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[Jeff90]

Hey guys! Im back....We had a wonderful time in NYC....had a blast! Saw Wicked and Avenue Q...both were excellent!

Hope everyone had a great week!

 

[rpmdfw]

Welcome back!

I'm glad you enjoyed NYC. Both of those are very fun shows! Good Choice!

 

[Uncle Remus]

Good to have you back, you gonna tell us all about your trip?

Did ya take pics of food?

 

[Jeff90]

The shows were fabulous....I will never look at the Wizard of Oz the same now! Ave Q was cute and so funny....I want the soundtrack, I already have the soundtrack to Wicked.....!

I did take lots of pics....no food pics.......should I just go ahead and do a trip report? I don't wanna bore anyone.....LOL! I did do some Disney related stuff.....there's a Disney Store on 5th Ave that was awesome!

 

[MonorailMan]

Welcome back.
I thought I should inform you......

Since you've been gone a new board rule has taken effect: You now must post 3 nude pictures of yourself.

 

[pixierella]

Glad you had a great time! I bought the soundtrack to Q before I saw the show with the original cast. My hubby and I could sing the whole show if we wanted when we saw it.

 

[Uncle Remus]

The shows were fabulous....I will never look at the Wizard of Oz the same now! Ave Q was cute and so funny....I want the soundtrack, I already have the soundtrack to Wicked.....!

I did take lots of pics....no food pics.......should I just go ahead and do a trip report? I don't wanna bore anyone.....LOL! I did do some Disney related stuff.....there's a Disney Store on 5th Ave that was awesome!

Yes, we're waitin'.
Tell us what a fabulous time you had.

Welcome back.
I thought I should inform you......

Since you've been gone a new board rule has taken effect: You now must post 3 nude pictures of yourself.

 

[I<3EvilQueen]

Welcome back.
I thought I should inform you......

Since you've been gone a new board rule has taken effect: You now must post 3 nude pictures of yourself.

Nice

 

[rosiep]

The shows were fabulous....I will never look at the Wizard of Oz the same now! Ave Q was cute and so funny....I want the soundtrack, I already have the soundtrack to Wicked.....!

I did take lots of pics....no food pics.......should I just go ahead and do a trip report? I don't wanna bore anyone.....LOL! I did do some Disney related stuff.....there's a Disney Store on 5th Ave that was awesome!

Trip report! Trip report! Trip report!!!!

 

[PeterPan09]

Good to have you back, you gonna tell us all about your trip?

Did ya take pics of food?

What is it with you and FOOD????

 

[Jeff90]

Welcome back.
I thought I should inform you......
Since you've been gone a new board rule has taken effect: You now must post 3 nude pictures of yourself.

Oh no! ....nothing will compare to the plant growing pic that was on here a few weeks back...Im still fanning myself....however, there's a pic of me eating a hotdog on some street corner.....would like to see that?

Glad you had a great time! I bought the soundtrack to Q before I saw the show with the original cast. My hubby and I could sing the whole show if we wanted when we saw it.

I haven't got a chance to buy yet but its on the list......"It sucks to be me!"

Yes, we're waitin'.
Tell us what a fabulous time you had.

Okay...Im uploading pics now....

 

[Goofyluver]

Okay...Im uploading pics now....

Andale. I loved your last trippie...and I can't wait to see you and yours on another magical vaca.

Ya' done yet?



How 'bout now?



Now????

 

[MonorailMan]

Oh no! ....nothing will compare to the plant growing pic that was on here a few weeks back...Im still fanning myself....however, there's a pic of me eating a hotdog on some street corner.....would like to see that?

A sexy man and food??? Absolutely.

 

[Jeff90]

:Where to begin...I'm not going to try to bore you guys....

