I Love NY!

I say this just a little too often, but I do, I really do.  I'm in love with NYC.  There's just something about it, especially at Christmas time.  There are lights and sounds and people - oh so many people!  There's so many yummy things to eat and so many shows to see.  Honestly, what's not to love?  I have never understood people who don't fall head over heels for it when they first discover it.  

On that note, today was no different.  Just about every year, I'm up there at least once around Christmas, and everyone knows the best place to go at Christmas in the city is the Bryant Park shops.  You get a slightly smaller Christmas tree than Rock Center, but there are slightly less people too!  There, there were empanadas and macarons - quite the international combo.  From the park, we went to Mexicue, a place I'd heard about on the food network.  Let's just say I wasn't as enamored with it as they were.  From there, we saw some pop-up Christmas shops on 41st and then headed to the St. James to see Something Rotten, which was by far one of the best musicals I've ever seen.  So hilariously funny!  

After that, it was going to be John's for pizza and Shake Shack for dessert but both lines stretched around the blocks so we instead opted for the NY Kitchen which is a food market with a few different food stalls.  We chose the ramen with a soft boiled egg and it was to die for!  After a quick donut and hot tea for dessert it was back to the bus to head home in all sorts of traffic.  Aside from the traffic and the ridiculousness of Santa-Con all around us, it was the perfect day in NYC!