Catch Up Pt1

I know, I know.. Two posts in one day! Since I failed to blog about anything in 2015, I thought I would write a few catch up posts. These are mostly for me ;) I love to look back on what we've been up to. So feel free to skip right over these, ha. Last year for Christmas, Z and I decided to skip giving each other gifts and take a trip instead. Best idea ever! We went to New York City for a long weekend, and it was the BEST! We arrived late Friday evening only to discover that the hotel I booked through Groupon (mistake) was pretty terrible. Like there was no way we were staying there. So we quickly found a new, MUCH nicer hotel and finally got settled in. We weren't far from Times Square so we ventured over and found some New York style pizza (YUM!).

And then we crashed in the comfiest bed I think we've ever slept in ;)
The next morning I was determined to get bagels from Murray's Bagels. So we took a cab and found the tiny bagel shop that had, as promised, the best bagels in the city!

Each day we packed in as much as we could since we were only there for a few days. So after bagels, we hit up the financial district, saw the statue of liberty (from afar), went to the world trade center memorial, and shopped in SOHO. Later that evening we had dinner at Bar Americain and then saw WICKED!!!! (Which was my one and only request while we were in NYC!) It was so, so, so good!

And if that wasn't a full enough day, we decided to go to the Empire State Building after the show! ha! It ended up being such a great idea (I think I read the recommendation somewhere to go late at night?!). There were no lines and the city is beautiful at night! It was the perfect ending to one of my favorite days ever with Z!

The next day was super rainy!! So we started with a slow brunch at Sarabeths (delicious)! And then we went to the MOMA with every other tourist in New York! Even though it was super crowded, we had fun exploring for sure. Later we went to Serendipity (okay maybe I had two requests while we were there ;) ha). We made the mistake of eating dinner there (which was not that great), but the frozen hot chocolate did not disappoint!! yum!

 We decided to walk back to our hotel since it finally stopped raining. Our favorite way to explore any city (especially our own!) is by foot. So the long walk was perfect! We ended up in Times Square and couldn't (read I couldn't) resist a picture! Another super fun, packed day!

We started our last day with brunch at Balthazar in SOHO. By far my favorite meal while we were there!!! So good and the cutest spot ever.

After brunch, we did some shopping, ventured to Chinatown, rode the subway, and explored Central Park before we had to pack up to fly back to Chi-town.

It was a very full, fabulously fun trip! If we weren't about to have a baby I think I'd beg for repeat this January! ;) We will definitely be heading back soon (with a lot more stuff and a little guy in tow! eek!)!