The reason for the trip? Well, we were celebrating our 1st Anniversary Trip! Yep! It's been a whole year since we tied the knot! For my gift to Jon, my partner, I gave him Wicked tickets. I bought him the soundtrack of the musical and he read the book so he became hooked. We wanted to see Wicked 2 summers ago when it traveled around the country, but we never could get down to Charlotte to see it. So, I gave him the surprise when we were in Epcot on our last WDW trip. I actually slip up and broke the news to him while we were in line buying stuff at MouseGear. We were in line waiting to make our purchase and this very rude lady was behind us and it went a little something like this....

Rude lady: What the "lots of dirty words here" Why is it taking so long? Why are they so many people here? Why is the cashier taking so long? (lots of bad words edited out!)
Jon: Such language! Childeren are present!
Me: She must be from NY City...(no offense to anyone)
Jon: Are people that rude in NY City?
Me: Well...some. The last time I was in NYC, there were lots of people like that. You'll see when we go there.....
Jon: When we go there?
Me: Yeah...we are going...I'm taking you there to see Wicked....Happy Early Anniversary!

We were both excited to be heading up north to the city that never sleeps! I planned the 3 night get away as I was planning our WDW trip so you know I was in stuck on my laptop trying to get everything planned! I booked our NYC trip through Expedia and got an awesome deal!

Before we took off on our journey, being a traditional type of guy, I had our wedding cake top piece frozen! And since I don't have any food pics for Uncle Remus, here is a pic of when I took our cake piece out of the freezer. It may not be all that appealing to some, but thinking about it a year ago, that was a good damn cake! It was all chocolate...chocolate icing with chocolate covered strawberries. I would post some wedding pics, but my cd is our put away for safe keeping.

I let it defrost for about a day in a tupperware cake plate. We had some for dessert after a special dinner at home....it was as good as it was on our wedding day! It was heaven all over again......served it with some vanilla ice cream....and as they say on the dining reports, mmmmmm so good!

Okay! We flew out of Raleigh-Durham at around 2 in the afternoon via US Airways. This was Jon's 1st time flying. My 3rd time so I was kind of pro. This was the 1st time for me flying since 9/11. Security was not bad at all...it took about 5 minutes to make it threw. We hung out at Starbucks in the airport while waiting for boarding.

Right before boarding, the ticket agents at the gate annouced to everyone that our flight was overbooked and they were looking for volunteers to give up their seats. They offered a free round trip voucher and another flight to 5 people. When they annouced it, I hopped up and Jon said, "What are you doing?" I told him I was getting our free roundtrip flight for our WDW trip in September......sadly, I didn't make it in time and I got a little pissed. I was all about the deal!

We boarded our plane. Just like entering the MK for the 1st time, Jon had that boyish grin that just makes me melt.....

Isn't he the cutest thing you ever seen?

And here I be....

Yes, 15 pounds heavier since y'all last saw me....thanks to the DDP last January.

The flight went smoothly. It was nice for a little bit, then it got a little bumpy. Jon did fine! I thought he was going freak out, but after a venti latte with extra shot followed by a klonipin, he was just fine.

The trip was 1 hour and 20 minutes...so quick! We disboarded and waited for our luggaged and waited for our transportation at LGA. It took about 1 hour to get to our hotel. We stayed at the New Yorker Hotel on 37th and 8th Ave. Very nice location...3 blocks from the Empire State Building! So right after checking in with the very nice lady at the front desk, we took our bags to our room on the 37th floor and took a bike carriage ride to the Empire State Building.
The nice man that drove our carriage was from Turkey and offered to take our pic.

Sorry, this was taken with Jon's phone cam! Not that clear! It was nice ride 3 blocks down...very windy and romantic!

We got to the ESB and got in line. Sercurity there was top notch as well. It was $20 a person to go to the top and it was packed up there!
Here are some pics, again...sorry not that clear, it was very windy and crowded. It was romantic still in a way.....nothing like Tom and Meg's scene though....but close!

After a nice stroll around 5th Ave that evening, we ate White Castle for dinner along with some crack addicts that were lurking around. We headed back to our room and passed out from a long day.....

Day 2 up next! Thanks for tuning in!

 

[Goofyluver]

Oh you two are such cuties!

