Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
A few other fun things from the holiday season…
Mufasa in 3D!
8th grade fun with friends…
Cousin spotting…
Special Christmas present exchange!
Lots of Christmas parties and outings with no pics but the selfie I made us take!
Playdates with buddies!
and birthday parties!
After the Rockettes, we made our way back to Columbus Circle to go to the Barbie exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design.
It was fantastic!!
They had a big collection of original Barbies and clothes from the 1950s…the same Barbie clothes that GJ had and that Samantha now has! It was fun to see all of the clothes that GJ dressed her Barbies up in!
They also had the original Barbie Dream House that GJ also had and I used to play with at Susu’s house when I was little. We don’t have that anymore so it sure was fun to see!
They even had a life size version!
They had all sorts of Barbies from each decade and it was so fun to see how the dolls and clothes evolved.
Of course the best part was the Barbie corvette!! Love it!
Samantha looks like a real Barbie!
Just call me Midge…
Aren’t we cute?!
I’m so glad we went! We then shopped a little in Columbus Circle and then walked down Central Park South to have dinner at Sarahbeth’s. On the way we ran into my old colleague…NYC is such a small place after all!
We had a fantastic dinner….
and then we made not our wisest decision to walk down to Rockefeller Center to see the tree before heading back to the hotel. The tree was pretty but, man oh man, the crowds were overwhelming!
That night we headed back to the theater to see & Juliet! It was really entertaining and Charli D’Amelio, a Tik Tok star, was in the show which Samantha thought was cool!
Such a fun, full day! The next morning we headed to the airport two hours late and missed our flight. Yep, never in my life have I missed a flight but I got the time wrong and we departed for LGA at 8:00am when our flight actually left at 8:47am. Thankfully Delta got us on a 10:00am through Atlanta and we got back to Birmingham just a few hours later than we were supposed to.
It was a whirlwind of a weekend but totally worth it! We love NYC!
We were up and going early Saturday morning and had a great brunch at Blue Dog Cafe. Samantha got the Pretty in Pink Pancakes! Perfect!
We then headed to Nordstrom where we did quite a bit of shopping. We even found this perfect coat for Samantha! While we wish we had seen it the day before, it was too good to pass up.
Samantha even got to get her fortune told by a giant silver pigeon. Only in NY!
Her fortune was for “glamour” and then she got to go upstairs and put the coin into a machine to get a ring.
My big city girl….
heading to Rockefeller Center!
We saw the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City and it was fantastic as always! The Rockettes are the very best and we loved hearing the Mighty Wurlitzer for Daddo!
Part 2 of day 2 tomorrow!
When we realized Samantha had a weekend with no basketball games or activities, we decided a little girls trip to the city was in order! We flew up VERY early on Friday morning…
and were in the city walking around by 11am!
I’m wondering if Trump was in NYC because they had half the street in front of Trump Tower blocked with a line of garbage trucks. Interesting!
Louis Vuitton looked like the Paris store!
Of course we had to have lunch at Bergdorf Goodman!
But major disappointment – they changed the menu in the downstairs cafe and took off the gotham salad! Travesty! We still had a good lunch though…lobster ravioli and a fantastic lemon tart made up for it!
It was COLD in the city and Samantha’s legs were freezing in her short jacket. After lunch we went shopping for a longer coat for her. We didn’t have much luck…
and ended up getting this inexpensive polka dot one that Samantha was NOT a fan of…but it was warm!
A trip to Sephora made things better!
We then went all the way to the Upper East to try and get some Roller Rabbit pjs but didn’t have any luck. We then headed back to the hotel to rest a bit before our show that night. All bundled up in Times Square…
and ready for Six!
The show was excellent! Divorced! Beheaded! Died! Divorced! Beheaded! Survived!
It was a great first day in NYC!
Merry merry!
Today is my dad’s birthday – he would have been 74. Here we are in New York about 40 years ago…
I think a good thing to do today to celebrate him is to go to New York and hear the Mighty Wurlitzer at Radio City! Let’s go! Happy Birthday Daddo, we miss you.