new york...winter garden, walking & wicked.

The BEGINNING of the Brooklyn Bridge day started with breakfast at the "Kitchenette". Seriously the BEST food we ate here. It was like stepping into
an old fashioned southern ladies kitchen. The O.J. cups were old mason jars,
the menu consisted of things like "vanilla creme brulee' french toast", "lemon crepes",
"homemade biscuits and gravy", etc.. The furniture was a mixed up set of all cool
old quaint things gathered together in one spot. We recommend this place
HIGHLY to anyone travelling to NYC. The prices were great as well. We rolled
out of here for a marathon day of walking.First stop, a long subway from the "top" of manhattan to the very bottom was Ground Zero.
It has changed a lot since that last time we were here--construction of the new buildings
has begun and it is great to see them going up. It still brings tears to my eyes to think of
what transpired here those few short years ago. This is from the chapel (famous one, can't
remember the name) looking toward Ground Zero.

Construction on the towers....

More construction

The GORGEOUS blue sky--don't let it fool you though. The

wind was blowing like CRAZY and when the wind blows in NYC,

you had better be dressed warmly!

From inside Winter Garden looking out at construction.

Another view

This is how cold it was...Josh was FREEZING!

The view of Lady Liberty from Winter Garden/Ground Zero area.

Ellis Island from the same spot.

Trying to huddle for warmth...

After this, we raced off to see Wicked (again--I know, the Wilcox's

and Siddoways made fun of us for seeing it again!) But we LOVE

this show. Just Grace and I went, while the boys explored some more

of the city. We also did a quick turn through Forever 21 again!

I wasn't lying about hitting it a zillion times while we were there!

LOVE the show--it was STILL Great!!! Afterwards, we

met our friends for dinner and did the Brooklyn Bridge walk.

(see previous post)

I wasn't kidding about the walking part--this was a LONG (but

fun day!) It was such a great trip to take with the big kids--

some great memories were made and we feel blessed that

the financial stars all aligned so "cheaply" to make one more

trip here possible. The Wilcox's are wondering when

we are moving in with them permanently!

Thanks Adam & Amy for allowing us to visit!