When Jeff and Amber were here we took a few days and went to New York City. Colin was the only one of us that had ever been, and that was about 10 years ago, so we were all excited for this adventure.
We decided that instead of trying to drive around the city, that we would take the train from Boston and it was an enjoyable, no stress way to travel. We found a great penthouse in Manhattan to rent on the homeaway.com website. We had a view of the Empire State Building from our "crib".
It was unbelievably hot the days we were there. Mid 90's every day with horrible humidity. We have decided that any future vacations we take together will be in the spring or fall! To make good use of our time and get to see the most that we could while we were there, we purchased tickets for a double decker bus tour. We all agreed that this was definitely a good way to see the city.
As it is with any of our vacations, food was always a priority. We ate at some great places. The first night we were there we ate at Mesa Grill, one of Bobby Flay's restaurants. Jeff wasn't feeling well so he didn't go with us that night, but the rest of us enjoyed it. Of course we had to eat at the famous Carnegie Deli, and let me tell you- the pastrami is to die for. I had never liked pastrami that well until I had a bite of Colin's sandwich. YUM!
Jeff and I opted for the turkey club. As you can see by the size of this thing, we should have shared one!
We had another great meal at LaMela's. I dropped the ball and didn't get any pictures of the great food, but here is a picture of Jeff and Amber outside the restaurant.
We had a little fun in the M&M's store in Times Square. If you know Jeff, ask him how his $40 M&M's were the next time you see him. :)
Times Square at night.
I loved New York and can't wait to go again!
