The Big Apple

I recently had a gals only get-away to NYC. It was a blast! Not a lot of R & R...we were exhausted when we got back home, but still a fantastic vacation! The best part about going on vacation with a close girlfriend is that you can shop as much and as long as you want, which we did plenty of. We also snuck in some time for a little sight-seeing. My lifelong friend, Sarah, lives in Manhattan, and was able to hang out with us most of the weekend and it was really great to see her and catch up a little! Here are some pics documenting our adventure in the City!

It was fun to see Christmas decor going up all over the city...I can't believe it's already almost the Holidays!!

We arrived on Halloween, so everywhere we went we saw folks in costume. Here at the NBC studio building, we had our pic snapped with Mario and Luigi!

Anthropologie....ahhhh.....enough said. All the window displays were so amazing. How does a person land that day job???

They already had the ice rink set up in Rockefeller Plaza. I've never ice skated before and wanted to, but totally chickened out. I didn't want to embarrass myself in front of all those people!

St. Patrick's Cathedral...beautiful!

We went to see Wicked on Halloween night and it was amazing. It was my second time to see it and it was even better the second time than the first. It was the first time Randi and Sarah had seen it and I'm pretty sure they thought it was freakin' fantastic! (Can you guess what Sarah's Halloween costume is??? I'll reveal the answer down the page.)

Okay, so Sarah is a "Killer Bee." I thought it was clever, but impossible to guess, but for some reason, hardly anyone could guess what she was.

My pic in front of the Sphere in Battery Park. Here's a little history about it...The bronze Sphere by sculptor Fritz Koenig, which stood in the fountain of the World Trade Center plaza, was pulled from underneath the collapsed towers after 9/11. The Sphere is now in Battery Park as a temporary memorial and it stands as a symbol of hope and indestructibility for our nation. For those of you who don't know, my brother, Tyler, was at the WTC on September 11, and being back there reminded me of that tragic day and how thankful I am that he survived...

We took a ferry over to the Statue of Liberty. This was the view looking back at Manhattan.

Lady Liberty

Ellis Island

We did an audio tour and learned all about the imigration into the US. It was really, really fascinating!

We went up to the top of the Empire State Building one night. I got a sort of decent shot of the Chrysler Building. Sorry it's so fuzzy...

Standing in the standby line for two hours to get in to see Regis and Kelly.

It was worth it. Front row seats! Sorry the pics are a little fuzzy..we couldn't use a flash during the show. We got to see Ted Danson, Julia Louise Dreyfus and Scarlet Johanson. It was awesome!

Randi auditioned and got selected to be the trivia go-go dancer. The girl has got some moves...yes she does!!! It was so awesome! Go Randi, go Randi...go, go, go Randi!

Oh, yeah...gettin' down with Kelly...

Our last day the weather was so great. Perfect for lunch and a stroll in Central Park!

One last glimpse of Time Square on our last night.