Happy Belated Anniversary!

 

[I<3EvilQueen]

:, we ate White Castle for dinner

!

mmmmm.... White Castle, now there is a place I miss

 

[Jeff90]

mmmmm.... White Castle, now there is a place I miss

We ate there twice believe it or not....I don't know why...with all the cool places to eat in NYC we ended up there......(so good to see you Evilqueen, Ive missed ya....let the countdown to September begin!)

Oh you two are such cuties!

Happy Belated Anniversary!

Aww...thank you! That bike ride was fun!

 

[Uncle Remus]

What is it with you and FOOD????

Look at this, who can resist this?

Thank you, Jeff, you are most certainly one of Uncle's favorites.

Great photo!



Hmmph, what's wrong with my appreciation of food?
Jeff understands me.

 

[Jeff90]

Moving right along....I hope everyone is enjoying this, if not, Im sorry!

Day 2 was just a relaxed day.....we ate at lovely typical NY diner that was located on the ground floor of our hotel called the Tick Tock Diner. Everyone that worked there were Greek and very nice and the food was really good. I had a ham and cheese omlet and Jon had pancakes and sausage with toast. All very basic but very good.

After breakfast, I had to study the map outside the hotel. Studying NYC's streets like graphing in Math class....Ave's are up and down and Street's are side to side! I know that is crazy...but its the way I got us where we wanted to be......

We mostly spent the day going up and down 5th Ave. We went to St.
Patrick's and took lots of pics on the inside and out. Just beautiful.....

Come on in.....

Beautiful...

After that, we just looked around in Saks, Juicy Coutour, Tiffany's....just looked! The prices were just so dang high, gees! I can say there were lots of other people making purchases...and they say we are in a recession.....

We ate lunch at some hot dog cart on the street corner, I can not share the pic that Jon snapped at me while eating a hot dog, too crude. Jon dared me to eat it in one bit, and I almost had it....then he snapped the pic...I will not share it.... I don't like to brag about my talents......

We countined down 5th Ave......bought a couple of fake designer handbags from street corner vendors for freinds back home. And then we found Mickey.....it was so nice to see a little bit Disney...it got us a little pumped up for our September/Oct. Trip.

Of course, Jon went directly to the pins......I bought some too. They had some really great pins that were Disney/NYC themed, so I bought a few. They were cute!

Here's Minnie....dressed as Lady Liberty! She was workin' the tourch!

The Cast Members that worked there were all so nice! And they all had on pin lanyards so Jon did talk a little pin trading with them.....

Later in the afternoon, we headed back to Times Sq. to buy discounted at the Boardway Tixs Booth for Avenue Q Tickets...we got them 50% off which was cool! They also had Momma Mia, Rock of Ages, and Little Mermaid on sale. Lion King was sold out and of course, Wicked. Chicago was 40% off and we came close to getting those, but we wanted to see Avenue Q. We were told that Ave Q was like an adult version of Sesame Street....so I was all about that. Bert and Ernie gettin it on? Not!

After we got the tickets for Ave. Q, we headed in the M and M's store. I had no clue they had one in Orlando too. We stayed in there for over an hour. I was in heaven. I love M and M's...my favorite food!

Like I said, I was in heaven....like a kid in a candy shop.
I ended up buying a lot of gifts for my nephews here....

We went back to the hotel to unload....freshened up for Ave. Q and ate dinner. I can not recall what we ate that night....I think we had pizza? Then after that, we had White Castle....gosh we were such pigs, Im so ashamed!

Ave Q was good. I like the puppets and it was amazing talent on stage. If I had a favorite character in the play it would have to be Christmas Eve, b/c she was the one that everyone went to when they wanted to talk about their problems.....I also liked Nicky and Lucy the Slut.....such entertainment! For those of you that have seen the play, you know what I mean....

It was long day...we returned to our small tiny hotel room....slept like a log!

 

[MonorailMan]

*looks at Jeff's pictures*

*swoons*