While I was there I was obsessed with the new app for Android, Instagram. Here are some of the pictures I captured:
The view from our hotel room.
One of the reasons we went to New York for the retreat is so many of our group wanted to see Newsies. We loved it! Apparently Katie Holmes and Surri were also at our showing. The whole thing was quite exciting.
Our hotel was also just around the corner from Grand Central station
While at the station I couldn't stop thinking of the movie Arthur and I really wanted my
"Unofficial tour"!
We ate at a VERY fancy brunch place called Norma's. They even had a $1000 menu item!
(Can you believe it?!?!?! )
The picture below is of a purple potato. How divine.
One of my favorite things we did was (an accidental) 3 hour bike ride through Central park.
The weather was gorgeous and perfect for bike riding!
Cora did not like her ride as much as the rest of us.
During our bike ride we made a stop at Belvedre Castle
There was an entertainer dressed as a pirate singing songs about a pirates life,
and the view from the top was stunning
Our hotel was also very close to the Chrysler Building
(Funny story- as we were walking up to our hotel the first day, we were debating as a group what building we thought it might be. From his car, a local keep just saying over and over "Chrysler, Chrysler, Chrysler" until we heard him. We all had a good laugh about what tourists we were.)
We also got a beautiful view of the city as we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. One of my favorite things that was said on the trip is when we came up from the subway in Brooklyn and my Aunt Laura annouced "This is Spot Conlon territory!"
I became quite obsessed with architecture while in New York.
Even though they are not complete, we still spent some time at the 9/11 Memorial.
What a very holy and beautiful place.
All that was completed was the two fountains at the footprint of the two towers, and they were breathtaking.
I can't wait to return to the Memorial to see the museum and the new building be completed.
For whatever reason, the 9/11 memorial didn't take as long as we anticipated, so we got to make a last minute trip to Ellis Island- which was also one of my favorite things we did.
I was grateful I had seen Lehi High Schools play "Carried down the names" a few months ago because I felt like it made Ellis Island really come alive for me.
The following two pictures are probably my favorite two pictures I took while in New York and I submitted both to the Instagram #landmarked project
That night we spent in Little Italy and I had the best Gnocchi con Pesto of my life!
Seeing St. Peter's Cathedral was a great change of pace.
And here are some of the few photos I took from my own camera
Walking the Brooklyn Bridge with Kat and Slobbery.
Fountains and new memorial building at Ground Zero with the Grandma.
My old man crush, Good ol' Matty!
We got to spend about 20 minutes in the Natural History Museum.
Mayan Calendar. Massive.
My entire museum experience was revolved around trying to find this guy. I wasn't sure if we was real or a replica until I found him, but there are only TWO real Moi taken from Easter Island. (One in Vina del mar, Chile- a picture I have, and one in the Louvre) While at the Natural History Museum I couldn't remember if there were two or three, but I knew they must have at least a replica because of the movie "Night at the Museum". I was determined to get a picture with the Moi if he was real, but by the time we realized he was a replica I figured a picture would be good anyway.
Here are some more great pictures taken by others on our trip:
Thanks to everyone who let me come! It was definitely the experience of a life time and I enjoyed getting to know my loved ones on so much more of a personal level! Mitzi, Char and Laura, Thanks for all the hard work you did to get us all there!
