After getting home around 2 am from Cori's birthday party, we crashed out! The plan for the next morning was for the Grisi's to come up to the city and we would explore NYC together. We were SO exhausted & jet-lagged, that ended up sleeping way longer than planned. Once we finally managed to get up & ready the 9 of us headed out on what ended up being the busiest day of the entire trip. We did & saw SO much in those 14 or so hours.
First we went for breakfast.... Crumbs Bake Shop :)
I know what you're thinking... cupcakes for breakfast?? Oh yes it is true. We (I) couldn't wait till after we ate real food to get my hands on these delicious cupcakes that I had heard so much about. So we left the hotel & headed straight to Crumbs for truly the best cupcakes I have ever had.
We left Crumbs & headed to Bryant Park to ice skate... that didn't actually happen but it was a good thought :)
My mom & Cori decided to climb up to this light post for a photo op. What they didn't think out was the dismount which ended up being the most amusing thing! Cori scraped up her shin, my mom nearly peed her pants from laughter, both had to be caught as the leapt off, it was hysterical!
Next we ventured to Canal St. to do a little shoppin :)
Canal St. was intense. People were everywhere trying to get you to buy their purses, watches, or perfume. It was extremely overwhelming but we got the purses & watches that we needed & then happily went on our way to Little Italy for dinner.
We had dinner at Da Nico's. This place was SO good! There's nothing like east coast Italian food. I had gnocchi (noodles stuffed with potato) for dinner. I've been lucky enough to have this dish in both Italy & NY's Little Italy, & I must say that Little Italy's version was a little bit better. We all walked out of there unbelievably stuffed.
The next stop of the day was St. Patrick's Cathedral...
We each lit a candle in the beautiful cathedral. The architecture was truly breath-taking.
From St. Patrick's we went to Rockefeller Center to see the massive Christmas tree & ice skating rink
The last & final stop of the day was back to the Marriott Hotel's bar to meet up with some old family friends & have a few drinks :)
& right around midnight our day with the Grisi's ended. We had an absolute blast with our Jersey family :)
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