Last week, around Tuesday Andy convinced me to take a sick day on Friday. Actually, I had been talking about it because it's almost the end of the year and I still have 9 days or so left that will just disappear, so I've been giving myself several 3-day weekends lately. So, Andy helped solidify it this week by suggesting that we go to Atlanta and spend Thursday night with my sisters, and then go to Six Flags with them and their hubbies on Friday. I was so excited about it. A day off at Six Flags was exactly what I needed. So, we headed that way Thursday and went to dinner with Steph and Jose and Erin (Lee was out of town). As we were getting ready for bed we were talking about morning plans and picking Lee up from the airport, and Erin was telling us that we needed to just pick him up on the way, so we got up bright and early and I showered while Andy packed up our overnight bag and we headed out. As we pulled into the airport to get Lee, I noticed that he wasn't out there yet, and there are all these signs that say things like, "No Stopping," and "Active Loading and Unloading Only," so I said something to the effect of, "I guess we should get out and pretend like we're actively unloading," which Andy and Erin were more than happy to do. So, we jumped out and Erin popped the trunk, and Andy started digging around in there, and I thought, "Boy, they're taking this fake unloading thing seriously." Then, I happened to look down and notice a strange suitcase, and said, "Whose suitcase is that?" I got nothing but a sly smile from Erin and Andy, and was then handed boarding passes for a flight to.............NEW YORK CITY! It was a total surprise (I'm pretty oblivious and naive and gullible, which comes in handy at times like these), and we immediately flew to Laguardia Airport (which is pitiful compared to Hartsfield-Jackson, I must say), and by 11:00 a.m. we were in New York City hailing a cab. It was absolutely amazing. We stayed right in the middle of Times Square on the corner of 47th and Broadway. The hotel was equally amazing. It's called The W, or just W. Here's a picture of it in the day and at night. 
You can see the big W waaaaay up at the top. On the far right of the next picture, you can see the W. This is how in-the-middle-of-everything we were. 
When you first walked in, the entrance was surrounded with glass walls filled with water, so there was water above us and all around us. 
We had to take the elevator to the 7th floor to check in, and the lobby was gorgeous.
Even the elevators were cool. 
Our room was on the 49th floor and was so pretty and modern, and we had an amazing view of the city. 
The first day, I felt like I was walking around in a surreal fog. We walked up and down Broadway and 5th Avenue and took a million pictures, and we found this tiny little pizza place that had the most amazing pizza. We ended up going back for more later. 
The next morning we got up and went to see the Statue of Liberty, which was also sort of surreal. 
I have to admit, though, the immense amount of foreign people became overwhelming by the time we got off the last ferry back in NYC. They have a poor sense of personal space. Anyways, after that we walked over to Ground Zero, which is no longer a monument or a tourist attraction, but a huge construction zone, so we weren't that impressed. But, after that we headed to China Town and saw a gazillion knock-off hand bags and sunglasses. Three blocks from there was Little Italy, which we just loved. We ate outside at a little restaurant there and people-watched for a while. 
Then we headed down the street and tried on some more sunglasses and bought some gelato. I don't know if it was authentic gelato, or just really good ice cream, but it was delicious. After that we headed to Soho and shopped quite a bit, but bought very little. Then, that night, Andy got us tickets to see Wicked on Broadway. 
It was so good - definitely the highlight of the trip. It was such a good play - very funny. I read about half the book before life got in the way, and the book wasn't near as funny. After that we went to dinner at 11:something and were seated around midnight. We ate dinner, walked around and took a million more pictures, and then headed to bed. 
We got up the next morning, grabbed a cab, and headed back to the airport where we were so anxious to see the kids. It was a whirlwind of a trip, but SO neat and fun. Most of the pictures are of me because Andy wanted the trip to be all about me. He was so interested in doing everything I wanted to do and made it such a great weekend. He is precious and amazing and I just love him so much!
You can see the big W waaaaay up at the top. On the far right of the next picture, you can see the W. This is how in-the-middle-of-everything we were. When you first walked in, the entrance was surrounded with glass walls filled with water, so there was water above us and all around us. We had to take the elevator to the 7th floor to check in, and the lobby was gorgeous. Even the elevators were cool. Our room was on the 49th floor and was so pretty and modern, and we had an amazing view of the city. The first day, I felt like I was walking around in a surreal fog. We walked up and down Broadway and 5th Avenue and took a million pictures, and we found this tiny little pizza place that had the most amazing pizza. We ended up going back for more later. The next morning we got up and went to see the Statue of Liberty, which was also sort of surreal. I have to admit, though, the immense amount of foreign people became overwhelming by the time we got off the last ferry back in NYC. They have a poor sense of personal space. Anyways, after that we walked over to Ground Zero, which is no longer a monument or a tourist attraction, but a huge construction zone, so we weren't that impressed. But, after that we headed to China Town and saw a gazillion knock-off hand bags and sunglasses. Three blocks from there was Little Italy, which we just loved. We ate outside at a little restaurant there and people-watched for a while. Then we headed down the street and tried on some more sunglasses and bought some gelato. I don't know if it was authentic gelato, or just really good ice cream, but it was delicious. After that we headed to Soho and shopped quite a bit, but bought very little. Then, that night, Andy got us tickets to see Wicked on Broadway. It was so good - definitely the highlight of the trip. It was such a good play - very funny. I read about half the book before life got in the way, and the book wasn't near as funny. After that we went to dinner at 11:something and were seated around midnight. We ate dinner, walked around and took a million more pictures, and then headed to bed. We got up the next morning, grabbed a cab, and headed back to the airport where we were so anxious to see the kids. It was a whirlwind of a trip, but SO neat and fun. Most of the pictures are of me because Andy wanted the trip to be all about me. He was so interested in doing everything I wanted to do and made it such a great weekend. He is precious and amazing and I just love him so much!
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Those are great pictures! It looks like you guys had so much fun, I'm so glad!
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