The Big Apple..

Last week Terry took Meghan and I to New York City!!!

It was so so so so much fun. We did tons and tons and tons of stuff and this will be a blog full of pictures no one will care about but me. However that is ok. 

We left Wednesday morning in Salt lake and go to New York around 6. We checked in to the hotel and set off to explore Times Square. It was awesome. I forgot how amazing and big and lit up everything is. We went to my favorite Toys R US with a huge ferris wheel in the middle of it. This store happens to be where I got my 5th Harry Potter book too so I automatically love it. 

We were on a hunt for Wicked and or How to Succeed tickets because they sold out online weeks ago. Well no luck. 

So Thursday morning we get up and walk to David Letterman to try to get tickets. Turns out they are not filming that week so we got up early for nothing. Well we went back to the hotel to make a plan and turned on the Today Show and just happened to find out How to Succeed was Preforming on Friday.

That day we went shopping on 5th Avenue. To FAO Schwarz.. only the best toy store ever with The Big Piano (as seen in the movie Big).

We went to the Harry Potter Exhibition. Which has been in the US for about 2 years now and has been in 4 states (the first Boston which I begged and begged T to take me too but he couldn't justify a trip to Boston for me to go to a small exhibition, same for Seattle and every other place it was for 4 months at a time)

Well it made all of its stops and then they announced they would bring it to NYC before it goes back to England for its permanent home. It was amazing. It included tons of real props and costumes that the actors and actresses used on all 7 movies. It was the one thing that I could not wait for!!!

We also went and walked around TS (times square) some more and then T went to the temple and M and I slept and met up with him down near Lincoln Center. 

Friday. I woke my butt up at 5 am to get ready and get in line at the Today Show to see the beautiful Dan Radcliffe. Well turns out tons of other people were doing that too and so I may or may not have cut in front of lots of people to get to the front. It is all good though because it was just me and I made friends with them. The Today Show was AMAZING. I was so close to Dan and their performance was awesome. After the Today show we went to the Empire State Building and went to the top and looked around and that was really pretty. And then after that we went to check into our new hotel which was literally right next to Ground Zero and our room over looked into the construction on it. It was amazing to be near such a historical place. We also went to China Town that day which was pretty fun but no where near as good as the SF one a few weeks ago. After that I met up with Joselia (who lives in NY and is going to Pratt) and we went all around the city looking for the places where Gossip Girl (my very most favorite tv show ever other then the office). Our adventure was epic and awesome and amazing and I loved every bit of it. We got to see the met steps and central park and Dylan's candy bar and just so many amazing sites. After that I met back up with M and T and M and I went to Wicked while T went back to the temple. ( T ended up getting tickets from a random ticket office that just so happened to have 2 left) Wicked was incredible. I loved every minute of it. The reason I got a couple pictures is because after the show they were raising money for something so a guy stood on stage and talked for ten minutes and everyone took some pictures because it was over and that was not part of it. After that I was pretty dang exhausted and a little delirious and M thought it would be funny to tell me my suitcase was lost and in my delirious state I believed her and worried over my suitcase the whole way back to the hotel. 

Saturday we woke up and walked to Wall Street and saw the Trinity Church (National Treasure). I love Wall Street, I have had a large small obsession with it quite some time. I do not quite know why but I love business and stalks and all kinds of not fun stuff. Well after that we rode to Grand Central Station and looked around there for a while and then back to TS. After that we went back to the hotel to get our stuff and eat and then to the airport. The JFK airport is one of my favorites. It is soo big and they had a station of like 20 ipads for people to play with while they waited. I forgot the best part also...Cheese steak sandwiches and soft pretzels with mustard from the street. Only in NY are they that good.  Over all it was such an amazing trip and I am so blessed to have been able to go.

Now time for the picture overload and they are not in order. 

 Trinity Church

 Lobby of the Empire State Building

 I forgot to add that Saturday we walked over the Brooklyn Bridge too. To bad it was pouring rain.

 Ever since I was a small child I have loved American Girl dolls. And last time in NY the store was 2  months away from opening. I was not passing up the chance to see this place. I don't care that I am 21 and went in the doll store. It was awesome.

 Gossip Girl adventure to Dylan's Candy Store

 GG adventure to Henri Bendels.

 The infamous met steps

 GG adventure

 The Big Piano

 HP Exhibition

 Clothing worn by the characters, don't worry there were signs every where saying no pictures. I felt that the rule didn't apply to me and took them sneakily

 Umbridges office

 Every time I have been to NY I have a picture with libery spikes, the tradition had to live on.

 The Today show. Yes you can see me on tv.

 Met steps!!

 Times Square

 My Two favorite Broadway shows.

 GG adventure

 Love the little blue box.

 the first sorting hat

 Dan Radcliffe

 this was the rehearsal from far away 

 Wicked

 my illegal pictures

 the airplane there

 I had read all about the exhibit and what happens and i knew they chose a few people to get sorted so I made sure I was up close and threw my hand in the air and every one laughed that I was so eager to get up there. Don't worry there were lots of small children that could have been sorted but they don't even understand how much HP has impacted my generation/ me (cheesy much)

anddd AL ROKER!!