Just before Christmas, we headed up to NYC, one of my favorite places on Earth. Our first trip there together was when I was in college and Pete came up for Thanksgiving. We saw the Macy's parade and had a turkey dinner at a swank apartment owned by the uncle of our friend Paul. We have pictures (and i need to dig them up and post them on here!) of all of us at the Museum of Modern Art, spotting Joey Lawrence on a parade float, posing at Rockefeller Center. For our honeymoon, we went to upstate New York and then spent Christmas Eve and Day in the city. When we lived in Connecticut, we used to take the train into the city, catching Broadway shows, meeting a friend for lunch or dinner, walking around Central Park. So, for our 10th wedding anniversary, we returned to the Big Apple, which is at its finest during the holidays. (Conveniently, there was a gynecology conference I wanted to attend, so we were able to combine the two, and I got continuing medical education credit! Yippee!)
Adventures in Eating
One of my very favorite things about New York is the diversity, most clearly displayed in the incredible variety of restaurants. We went to Little Italy for authentic Italian, had Indian, Ethiopian, Argentinian, deli (Jewish!) and Cuban! Yummy!
The Play's The Thing
Peter and I met in high school when we were both in one-act plays. Theater has been central in our lives ever since--both as actors (mostly Peter) and as patrons. We started taking the girls to see plays as toddlers. We got tickets to Arthur Miller's drama "All My Sons" with John Lithgow, Diane Wiest, Katie Holmes. It was amazing, of course. Then Peter went to Times Square for same-day half-price matinee tickets to Spamalot, the Monty Python musical, currently starring Clay Aiken from American Idol. We were on the 5th row, so we could see his nose hair! A funny show!
Window Shopping
We wandered up and down the main thoroughfares, snapping pics of the Christmas decorations, scoping out which stores to return to with the kids later this year, people watching. We took a fair number of pictures of the tree at Rockefeller Center (also witnessed a sweet public proposal on the ice skating rink!) and in Central Park after the snow fell. I spent a morning at the MoMA seeing a Van Gogh exhibit and a Joan Miro exhibit.
We walked around Central Park on the morning of our departure, enjoying the winter wonderland in the middle of the urban jungle. Despite snow and icy rain, we had a great time and can't wait to go back!
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