John and I celebrated our fifth anniversary this weekend in New York City. G. Jill and P. C. drove in from Arkansas to stay with Elizabeth so John and I could have this weekend away. We were very grateful!
Our first stop in the city was to check in at the InterContinental Hotel in Midtown. Somehow we managed to snag a major room upgrade and received a junior suite complete with a foyer, living room, work area, two bathrooms and a large bedroom. Just after we arrived to our room, I received another fun surprise when John had a beautiful bouquet of flowers delivered to the room. The weekend was off to a great start!
We spent Friday afternoon in the Rockefeller Center area where we grabbed lunch, shopped, and dodged the Veterans Day parade down 5th Avenue (this parade seriously lasted at least three hours). We also went on the NBC tour and saw one of the MSNBC studios, the Dr. Oz studio (John had no idea who that was), and the SNL studio. While at SNL, we spotted cast members Bill Hader and Seth Meyers.
Friday night was our anniversary dinner at Perilla in the West Village, a great recommendation by our good friend, Hillary. The duck meatball appetizer was out of this world!
On Saturday morning, we headed out early to stand on the plaza during the Today show. Although we didn't get any TV time, we chatted with weather guy Bill Karins for a few minutes after his weather report and then watched Lester Holt, Amy Robach and Bill Karins come out to the plaza for one last spot at the end of the show. We watch the Today show every day so this was one of the highlights of the trip for us (nerdy, but true).
We spent most of Saturday afternoon walking and enjoying the beautiful Fall weather. We walked from Midtown up to Central Park, found a great pizza spot for lunch, and then walked through the park up to the Met (where I had to get a picture on the steps in honor of Gossip Girl). Later, we took the subway down to Brooklyn to visit our friends Meagan, Eric, Adam and to meet their new little guy, Ben. The adults headed out for a great dinner and drinks in Park Slope.
Overall, it was a great weekend and a great way to spend our anniversary!
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| Huge hotel room! |
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| Another view of the room |
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| Christmas tree going up in Rockefeller Center |
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| Central Park |
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| Beautiful anniversary flowers |
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| Steps of the Met |
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| Bill Karins |
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| Bill Karins, Amy Robach and Lester Holt on the plaza |
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| Ice rink is already up and running |
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| Today show filming |
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Outside Studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza!
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