End of the Best Weekend in New York with the Coolest Person Before I Moved Back West

I miss the east coast sometimes. Writing these posts about my great weekend in NYC just makes me miss it more. I just love NYC!
Tuesday it was rainy and cold and I walked everywhere in it, but it didn't dampen my spirits! I walked from UES through Central Park to LES and the MoMA before it started pouring.

Bethesda Fountain

Boat House

The MoMA was...Modern Art. I wanted to go since I haven't before, even though I am not a modern art fan.

Some of Monet's "Water Lilies"

"Starry Night," Van Gogh -- I had no idea it was here until I walked in the room!

Andy Warhol

Pollock from far away since they were unfortunately doing renovations to its room

It was pouring rain by then, so I didn't really want to walk around anymore. Instead, I picked up some cupcakes at the Plaza for Sarah and I. My childhood friend, Jessica, is all hip and working in the NYC financial district, now. We met up for dinner at a British Tea Shop, Alice's Tea Cup. It was so so cute and yummy and it was so great to catch up with Jessica!

Then up early the next day for the bus back to DC! Which broke down in the middle of Jersey and we had to wait in 90+ degree weather for an hour until another bus gets us. Then I went home, packed, and left two days later. Whirlwind! 

Monday in the Big Apple

I'm so behind. But I am still thinking about this trip, so I must do it justice with a blog post. 

Warning: This post may contain a picture of a certain "Naked Cowboy."

Monday morning, I headed over to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Sarah to check out the museum I've heard so much about! I love this museum and I can't wait to wander around the Met again someday.

We had a lunch break at Shake Shack (surprise surprise) and then I tackled the museum solo for the rest of the afternoon. 

The Assyrian Royal Court

I can't wrap my mind around the intricacy of this ceiling carving

Crossing the Delaware

Inside the Temple of Perneb

Temple of Dendur - A temple that we saved from an overflowing river in Egypt and now gets its own room

Frank Lloyd Wright room - I am fascinated by FLW as an architect and as a person, so this was a delightful, accidental find.

Armory

old piano

What an awesome museum.

Sarah and I applied for the lottery for "Newsies." I don't have any luck when it comes to winning things, so I was thrilled that Sarah was there with her luck, especially since she won the lottery! The boys were adorable.

c/o Sarah

While we were waiting for the show to start, we wandered around Times Square. 

The Naked Cowgirl was...gross

Love this girl!

We got these cupcakes and sat on the tckts bleachers and people watched.

My mom's only request was that I eat street vendor roasted nuts for her. Can't complain.

We were starving after the show, so we headed to Serendipity 3 by way of Radio City/Rockefeller/NBC Studios. I had to try their frozen hot chocolate (howww does that work?), which DOES live up to the hype. Late night dinner in the city with Sarah? I'm all over that.

Rockefeller

"Prometheus, Teacher in Every Art, Brought the Fire That Hath Proved to Mortals a Means to Mighty Ends." If you ever want multiple explanations on what that might mean, I've read multiple papers on this statue, so let me know.

Trump Tower

This restaurant in a word? Fabulous.

c/o Sarah

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A Sunny Sunday in NYC

I'm finally catching up on my NY adventures!
That Sunday, Sarah and I went downtown to see the World Trade Centers 9/11 Memorial. I think it was a beautiful design idea and it was touching to see it in person. They made square fountains in the outlines of where each of the twin towers used to stand and the water cascaded down into two levels. They put the names of each of the victims on the rims of the fountains, including the victims in PA and the Pentagon and the attack in 1993. This visit only validated the fact that New Yorkers are tough and resilient and therefore are a good representation of America. #GodblessAmerica

Freedom Tower/World Trade Center 1

Shout out to Sarah for being such a trooper and walking around NYC with me in a boot. 

 I've had a few friends secretly take pictures of my hands because I touch things when I talk. Sarah and I were talking about 9/11 and the whole time I was absent-mindedly tracing this name while we talked. Sarah secretly took a few pictures while I did that and I've gotta say, that right hand is great pianist form ;)

c/o Sarah Motley

Sarah and I walked over to the nearby Trinity Church to see what it is about and found Alexander Hamilton and John Fulton's graves. 

oooldd graves. always reminds me of my stay in England.

They were having a service, so we stepped inside and listened to the impressive organ playing that filled up the vaulted ceilings.
We walked over to St. Paul's, the church where firefighters, policemen, and volunteers rested and slept during the clean-up post 9/11 (it's right across the street). It became famous for this and the fact that it was hardly touched from debris. It now houses the banners and supportive gifts from around America and the world for those who helped.

gift from the people and Mayor of London on the year anniversary of 9/11

c/o Sarah

We attended our own services in the prettiest LDS chapel I've ever seen on the UES.
Then we had dinner along the outskirts of Chinatown with a view of the Brooklyn Bridge.

We headed over to Washington Square Park where we people watched and enjoyed street performers. We walked a little bit through NYU's campus, too. I had always wanted to go to school there. And seeing the Greenwich Village surrounding it, I now wish I had! Sarah and I walked around the Village and I decided that if I ever get the chance to live in NYC, it would be in this area. Totes adorbs.

I didn't take any pictures of the Village because I was too busy loving it in person.
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