{Girls Trip} NYC LIVE! - Day 1

  What a day!

We got up r-e-a-l-l-l-l-l-y early and walked down to the train station to catch the first train out to New York City (at 5:04am gulp!)...

We arrived at a virtually empty Grand Central Terminal...

and booked it downtown to get in line for Live with Kelly & Mark!

We were about 12th in line and lucked out with lower-level seats for the show...

It was really so fun to see all of the behind the scenes...

We just LOVED being a part of the LIVE audience!

After our fun, LIVE experience...

we headed to lunch at Jack's Wife Freda...

and it was so delicious!

From there, we headed toward the theater district, passing by the venue of the moment, Madison Square Garden!

It wasn't too crazy there yet, but we knew it would be soon for Game FOUR of the NBA Finals...

From there, we headed on up to the Nederlander Theatre to see "Schmigadoon!"...

It was really fun! There was so much talent including SNL alum, Ana Gasteyer, who originated the role of Mildred Layton...

We walked through Times Square on the way to dinner, and it was pretty crowded...lots of excitement for the game tonight!

The girls got a picture with the famous Louis Vuitton flagship store on 5th Avenue, too...

For dinner, we stopped at The Consulate...

A GREAT first day in the city! More on tap for tomorrow...

{Girls Trip} And, We're Off!

Off on another fun adventure...

While our boy is off on an abbreviated study abroad in Scotland, the girls and I decided to take a little road trip up to New York City, with Hubby planning to fly in for a long weekend...

We made a few stops at some unique little free libraries to drop off some books...

and made a quick stop to eat at Isaac's Deli, one of our favorite nostalgic spots...

We arrived at Uncle B and Aunt E's house, our home away from home, late tonight and are ready to get to sleep in anticipation of a BIG day tomorrow...

More FUN to come!

{Girls Trip} - Nutcracker 2025 - Nutcracker Ballet in Cincinnati, OH - Day 3

 LAST DAY = BEST DAY

We woke up, packed up, and got ready for the main event, heading down to check out the historic Cincinnati Music Hall first thing...

before grabbing brunch at Alcove...

It was the perfect start to our day...

After brunch, we explored the displays in Washington Park...

and had some fun against the beautiful backdrop...

Finally, we went on in...

and got seated for the show...

11th Annual Girls Nutcracker Trip

Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati Ballet ~ The Nutcracker

After the performance, we hit the road heading south, trying to stay ahead of an approaching winter storm...

I so look forward to this special time with my girls each December and sure hope we can continue it for many years to come...

Wonder where we'll end up next year?!?!? Until then...