Lehmans and the City (Part 2)

Jimmy and I were lucky enough to take a second trip to New York City this year! This time, my mom and brother came with us. We stayed one block from Times Square, near the theater district. During our last visit we stayed in SoHo, so this area was much louder and fast paced (next time we are definitely staying in SoHo).

We had a fun time despite the freezing cold weather. The second day we were there, it snowed 8 inches! In the next few days, we also had more snow and freezing rain! New York City during Christmas time is beautiful, but hard to navigate through.

Day 1

We got into the city pretty late, but after we settled in, we were able to hit up Times Square and The Rockefeller Center. I was especially excited about seeing the famous Rockefeller Tree and ice skating. While we were there, they were filming a segment of the Today Show and we were able to see Al Roker and Ann Curry! They were standing about 10 feet away from us. We were also able to see one of Jimmy's favorite investment TV programs, Fast Money (on CNBC), do a live broadcast!

Rockefeller Center and Tree

Times Square

Al Roker and Ann Curry!

Fast Money Broadcast

Mom and Pacquiao Poster!

Day 2

Since we had been to the city before, Jimmy and I wanted to revisit a cute little restaurant in Tribeca called Mocca. We also visited Ground Zero and had plans to go to Chinatown and Wall Street. However, we ended up losing my brother and mom in the Subway and then the weather took a turn for the worse and the freezing rain, snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures made it almost impossible to do anything! We went back to the hotel for a few hours to dry off and get warm.

Later that evening, we had dinner at the Times Square McDonald's then went to this EPIC bathroom hosted by Charmin. I actually got locked in the bathroom and someone had to come and save me, ha ha ha. It was in Times Square and they cleaned each stall after every use! They had a DJ, photo booth, playground area, and it was like an amusement park! After we freshened up, we went to Radio City Music Hall to see the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular. It was incredible and I was very impressed. After the show we got some hot dogs in Times Square for a midnight snack.

Freaking Cold!

On the Subway

Radio City Music Hall

Jimmy is excited about his cotton candy and soda

The Rockettes

Epic Bathroom

Midnight hot dog snack

With the New York City Cop

Day 3

We woke up super early and took the ferry to Liberty Island to check out the Statue of Liberty. Brrrrrr... it was so freaking cold! Jimmy was so cold, he had to buy a cheesy Statue of Liberty sweatshirt at the souvenir shop to stay warm, ha ha ha. Afterwards, we went to the Empire State Building, ate some New York pizza, and went shopping the "biggest store in the world," Macy's. We also went shopping on 5th Avenue and walked through Central Park. After hitting up the Times Square McDonald's again, we went to another Broadway show, Avenue Q. It was a great show and probably the funniest show on Broadway ;0) Jimmy was doing his crazy laugh, so I was embarrassed, but happy he loved it.

Freezing on Liberty Island

Jimmy showing off his new sweatshirt

Steven does the "daffy"

Top of the Empire State Building

Jimmy posing next to the Avenue Q poster

Freaking Cold!

Central Park

We were sad to go, but excited to get back to warmer, dryer weather. Though it's very nostalgic to go to New York City during Christmas, we all decided that next time we would go in the Spring or Summer, ha ha ha.