New York City in 48 Hours or Less

Hey everybody!! I know it has been a long time, and I will get to that in another post. But, I don't ever want to forget this weekend, and maybe you, too, want to see New York in 48 hours or less.

Thursday 7am: Wake up and do your chores.
Take a shower. Drop your dog off at the vet.
Swing by the bookstore and buy a guide to NYC.
Park at the airport. Sail through security because your liquids are in a bag.
Eat lunch at airport. Board plane to Houston.
Make your connecting flight to Newark, NJ.
Watch 2 movies on the plane (Parental Guidance and Guilt Trip)
Arrive in Newark, NJ at 7:25pm. Take a shuttle to a train. A real train with a conductor and a clicker just like in Polar Express.
Take the train to the subway. Haul suitcase up and down stairs of the subway while trying to keep up with your husband who thinks he is walking slow, but you are having to jog to keep up.
Exit subway a few blocks from your apartment. Walk 10 feet behind your husband because you just can't jog with luggage anymore.
Get lovely flowers from your sister-in-law. Go in apartment. Put luggage up. Walk a few more blocks to an Italian restaurant. EAT!! Finally!!!
Walk back to apartment. Sleep!

Friday 7am: Wake up and get ready! It is going to be a BIG day in the BIG Apple.
Walk a few blocks to the subway. Ride to Carroll St. Get off. Walk a few blocks to Dawn's apartment.
Relax and listen to some of her new recordings. Walk around her neighborhood and around her neighborhood looking for a restaurant that is closed. Walk to another restaurant. EAT!
Walk to the subway. Ride to the Brooklyn Bridge exit.
Walk to entire length of the Brooklyn Bridge.

At the other side walk a few blocks to Ground Zero. The memorial isn't open, but it is surreal feeling to think I was possibly standing in the same spot where a young lady hid behind a car covered in ashes. 

Freedom Tower is beautiful even in an unfinished state.

Walk several more blocks to Battery Park to see the Statue of Liberty from a distance. Don't take to ferry, today. There's no time for that. 

Watch a street show in Battery Park. While walking to the subway admire the beehives at the edge of the park. 

Ride the subway to Time Square. Step out of the subway and into an amazing view. Tall buildings, billboards, lights, people, FUN! 

Walk down Broadway. Stop at the Hershey store because the Reese's are as big as my face, and they have giant bottles of chocolate syrup. What more do you want?

Cross the street to M&M World where you personalize your own M&Ms and dance with Blue. So much fun! 

Keep walking up Broadway to Wes's old Theatre right next door to David Letterman's theatre. 

Look for a pizza place that was there 12 years ago, but spot the Soup Nazi and decide to eat lunch there. Order the lobster roll, shrimp and corn bisque, a plum, a chocolate, and a coke. Walk to Central Park and enjoy your food there sitting in the grass. 

Walk through the park and enjoy a Popsicle. Use the bathroom in the Plaza Hotel. 

Go into FAO Schwartz. Play with toys! Marvel at the newborn nursery. Wish you could have visited when you were a kid. Get your fortune told by Zoltar. 

Use the bathroom at Trump Tower. Walk down 5th Ave. You are starting to get tired, but there is so much to do. Stop at Tiffany's, Uni Glo, and H&M to browse.

Walk through Rockefeller Center. Stop and eat that pizza you've been searching for. 

Walk back through Rockefeller and see where the Today Show is filmed. Walk down to Radio City Music Hall for a photo op. 

Catch a glimpse of the Naked Cowboy. 

Catch the subway back to the apartment. Chill for 45 minutes. Change into something fancy. Your feet are hating you for putting on high heels. Catch a cab to Lincoln Center. Drink an $8 glass of wine to help ease the pain in your feet and legs. 

Watch the New York City Ballet Company. AWESOME!

Check out Dawn's dressing room backstage. 

Forego the margaritas and catch a cab to the Empire State Building. Hold back those tears. Your feet aren't hurting that bad. Okay, they are but don't cry this is your Sleepless in Seattle moment. Ok, the moment is ruined. The pain is too bad. Go up to the 102nd floor, get the picture, get out.

Catch cab to apartment. Crawl up stairs and into bed at midnight. Sleep! What a day.  

Saturday 8am: Wake up and pray you can walk. You can with a limp so get ready. There is more to do. Walk to a breakfast place. Take it all in. This is your last day. 

Walk to China town. Purse? Watch? Use the bathroom in McDonalds. Read the sign that says you have 30 minutes to consume food. You are being monitored. Ok, I must be in the school cafeteria. Visit the Phoenix Mall and let Wes haggle for a purse you want. So fun! 

Continue walking to SoHo. Browse Top Shop and  the Scholastic store. Make mental note to shop in SoHo next trip. 

Walk to the campus of NYU. 

Start walking back to apartment to pick up luggage. Stop and eat at Papaya King. Best hotdogs, EVER! Drink the coconut champagne. 

Get luggage from apartment and seriously consider going to the New York Public library, but don't go because you might miss your flight. 

Walk to subway. Be smart this time and get Wes to carry your suitcase up and down the stairs. Ride the wrong subway train. Catch another one. Get off subway at Penn Station. Get confused. Get lost. Get directions. Run to train with legs that are struggling to move. Catch airport shuttle. Get searched at airport because your jeans have too much bling. 

Watch Zero Dark Thirty on the plane. You have thirty minutes to make your connection in Houston. You shuttle to terminal A. Shuttle breaks down as it arrives at terminal A. The doors won't open. You are stuck inside. All those signs about emergencies. Follow them. Press the button. Talk to a person. Lift the lever, pull the cord, force open the door. Notice security guard freaking out. Run past him. Make it to gate in time to order McDonalds. 

9:45 pm Home Sweet Home