NEW YORK, NEW YORK

The summer has finally ended!!!
Aaron had extended so we were in Baltimore an extra month, and then after 3 weeks, Aaron came home from knocking and decided he was done selling and that we should take off that night and go to New York!! And I did not hesitate. We drove the 3 1/2 hours to New Jersey, stayed the night in a crappy, smoky hotel, then took the train into the city 10 minutes away the next morning. We ended up staying right in Manhattan at Aaron's friend, Sara's apartment the rest of the time, and it turned out so nice! Here's some of our adventures to mark the first 5 months of our marriage, and the end to an Apx summer!!

The first night in NY, we decided since the Yankees (who Aaron hates) were playing the White Sox (who Aaron loves), we bought scalped tickets once again and were able to see one of the last games in the old Yankee stadium. Yankees won and Aaron was pissed.Here was Time Square, I was loving all the shopping and how everything was so bright and crazy down there! More of Times Square... I thought of how cool it would be to be there for New Years when the ball drops!You can't go to New York without seeing a Broadway play, so we decided on Young Frankenstein, since I'd only heard of it but never seen it, plus I thought it wouldn't be too obnoxious for Aaron. He actually really liked it! It was funny and entertaining although the play started an hour late because of technical difficulties and everyone was annoyed and wanting their money back...
We took a double decker tour bus around all over Manhattan and Brooklyn and learned about some of the cool sites. This building is where Ghostbusters was filmed, at the end with the crazy, scary lady that used to freak me out as a kid.
We were on the bus in the middle of the busy city, and as we were passing, I saw The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on a building, and I'm like.. "Aaron, there's a church!" And then we realized, oh wait, that's the temple!! We barely snapped a picture of it before we barreled down the street.
This is Seaport, the dock that has a little shopping mall, and where boat tours take off. I liked this fancy little Statue of Liberty =)The real thing, from our boat tour! It was really cool seeing the Statue of Liberty, I felt patriotic.
With so many restaurants to choose from, we settled on Bubba Gumps one night, and Aaron is posing in front of a mural of the Jenny boat.

While at Seaport and killing time before our boat tour, we found a Halloween store and messed around.
V for Vendetta... this movie was weird and I didn't get it, but apparently Aaron liked it!
The Empire State Building by day, from the ground...On top of the Empire State Building at night, with Sara, Aaron's friend we stayed with.Gorgeous view!! The city is SO HUGE.Ground Zero: where the World Trade Centers used to be. There is construction going on, where they are leaving a void of where the towers used to be and putting fountains instead. There was a Memorial/museum that we went to, and it was really sombering to be so close to where 9/11 happened, and it felt more real to be with New Yorkers and the fast paced way of life and to realize how recent of an event that was, that it's still a sensitive issue for so many people.While taking our 3-day bus tour, we meant to go downtown, but ended on the route to Brooklyn which we hadn't planned on, but it was fun nonetheless. We ended up hopping off the bus and walking back across the Brooklyn Bridge. I love MACY'S!!! This Macy's in New York is the largest store in the world and it's where they have the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade every year. I was determined to buy some boots while I was in New York and I spent a good hour or 2 trying on tons at Macy's, with Aaron even looking at prices for me! I couldn't justify paying $500 for boots (everything is more expensive in New York) so I came home with clothes instead.. no complaints from me =)Just lovin the tour bus!Beautiful Central Park: New York is soooo busy and has people everywhere, and as soon as we got to Central Park I realized, wow this is the first time I've seen grass anywhere. It's so relaxing and the only getaway from city life.Aaron in front of the famous bridge we saw pictures of all over the city that peddlers were selling and suckered us into buying.Sportin the I love NY t-shirt in front of Central Park with the city skyscrapers in the backgroundThe Bull in the Financial District, by Wall Street I insisted on finding F.A.O Schwarz just so I could play on the piano from BIG! Apparently it's a popular spot- there was an obnoxious lady with her 3-year old that kept taking up the entire keyboard and all we wanted was a few pictures but she was always in the way!! Yup, that's her on the side..Harry Potter made totally out of Legos!! This was pretty sweet.. I wonder how long that took
The little square/fountain outside Sara's apartment where we would buy breakfast and eat it every morning. This was our last day in New YorkGettin ready to leave and catch the train back to New Jersey to get our car. I kept making fun of Aaron because he would carry his duffle bag on his bag like this, like a back pack. How embarrassing! But he wasn't huffing and puffing like I was, hauling my bag around normally so I think this little idea worked.