberty!
Emily and I then took the subway to SOHO where we visited Dominique Ansel Bakery!
[Emily with her frozen s'more]
We got a bunch of delicious treats from the bakery and then headed back to the hotel where the three of us feasted!
[Treats from Dominique Ansel Bakery and Juniors cheesecake]
We then took some time to relax before headed downstairs to Times Square to get dinner. We got lobster rolls, lobster quesadilla, and lobster tater tots from Cousin's Maine Lobster and a couple of empanadas from Nuchas. Everything was delicious!
We then walked over to the Music Box Theatre where we saw Dear Evan Hansen.
Emily loves the music and she wanted to see the musical, so we did! I had no idea what to expect, but the music was great and the story was very moving. I loved it and I would recommend it, especially if you have teenagers.
On our way back to the hotel we saw a poster for a play called "Betrayal" which stars TOM HIDDLESTON!! Why didn't we go see that?! Maybe next time!
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