{Girls Trip} NYC LIVE! - Day 2

After a super early morning, followed by a very full day in the city (+ anticipating an earrrlllyyy morning tomorrow), we decided to take it easy this morning. So, we slept in a bit, and took the train into NYC for a late lunch at Alice's Tea Cup...

Alice's Tea Cup has been on my list for years. I'd really wanted to take the girls when they were smaller, but never made it. All young kids are given fairy wings to wear and the opportunity to get "dusted" with fairy dust (glitter). It's really so sweet and magical!

Regardless, I'm so glad we got the chance to come today. With the record heat in NYC (+ the fact that their air conditioning was not working properly), it was way too hot for tea...

but the food was actually incredible!

Before we'd even woken up, Hubby was landing in New York and making his way into the city to meet up with Uncle B for lunch!

They enjoyed soup dumplings at one of my brother-in-law's favorite spots, Din Tai Fung...

Meanwhile, we started making our way to meet up with the two of them, walking through the park...

and stopping to refresh...

We met up at our hotel (for the night ~ anticipating another very early morning), got checked in...

checked out the scene below...

and headed out to meet up with Aunt E and our niece for some karaoke!

Duet Karaoke offers private room rentals where you can karaoke among your family and friends...

Who knew I was married to such a karaoke star???

We all had a blast!

From there, we had our very first celebrity siting (Rachel Dratch) as we made our way over to dinner at the very popular Ellen's Stardust Diner...

where the very talented wait staff (many are awaiting their big breaks) serenades everyone!

After another great meal, we said our goodbyes to Aunt E, Uncle B, and Cousin E, and made our way back to our hotel...

We're so glad Hubby is here!

Passed a fun filming location from The Devil Wears Prada 2 on our way back...

We're in for an early morning tomorrow, that might just be earlier than we anticipated...

More on that tomorrow!