N.Y.C.

Yesterday we went to NYC. We had to wake up at 5am to catch the Greyhound into the city. Fortunately, we got on the bus without any hiccups.

Then we had to navigate the tricky subway system. For 2 girls who had never travelled on the subway on our own before, I'd have to say we did really well! This is me proudly standing by our destination after our successful trip.

Our main goal was to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We were so happy as we walked up and saw the beautiful building!

After which we were immediately disappointed by this sign:

Apparantly the Met is closed on Mondays. Who knew?? (Also, pardon the goofy red earmuff- there was a chilly wind and it was hurting my ears!)

This is another model-esque picture of Ayisha that I took in Central Park. Isn't she beautiful!

We could have easily spent all day in Central Park! There were so many little hidden treasures that we had a fun time discovering - like this beautiful fountain with lotus flowers and lilypads in it.

We even indulged a little and went to the Central Park Zoo.

My favorite part of zoos is always the sea lions. They're just so cute!

The sleeping polar bears were pretty adorable too. Who knew you could find a polar bear in the middle of Central Park?

Eventually we decided to leave Central Park in search of food. We went to Ellen's Stardust Diner, where I had been last time I went to NYC. All the waiters are out of work actors and they take turns singing and entertaining. Dinner AND a show! This was our waiter, Jonathon. Isn't he a hunk?? He also had the best singing voice by far.

Ayisha had the good fortune to have him cuddle up next to her during a song. I only wish I had snapped the picture with his eyes open. . .

Next we went further into Times Square to walk off our delicious meals, and walked into the Hershey store, where we found a little bit of heaven. . .

I couldn't resist a mouthful of this special mixture.

Doesn't this look like the best corner of Times Square??

Lady Liberty?? So that's why she's green. . .

The MnM shop is right across from the Hershey shop. Ayisha was a little freaked out by their "promotional character of the day" (Big Blue in the background). Apparantly so are a lot of kids - I saw a toddler cry when he tried to say hi to her.

The MnM shop had all kind of fun mixes!

We had a machine scan us to tell us what color MnM we are. Ayisha is Orange.

This is the results of mine. If it's true, then I do a LOT of good in this world. :)

In the Toys 'R' Us store they had an indoor ferris wheel! Ironically we ended up on the MnM car.

There were all kinds of fun things in the giant multi-level store - like this image of Superman saving the Daily Planet from a runaway semi.

Finally, after a long day of walking, we headed back to the Subway and home (to the hotel) to bed.