NYC

So Scott and I just got home today from our weekend "up north" and we had a splendid time. I haven't gotten all the pictures up just yet, but I will share the New York City pics today, and post some from the awesome and super fun wedding from Saturday in the days to come. I know you're excited. :)

So NYC... we left super early to fly into the city. It was good...until the evening, but I'll get there. We arrived, did a great job figuring out the shuttle buses and getting to our hotel. We stayed close to the New York Public Library and Bryant Park, and apparently missed a free Jonas Brothers concert by a few minutes. Lucky us we got to see lots of tweenagers with homemade tshirts and signs for the Jonas Brothers. Whoever the heck they are... we're old.

Here's the Public Library - it was in the Sex and the City movie, as was the park behind it. I won't say what happened there as it's a key plot point/spoiler, but I recognized it!!! :)

After checking in, we embarked on our 2.5 mile (thanks google maps) walk to the Met, up Broadway, through Times Square and through Central Park.

Chanelling Michael Scott - the Best New York Pizza! Sadly, we said that every time we saw a Sbarro... we're funny like that.

I love the smell of advertising in the morning... hey! Does anyone know if there's a Starbucks around here anywhere? Or ...5?

I absolutely loved Central Park...I was kinda sad I didn't get to do a run in the park. There was some whining when we kept passing runners. The weather was fabulous too, esp being used to NC craziness & humidity. We saw a small portion of the park, even though it felt like we were walking there forever... it's so big!

This seemed to be a recognizable place... we actually saw a movie/tv show being filmed here.

As good a place for a self pic as any... :)

View down 5th Ave...gorgeous and probably really affordable housing on one side, and the park on the other. I assume it's affordable housing bc it seemed like those people had lots of money left over for nice SUVs and purses...Just an assumption.

This is the street across from The Met... I just thought it was pretty.

The Met! *Shocking* that it had scaffolding on it... like every cool attraction in Italy a few months ago. Guess NYC knew we were coming to town!! :)
Oh, the Met. We LOVED it. It seriously could have taken ALL day if we'd had unlimited time and attention spans, but we only had about 3 hours, so we hit the exhibits that were the most interesting to us. We started off with the awesome Egyptian exhibit, where they somehow got real pieces of pyramids and stuff and recreated them indoors...it was very cool. Mummies, tombs and pretty jewelry that was astoundingly old. So cool.

A tomb. It was ridic.
Uhh, the map was v confusing.
The American Wing... now I love my country and all, but it was just eh compared to freaking armor from 500+ years ago and pottery from 3000 years BC from Egypt. Just sayin...

But...you know, Scott does love a good bust (now that he knows what they are...see this story for explanation) . Exhibit A:

This was definitely our favorite exhibit - it was just awesome. Jeff Koons on the Rooftop - we have no clue *how* he made these pieces but they were just amazing. I guess it's abstract art... but we definitely loved it. The coolest part was we could photograph ourselves and the city through the art...see if you can find us!!!








Crazy Armor and Weapons exhibit...it was neat! They had armor from all over the world, and it was cool bc (obv) all regions were really different. Plus, if you know me, you know I heart guns (hah.)
Yes, there's a man with a audio guide passed out on that couch. Overwhelmed by the beauty of the art, I'd guess...

Roman sculpture garden :) Apple Store!! Yes, that's a line in front of it.

Pretty fountain in front of the Plaza Hotel. It looked like a decent hotel, I'm gonna check on expedia for it next time we visit. :)

...and we went to a Mets game that night... I don't have the energy to post all of them tonight too and I realize this is quite a lot of pics so I'll pace myself. :)