Mini Trip Report-NYC
Well we're back from NYC. Things didn't go exactly as planned, and we found out we're not quite city people.
Friday:
This was our first hotel the Sanctuary. It was a really nice hotel. The rooms were a little small (what you see in the picture is it aside from the bathroom which was to the side, and the tv/desk on the other side of me), but I've heard that's pretty big by NYC standards. We had to move quickly though if we wanted to eat before Wicked.
We got there ready for a quick dinner, but realized it wouldn't be quick. The place was packed, I never even thought about making reservations for what I thought was a fast food burger place. They only had seats left outside unless we wanted to wait 40 minutes. So we ate dinner in the cold.
I got the avocado ranch burger, and Josh got the original with gluten free buns.
Wicked was amazing! I've seen it a few times at a smaller theater, but seeing it on Broadway was great. I only wish I could've caught it when it first came out and Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenworth were starring. Josh enjoyed it as well.
(Typical Times Square picture)
(Us in our hotels rooftop bar, I got a cocktail and Josh got a Jack & Coke).
The rooftop bar was pretty cool though:
We thought the poster for the bar was pretty funny. It looks like the poster for a new CW show about sexy angels.
Saturday
(Not any longer since we changed the trip).
The free breakfast wasn't much (just a few pastries and cold cereal). I ordered off the hot breakfast menu, and everything came completely covered in chives.

I ate it anyway, but Josh went for some cereal.
Shopping didn't take half as long as I thought. For the first time I couldn't find anything. We went in a bunch of stores, before lunch. We weren't as hungry as I thought so we ended up canceling the Patsys reservation and getting some lunch at Planet Hollywood. Since their changing the ones in Disney Springs I thought this would be a good chance to see what a regular Planet Hollywood looks like and to try their menu.
(The Legally Blonde)
(Mac and cheese with chicken, Josh had a burger).
Next we kept hearing about a Viking exhibit so we decided to check it out because Josh loves Vikings.
And they had cupcakes which I love.
By the time we got the the Museum of American History it was close to closing so we got in for free. We didn't see everything, but we did get a good chunk of it in before it closed.
We grabbed some food at the train station, and headed to Newark from there.
(Sunset from the train)
We got there just in time for The Who. The Who is Josh's favorite band ever, and this was their farewell tour so he loved it! It was a birthday present for his 28th, but the concert got postponed till now. I'm not a big fan, but I know a lot of their songs and it was a good show.
Sunday
We ended up not having enough time to eat at the hotel, and despite the fact that I was all ready for the NBC tour:
(That's my Liz Lemon replica sweatshirt).
We actually completely missed the train, and the next one wasn't for an hour.

We didn't have any other plans for the day, and I was pretty bummed out. We were sitting in the train station (which is when we came up with the plan of changing around the September trip). Josh wanted to cheer me up so he suggested seeing a movie I wanted to see (Zootopia). I seriously have the most amazing boyfriend. First of all he puts up with my Disney love, my intense planning, and despite not really wanting to see it (though I think he enjoyed it once we got there) he'll go see a Disney movie with me if I'm bummed out. I loved Zootopia, but I knew I would. I adore foxes, and since the other Disney movies with foxes were so long ago most the merchandise and characters are pretty scarce. So I love that Disney made another movie with one of the main characters being a fox. Nick Wilde is pretty adorable.
Then we decided to see Madame Tussands since we loved the one in Orlando.
(This Will Smith was a lot better than his Orlando counterpart who was staring intensely at a fake fire).
To my supreme disappointment making it to Sugar Factory also wasn't in the cards. (Too far from where we were and we had already taken a few expensive taxi rides). But we are going in Orlando in December. I got a pretty good deli sandwich at the train station though, but it felt good to finally be home.