{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!

{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!