It has been a crazy week since Colleen has been up here. It's been the first time since I have been up here that I have really gone around the city. We have had SOOO much fun so far though! She got here late wednesday night and will be here until this coming wednesday.
sooo....Thursday:
It was a complete surprise and she had no idea what we doing all day. We ate at Tavern on the Green with my grandma and aunt-which was absolutely delicious!! It was a beautiful day so after our scrumptious 3 course meal we took a walk through central park. We wanted to go to the Strawberry Fields but we missed it and ended up walking about 10 blocks passed it. Ooops. Colleen had said how much I would love Columbia University so we hopped on the subway and went up to 116th street to see it. It was gorgeous!!!! I love Auburn don't get me wrong...but I would transfer to Columbia in a heart beat.
I wanted to see the student center but the lady said that only students could see it. So I then preceded to say "well, I'm not a student right now but I am graduating next year and looking at grad schools. May I just see it for a few minutes?" She was like..."ohhh you're a prospective student? well you are supposed to have a tour guide with you but I will let you go anyway". Sweet! haha. It was a very nice student center and then we headed down to the bookstore for a little while.
Then we got the subway back to Penn to make our train. We then went to the David Tutera Wedding Showcase!! It was awesome! For those who don't know who David is-- he is a celebrity wedding planner who has his own show called 'my fair wedding.' We enjoyed a cocktail hour and then went into his lecture. I ended up winning the raffel for a Tiffany&Co necklace which was so cool! I never win anything! Then we got in line to meet David who was soooo nice!
it was a freaking awesome day!
Friday:
Colleen and I got the train and had planned to go eat at Serendipity's for lunch but the wait was way too long. We ended up eating at a small cafe on 3rd ave which was really good! Then we went back to Times Square to go to the Titanic Exhibition. Let me start by saying that this exhibit was BY FAR the coolest thing I have ever done! All the artifacts were so neat and they even recreated hallways from 3rd and 1st classes. It seriously felt like I was on the actual ship and that Leonardo DiCaprio should pop out of the 3rd class room at any second. Then we turned the corner and they had recreated the Grand Staircase. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was spectacular!! Seriously it was the best hour and half! Everyone should go to this exhibit!
We then got some yummy cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery and took a trip down to NYU. We were exhausted so we ended up taking an earlier train back to Jersey.
Saturday:
We woke up ridiculously early so we could get in line at the Tickets station in Times Square to try to get cheaper tickets to a Broadway show. We got a really good place in line and ended up getting Phantom of the Opera orchestra seats for 50% off! It was awesome!!
We then took a seat in Times Square and people watched for a little bit before taking the subway up to Tiffany's. After acting like I was searching for a friends ring I ended up getting to try on a $43,000 engagement ring. It was insane!! -and gorgeous of course!
Then we took a restroom break at The Plaza while acting like guests before we headed to Grand Central to meet up with my friend/Theta sister Sam! We all went to lunch before Colleen and I had to leave for Phantom. We got to the theatre and enjoyed a magnificent performance. All the leads were there (meaning we didnt have their understudies) and let me just say that Raul was SOOOOO sexy!!! It was my 2nd time seeing it at the Majestic and I can't even get over how much I love it. I could see Phantom 120398123 times and it would have the same emotional effect. Simply amazing.
We then ate dinner at Serendipity's, enjoyed a yummy Frozen Hot Chocolate before taking a late night stroll in the Financial District.
After a long but great 14 hr day we headed back.
Well...it's sunday and we are sitting on the coach being lazy and resting up for another day in the city tomorrow.
Again...so sorry it took me so long to update but hey! I just did a whole week in one post :)
Conquering Manhattan one day at a time,
~Amanda
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