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The sun finally came out on day 3 of our trip. We got up early to take advantage of the good weather, but first we had a quick breakfast around the corner.

The walls opened up which was really nice!

Then we went over to SoHo, which is a big shopping area. The feel of SoHo was drastically different… things seemed a lot more relaxed here, and the buildings seemed a little less cramped. It felt a lot like Old Town Pasadena to me with the relaxed atmosphere and tons of little clothing shops.

Next stop was Battery Park where we could get a view of the Statue of Liberty. We were short on time, so we didn’t actually take the ferry over to it.

In battery park was this small memorial to the World Trade Center.

We passed through Chinatown and Little Italy… the destination was Katz’s Delicatessen. I love pastrami – but after eating here, I realized I’ve NEVER HAD pastrami! When you order this $14 sandwich on rye, the person at the counter brings out a big steaming slab of meat and slices off a few pieces for you try just to make sure that you want it. It’s kind of like tasting the wine at a nice restaurant before they pour you a glass… except instead of wine, you get hot juicy meat.

I’m having a hard time thinking… pastrami on the brain… the rest of the pics are below. On the way to Rockefeller Center, we stopped at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Then we went to the roof of the Rockefeller Center. Then super nice dinner at Daniel NYC.

Sorry, not a lot of pics from Daniel… what do you expect? It’s a nice restaurant… and I didn’t want to be the little kid there on a special occasion while others seemed to be eating at their nightly spot for some wine and good food. The ambiance was the nicest I’ve ever seen… the service was impeccable and the food was good too. Ever notice at really nice French restaurants that you can never understand what the waiter is saying through his heavy accent? Oh did I mention that it’s EXPENSIVE? Holy moly… I am probably never going there again.

Day 2 was rainy… but that didn’t stop New Yorkers from doing anything. Tons of people were still out and about.

Our plans for the day were to walk to 5th Ave. and visit all the big name stores like Saks, Macy’s, Tiffany & Co… but this is the cool thing about New York – everything is so jam packed that the coolest spot to eat or shop could be on the opposite side of the block that you’re on, and you’d never know. We made it a habit of looking around each corner every time we got to an intersection – just to make sure we didn’t miss anything. So we found Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, and a cool underground Apple store. Later that night, we went to see a Broadway show and had pizza again.

Rockefeller Center

Underground Apple store

Street vendor food sucks

Times Square is CRAZY. At all times, there is a film crew filming something.

Random other pics from the day:

Sorry I am super late style with the NY trip updates. Life has been super busy since I got home!

So we flew out of LAX and landed in Newark airport. Our old friend Josh was nice enough to pick us up in his super clean G20t. It was MT, leather interior, auto climate control… I REALLY liked it! New Jersey is really REALLY green. The houses are all old and have a lot of character.

We went to dinner at Witherspoon Grill. GREAT steaks! The restaurant was right across the street from Princeton university, so we walked around the campus for a little bit.

Then it was off the our hotel in Times Square so we took the train.

Our hotel room was nice… 14th floor (which really means 13th floor!) and a view of 8th ave. We were so relieved to finally be at the hotel so we could sleep, but how can you sleep when you look out the window and see tons of people walking around at 11pm! So we went out to explore… and came back with a slice of pizza.

Nadine and I took a little trip to NY last weekend for our 2nd year anniversary. Us two… no kids… in the city that never sleeps… we were constantly doing stuff. It was such good times.

Here are some quick pics… I’ll post more about the trip very soon!