New York at Christmas Time!

This December I was lucky enough to travel to New York City with my mom. She had to work and I just went along for the ride. It was so much fun to go, just my mom and me!

On the first day we decided to see as much of New York as possible. To do that we hitched a ride on the Greyline Tour Bus that runs all over New York. We saw much of downtown New York. I even made my mom ride on the top just so i could take pictures.





This is how we saw Downtown New York, all bundled up on the top of a double-decker bus.

The Bus was cool because you could get off and then back on all over the city. We stopped at Macy's to get warm and discovered that they had 2, yes TWO floors of womens shoes. We also stopped in Times Square, where we went to the M&M store. There we discovered what color M&M we were.



















I was RED and my mom was ORANGE!

Later that night we were able to go to Radio City Hall and see the Rockettes in their Christmas Spectacular. It was a lot of fun to see how precise they are in their moves. There was also the coolest Nativity at the end of the show, complete with live camels, donkeys and sheep. The angel during "Angels We Have Heard On High" was one of the coolest angels I have ever seen!

The next day we explored Uptown with some of my mom's colleagues. We got to see how the other side lives, shopping in the expensive stores, with $400 dog collars. We walked through Central Park and ate at yummy bakery's. The Whitney Museum is gorgeous, I wanted to see the Warhol's, however all but one were in storage.View in Central Park.

On the way back to our hotel in Times Square, we walked past Rockefeller Plaza and saw the Christmas tree.

That night we went to dinner at the famous Sardie's and then went to see the musical Jersey Boys. I thought the play was incredible. I had never realized how many songs were by the Four Seasons.

The next day there we decided to go on an adventure to Canal Street. I loved Canal Street! There are so many purses and sunglasses to buy (knock offs of course). We had a blast. Later that night we had the opportunity to see another show, Bing Crosby's White Christmas. If you weren't in the Christmas Spirit before, you were when you left this musical. It was fun and light, and the tap dancing was great.

On the last day there, I was able to have breakfast with my cousin Minde and her son Chase. It was so much fun to see them and explore New York with someone who lives there. We stopped by the Manhattan Temple and walked past Julliard. After my mom's meetings we decided to go to Bryant Park and see the boutique-y shops they have set up for Christmas. When we were done there, we were wandering around the area and stumbled upon the coolest trim shop. My dad makes the neatest custom full-size Santa Clauses and Witches and the trim shop had the perfect things for the finish off the details.

How many pictures can we have of the two of us holding the camera out as far as we can? Not enough. Walking through Bergdorf's, pretending we could shop there, people watching in Times Square, walking for miles, or seeing the shows, I had so much fun with my mom. I am so fortunate to have her, and to be able to spend time with her. We had a blast together and I will be able to do something like that again with her. She is my hero and I happy that I can get to know her better.