The Last of New York

After a day of much needed rest we ventured out to NYC on our own for the first time. Our friends that we were staying with had to return to work/school after the weekend. We started our day at the 9/11 Memorial which we got lost going to like 3 times. Even with Google Maps. 

Darin really wanted to check out the financial district that day so we saw the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street and saw the famous Charging Bull statue which I had never heard of. The whole week Darin kept talking about seeing the Bull and I kept thinking he was saying Bowl. So I thought we were headed to take a picture with a giant bowl haha. In the evening we checked out Battery Park and then did the city night bus tour. We had an awesome tour guide who thought Cohen was awesome so that made things real fun! The bus took us over the Brooklyn bridge into Brooklyn for a bit which was our first and only visit into one of the other boroughs.

On our last day in the actual city we ate Lunch at a place called Jacob's Pickles. So yummy. I got this never ending skillet of Mushroom Mac N Cheese which I probably only finished a fourth of. The rest I gave to a homeless man in Times Square. We spent the majority of our time that day at the MET museum. I enjoyed the art and Darin mainly enjoyed playing with Cohen but he did appreciate some of the art. If I go back to New York there are two things I will do differently. First, I will make time to see a Broadway Musical. I wasn't quite sure if babies were allowed to go and I didn't think Cohen could sit quiet for 3 hours. Second, I will dedicate multiple days to just exploring the various museums in the city. The museums were definitely my favorite part. I'm not sure if it's because I was just excited to be out of the cold or if it's the inner nerd insidenthat loves to read about everything.

Well New York, we had such a blast! Hopefully Cohen will appreciate all of the pictures in the future when he wants to hear all about the fun we had in New York. 

Love y'all!

Day Trip To Philly

And another day in the Big Apple!

On Sunday we spent half of the day at the Museum of Natural History. This was probably my favorite part of our whole trip. We didn't even have time to see it all cause it is so massive. When I go back to New York I will be sure to dedicate an entire day to the museum because half a day is just not enough. 

So when you go to the museums in NYC you can pay the "suggested price" or make a donation to the museum as your entrance fee. Since we didn't want to pay the full suggested price, Darin donated for each of our tickets but that means you don't get to enter certain exhibits. That was all fine and dandy until we got to the Butterfly Observatory, the ONE thing Darin cared to see. It's all he could talk about all day. We get to the exhibit and it was one of the places we weren't allowed to go with the tickets we had purchased. Darin was so bummed. I turned to Darin and said "Aww babe, I'm so sorry, this is the one thing you were so excited for". The patron overheard our conversation. We decided to then just take a picture in front of the exhibit to pretend like we got in. And our friend who took the pic said "hey let's get this lady in the pic who wouldn't let us in". Well somehow that worked. She let us in after that as long as we didn't take the picture. Darin was thrilled. Actually thrilled is an understatement.

After the museum we ate at Shake Shack... which to be honest I was not that impressed with. Sorry East Coast people to rain on that parade. It was good, but didn't live up to it's hype. I prefer In-N-Out.

Then we went to central park, Colombus Circle, saw Juliard, and the LDS temple. 

On Monday we rented a car and drove to Philadelphia for some authentic cheese steaks. Except for mine was a mushroom one and delicious. We went to this huge indoor farmers market that just so happens to be the oldest one in America. We also saw the Rocky steps and took an iffy picture of the liberty bell from the outside. IT WAS WAYYY TOO Cold in Philly. Mainly because we didn't know any indoor things to do there. It was a quick trip but we did everything we wanted to.

I promise only one more New York post left  :0 

Love y'all!