Well here it is, our post about vacationing in New York. It was different than we had planned but it actually made it much better for us. Last minute turn of events sent us out without Ellia, and we had my sister's entire house to ourselves as well as their car. SWEET! It was a much needed vacation that we didn't even realize we needed.
For those of you who may have thought I was kidding about our trip to New York being mostly baseball, these pictures should be proof! We did get to shop around times square and on fifth avenue (for Yankees shirts) and we did eat out, (at Yankee Tavern). Ok, ok I had my choice of a few things too. We went to the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art (what do we know about art...nada, but the arms and armory room was cool) and toured Little Italy where we had an authentic "slice". My favorite part of the trip was when we were trying to navigate our way to Little Italy and we were walking around non-touristy parts of New York. We saw some concrete parks and kids just playing around how they do everyday. It just felt so cool to see how people live there.
Other highlights included, me relying on Jeremy to get us from subway to subway and him not realizing how much I really was relying on him. We got on once and I closed my eyes thinking it was a long ride. One stop later there is a tap on my shoulder from a lady sitting next to uh, NOT jeremy anymore. She points out the closed door to Jeremy peering in with the look on his face, "Not again." (something similar happened two years ago when we were in New York, only that time he got on the subway and i missed it!) Anyway we were reunited shortly thereafter.
Eating at Hard Rock, I'm not sure why, it was just one of my favorite meals there.
Seeing the Naked Cowboy....I had never heard of him so Jeremy had to explain. Hey wait a second, where did he hear about the Naked Cowboy?
Finally getting to sit down inside a nice cool building to see a Broadway show.
Rushing (like cattle) down the rainy streets of Manhattan to get a good spot for fireworks.
FAO Schwartz toy store.
Obviouly Jeremy has different highlights, which I'm sure relate mostly to baseball...you'll have to ask him!
A little accidental side trip...but look what we found. Shea Stadium
The new Yankee stadium
Where we moved down to after people started leaving
pic from our seats the first game
batting practice
the red sox
Yankee Tavern
the dreaded crowds. P.S. don't try to take a large bag to the game unless you want to wait in line before and after the game and pay 5$ to check it at the bowling alley
see the kid behind Jeremy? he caught a ball
our bleacher seats for the second game
Manny Ramirez
Alex Rodriguez
Little Italy
The big piano...you know which one I am talking about if you are a fan of Tom Hanks in Big.
Of course Ellia is carrying a rock Jeremy found and wanted to take home
Although not impressive in size, just look at that color! (Jeremy made me promise to post this picture)
Grilling hamburgers for dinner
What a night! Actually Ellia had her bast camping night yet. She sleeps between Jeremy and I, we just zip up the tent and let her crawl around until everyone falls asleep - she is usually last. When I woke up she had fallen asleep on my legs, but she slept all night without waking up, doesn't she look rested?
Morning view from our tent
Our camp spot
This picture doesn't even come close to showing how dirty she got
Relaxing in the tent
Too tired to hike
Ellia now understands where hats go, she just hasn't figured out WHAT a hat is.
