Thanksgiving Week: Seinfeld & Yankee Stadium

The Magical Week of Thanksgiving has now come to a close.

We even got Bry and GareBear out of the apartment to go to the Upper West Side to see the diner that was featured in Seinfeld for nine seasons.

 In Seinfeld the diner is named "Monk's", but in reality it's actually "Tom's"

Bryant made sure to order Jerry's favorite, an egg white omelet.

Ok, this time Josie was dressed first. But my ears were cold,
so I don't even care how matchy-matchy we are.

 Obviously it looks nothing like the interior on the show.

 After breakfast the girls and boys split up as usual. 

The boys went to Chinatown. (Lame)

The girls decided to go see Yankee Stadium. (Not-Lame)

The Cathedral Church of St. John 

On our lengthy walk to the subway we found a cute little Farmer's Market

 You'd think the ride from the Upper West Side to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx would be quick.

No, no...you are mistaken.

Forty-five minutes later, we made it the 3.2 miles.
Obviously there was a huge rush to head uptown to the Bronx:

Yankee Stadium

After we walked around the exterior for a bit, we were ready to immediately hop on the subway again. The area where the stadium is sketchy...

Back in Manhattan along the Upper East Side we stumbled upon Sprinkles Cupcakes!

I was super excited because my homie, Paige(below), always raved about them.

Say hello to Paige

The pumpkin spice was ah-mazing...

Toward the end of the night we made a quick stop at the Ed Sullivan Theatre

Then...of course...Veniero's

Mmmmm...

Sunday morning arrived and that meant Jumpin' J Jaguar Jalusalo had to fly back to Utah. (The fool had the bright idea of booking a 7:00 AM flight out of JFK.) When she first arrived, she took a taxi to my apartment but that cost $60 so she decided to take the subway this time at a whopping $2.50.

She also conned me into going with her since she was still a rookie subway rider.

So we left the apartment at 3:45 AM, walked to the Lorimer stop, and hopped on the subway for the hour & 20 min ride to JFK.

I let her hop on the AirTrain by herself and I headed back home by my lonesome.

(By the way, the subway riders are EXTRA weird in the early morning hours. Most of the people we saw were just heading home from the local bars and they felt the need to strike up a conversation with us. Don't they know it's not proper subway etiquette to make conversation?!)

So now I'm super sad because my little exploring companion is gone. :(

I'm willing to take replacements at anytime!

So long as we're friends and I like you. 

Thanksgiving Week: Tiffany's & Central Park Skating

Whew! Thanksgiving Day wore everyone out.

(Even Bry and GareBear were exhaused.)

Did I mention Bry was a refugee on the couch and Garrett
took the futon while Josie and I shared the king size bed?
Poor guys...

 To kick off our BLACK FRIDAY, we took the subway up to 34th Street and arrived at Penn Station/Madison Square Garden.

 

 Then we wandered down the street to the original Macy's Department store.

 Because where else would you rather be than the "World's Largest Store" on Black Friday?!

So much claustrophobia. 

**And yes, this is the first of many pictures you'll find Josie and I in almost matching fluorescent pants. Please note I was dressed first. Josie always wanted to be just like me.**

 I tried to get a good picture of Josie with the Empire State Building, but I wasn't very successful.

THIS GUY saw our plight and offered to take a picture for us.

We just asked that he get the ESB in the picture.

 THIS was the picture we got.

(wah wah wah...)

So a little further down the block at Herald Square, I tried again.

 New York Public Library

I love, love, LOVE the New York Public Library.

The entire building is stunning. The Christmas decorations made it even prettier.

 Grand Central Station and the Chrysler Building

We had fun recreating the opening credits of 'Gossip Girl'

 

 

 The little stylist had to pay her respects

 Checked out some incredibly overpriced toy stores

Can't...breathe...

 A little further down 5th Avenue we saw the original Tiffany & Co.

(*sigh*)

 We wouldn't be tourists if we didn't reenact some "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

...or the proposal scene in "Sweet Home Alabama"

A little further up at the corner of 5th Avenue and Central Park you have the incredible Plaza Hotel

We were famished little things, so we ate some yummy waffles in Central Park

 The Pond at Central Park

So one thing that Josie really, REALLY wanted to do was ice skate in New York City.

I didn't want to. At all. 

(Have you SEEN the lines at Rockefeller Plaza? No thanks.)

I tried to scare her by telling her about the recent shooting at the Bryant Park Ice Rink, but she didn't take the bait.

 So we arrived at the Central Park Ice Rink and Josie's big puppy-dog eyes made me concede. 

Tons of $$ later, we did it!

Turns out, it was AWESOME

Twin pants? CHECK!

 We're professionals

 After we skated we wandered over to the Central Park Zoo

Unfortunately, we did not see the animals from "Madagascar"

 We had basically worn ourselves out, so we took a lengthy subway ride from 60th Street to Lower Manhattan and walked out to the Brooklyn Bridge

 Lower Manhattan

Law & Order, anyone?

 

 We made a halfhearted attempt to explore Chinatown.

We were just too tired and cold.

 And to top off our day we stopped at Madison Square Park for some delicious Shake Shack.

Again, we were freezing to death so we took it back to the apartment.

We had SO much fun seeing Midtown!

Now I'll have to convince Bry to take me there again since my partner in crime is gone.

(One more "Thanksgiving Week" post to come!)