NYC 3

On Sunday we headed to church.

We attended the Manhattan 1st Ward.

Church is in the same building as the Manhattan temple.

It was such a good meeting!

 Across the street from the temple is

the Lincoln Center.

 We spent the rest of the day taking it easy.

Here we are waiting for the bus again.

 The buildings in NYC are just beautiful.

We loved the ivy growing on the side of this one.

We went to Serendipity for lunch.

It was delicious.

 

 Of course we had the famous Frozen Hot Chocolate.

 We splurged a little and Dan ordered the

Peanut Butter Frozen Hot Chocolate too.

It was so good!

We walked around town,

 strolled through Central Park,

 and peeked inside the Natural History Museum.

 We walked over to Columbus Circle. 

 

We took the subway to our final destination.

I love the subway decor.

(Dan was getting tired of pictures... 

so this is what I got.)

 

Our last stop was at Levain Bakery.

I am not exaggerating when I say that these are

the best cookies in the world.

They are so so so so good.

We absolutely loved our trip.

We would both go back in a heartbeat.

There is so much to see, so much to eat, and history to explore.

It was a great end to our busy summer!

NYC 2

We stopped for breakfast at this little shop next to our hotel.

 It is family owned and they have a great menu! 

It was quick and easy on our way to the city.

We also bought our bus tickets there--
just a 7 minute ride from New Jersey
 to the middle of Manhattan!

 We walked to the Empire State Building

early Saturday morning.

 Can you find Dan?

 What a gorgeous view of NYC!

 We loved the subway.

So easy to get around and Dan was

really good at navigating where to go.

 We strolled the Brooklyn Bridge.

 One of my favorite parts of the trip was 

going to Chinatown with Dan. 

I ate something that was made of beef and vegetables.

Other than that, I am not quite sure what it was.

I only had a few bites. 

I was being a chicken.

 

These women were so surprised that Dan could speak Chinese.

I love the expressions on their faces.

 We definitely got our fill of Chinese food.

 We rode the Staten Island Ferry to take a little break.

We got to see the Statue of Liberty too!

  West Village

 The High Line

 We grabbed a pretzel before seeing 

Cirque Du Soleil - Zarkana.

 Boy, were we lucky to see this show!

We were surprised by a very generous person

with front row tickets to see

Zarkana in Radio City Music Hall.

It was amazing!!

 We ended the night at Shake Shack.

Yes, it was good.

We had to try it since we have heard 

so much about it from friends.

I would definitely go back there.