NO.....SLEEP.....TIL BROOKLYN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last Wednesday, Tracy and I packed up and left for Brooklyn, NY to see Becca and Parham. This was our longest trip away from Abby and I thought I would be a mess, but even though I really missed her, I enjoyed my time with Tracy and our friends.

So here in a nutshell was our trip:

Wednesday
1:30 - Arrive in NYC

Afternoon - Parham showed us his own personal tour of NYC

• Grand Central Station (had some wonderful cheesecake at Juniors)
• Upper West Side
• Central Park (part of the west side and had a hot dog from a vendor)
• 
  The Village (ate pizza at Stromboli's)

Evening - went back to Brooklyn and met Becca. Went to eat at a local brewery-esque place and then went to a bar that had a Bocci Ball Lane in it.

Thursday
Morning - Went to Ellis Island with Becca and Tracy. It was super interesting and I recommend it. We didn't bother getting off at the Statue of Liberty but waved as we passed by. We also saw Madison Square Garden and Penn Station. We ate lunch in the Fashion District at a little Greek place as we dropped Becca off at her job.

Afternoon -

• American Museum of Natural History (super wonderful...reminds me of Night at the Museum)
• Belvedere Castle
• Walked all up and down the East side of Central Park
• Had cheesecake at Carnegie Deli
• Went to M&M World
• Walked around Times Square

Evening -

• Went and picked up Becca from work
• Met Parham at the most famous pizza place in NY, Grimaldi's Pizzaria in Brooklyn. This was like a mob owned place. You waited outside (glad it wasn't raining) and then the little old owner/manager would walk outside and pick who came in. The pizza was wonderful and it was truly an experience.
• Went to a little bar right down from Grimaldi's to watch NBA playoffs and drink. We had great random conversation with random people.

Friday
Morning - lounged around a little in the morning

• Top of the Rock at Rockerfeller Center
• St. Patrick's Cathedral
• light shopping on 5th avenue
• Beer tasting at Heartland Brewery
• Lunch at The Stand....some of the best burgers I have ever had...totally recommend it.

Afternoon -

• Walked from Fashion District to NOHO
• SOHO
• Chinatown for some shopping
• Little Italy...had a great chocolate canoli!
• More Times Square (Hershey's World, Hard Rock, etc.)

Evening -
Picked Becca up from work
Met Parham and went to the Mets vs Braves game where I watched my Braves lose.

Saturday
Morning - Lounged around with Becca. Went and got Broadway tickets for the next day. Becca showed us around some of Brooklyn. We ate at this random little Greek place which had the worst service I have ever seen in my life, but the food was actually pretty good.

Afternoon - We went and saw Prospect Park in Brooklyn and then some shoe shopping right down from Becca and Parham's place.

Evening - Becca took us to the Meatpacking District where we got to see all the really cool/trendy places. We finally ate dinner around 11 or so at this little Italian place.

Sunday
Morning - More lounging around Brooklyn

Afternoon - Saw In The Heights on Broadway. It was amazing. Corbin Bleu is the star right now and we totally loved it.

Evening - Tracy and I ate at this little place in Brooklyn called Chip Shot. It was a English Pub type place with tons of fried foods but it was really good. We had the fish and chips and it was WONDERFUL. They also had fried snickers, fried reeses, fried twinkies, fried mac n cheese (we had thsi and it was amazing), fried pizza, fried burgers, etc. It was featured on the Food Network. We then walked across to a little bakery and got an assortment of treats to take back to Becca and Parham. We then packed up and watched some comedians and ate dessert.

Monday
We left NYC :(....but I was sooooooooooooo super excited to see my Abs. She looked like she had grown a foot and Grandma said she was wonderful. Tracy and I took her to the park immediately and then came home to relax a little.