We arrived in NY and checked into our hotel. The drive was only about 3.5 hours...not so bad (especially since Kev did all the driving and I rested!). We checked into the hotel and then met Bob at his place. A nice little apartment on the Upper East Side.
He showed us around his "neighborhood" and we walked a few blocks to a place called Wicker Park for a light and late lunch. Bob and I shared a cobb salad (which was the first of many delicious meals), Kev got a salad and we all had a beverage or two!!
We then walked around some more, and had a pit stop in The East End pub for another one. We all went back to the hotel, called home to check in, and got ready for an early dinner with the ND crew....Cara and Tim Kober, Tim and Jane McCarthy, Erin and Dan Hennigan, us and Bob. The boys had naps at the hotel while I got myself ready. We met everyone at Firenze's a couple of blocks away from Bob's apartment, recommended by Kate Kober (Tim's sister) and it was incredible. Authentic, real Italian food with real Italians. Our waiter was Antonio and he was hysterical. It was SO much fun! And delicious! We went from there to the Gael Pub which was so perfect because there was no one there...so we could easily talk and catch up. It was such a great time and such a wonderful (and late) night on the town. Thanks so much to Tim and Cara and Tim and Jane for coming out in the city and leaving the kiddos behind. We tried to hit a famous pizza place for a little late night snacking, but it wasn't open, so we went to a place called Two Boots for a little NY pizza. Still very yummy.
We slept in a little the next morning. Kev decided he needed a bit more sleep so Bob and I left him behind at the hotel and went to breakfast down the street. We brought home a little something for Kev to eat and got ourselves together and walked to Grand Central Station from our hotel and went downtown to Bob's work. It was so incredible (and scary) to see the cases Bob's worked on and everything he does on a daily basis...it's exactly like all those cop/DA/crime shows you see on tv, except the walls on those shows are not pained a bright and disturbing blue color. It was crazy to see but great to be able to see what he does and deals with and no we can picture him at his office!
We left there and did LOTS of walking. We walked from Bob's office, through Chinatown, and walked pretty much all over the city...we went to the Village (saw his old place), SoHo, all crazy and expensive stores/shopping, Central Park...oh the places we went! We had a pit stop at the Whistling Fish (something like that...I think the Whistling fish was actually a store on the Vineyard) and stopped at another place for some delicious appetizers. I think they had the best Nachos I've ever had. Or maybe by then I was just starving! And that's saying something. We met Erin and Dan for a burger at the famous JD Mellon who was rated as having some of the best burgers. And they did. After dinner we stopped at the Banshee for a drink where we all pretty much collapsed. We were so exhausted (and it was only 9pm), but in order for Kev and I to certainly function in driving home and getting the girls, we needed a good nights rest (not like the night before). So we said good night and headed back to the hotel.
Kev and I were up early since getting such a good sleep the night before so we packed up, gave Bob an early morning wake-up call (around 830am) and met him for breakfast around 930 at Peters. The place was pretty cool because every picture in there was a "Peter." Peter Parker (Spiderman), Peter Jackson, Peter from Peter, Paul and Mary. Neat. And yummy.
A great breakfast and a sad goodbye with Bob and hit the road. Another almost 4 hours later and we arrived at Gamma and Papa's house to pick up the girls. We were greeted by a VERY excited Morgan (and very exhausted Gamma), and Maddie was having an afternoon nap.
We're all home now. Morgan just went to see the Chipmunks 2 movie with Daddy and it's a day of getting things done. Inspection stickers, grocery shopping, shoveling (it's snowing), etc. Poor Maddie has a bad cold so she's not sleeping too well, but Kev and I are happy as can be after a nice getaway and time off. Our vacations are like the Olympics...about every 4 years...so next time it should be easier! :)
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GAMMA, PAPA, AND AUNTIE ANNIE FOR TAKING SUCH WONDERFUL CARE OF THE GIRLS. WE LOVE YOU!! THANKS BOB FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT TOUR GUIDE/HOST. AND THANKS TO THE KOBERS, MCCARTHYS AND HENNIGANS FOR GETTING TOGETHER! SO GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL! :)
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