This past weekend, Jason and I met our friends Jeff and Alex in the Big Apple for Jeff's big birthday, some hanging out, sightseeing, and getting in the Christmas spirit. It was fantastic (except for my sinus infection, which caused my ears to not pop from the plane ride the whole first day)! We jump at any chance to see Jeff and Alex, since we so rarely get to see them. But when Alex emailed me about meeting them in New York during the Christmas season, we were thrilled!
This was Jason's first trip to New York, and I hadn't been in 20 years. We walked miles and miles and enjoyed about every minute of it. We hit most of the must-see places, but we still have plenty more things we still want to do that will get us to go back again.
Some highlights from our trip: seeing the window displays at Lord & Taylor and Macy's, seeing the tree at Rockefeller Center, visiting the World Trade Center Memorial, looking at art at the Museum of Modern Art, shopping at FAO Schwarz, meeting Alex's Aunt Elizabeth and cousin Teddy, eating French food at Nice Matin and Spanish food at Sol y Sombra, and the pastrami frankfurter at Artie's. The biggest highlight was, of course, spending some quality time with Jeff and Alex sans kids.
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| Zero visibility up top kept us in the lobby of the Empire State Building |
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| Jason, Alex and Jeff: Finally sitting down for a late lunch after our visit to MoMA |
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| New York Public Library |
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| The birthday boy |
Jeff and Alex are so much fun to be around, and traveling with them was nice and easy. I can't wait until the next trip! I hope this was a happy birthday for Jeff and a wonderful pre-birthday event for Alex. I hope you have just as fabulous of a birthday, Alex, as Jeff did!
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