New York Summer 2018 Day 2

Hey guys,

So on our first official full day in NYC we ended up waking up around 11 because of the fact that we didn't get to bed until like 3 something. We didn't plan to sleep in this late but I don't any of us really set our alarms and if one of us did we slept right through them! We were all pretty tired. My sister was the one that actually woke my mom and I up because I guess she heard her alarm and she was like "okay guys, it's time to get up!" Anyways we finally got up and got ready! Then we headed downstairs to have lunch in our hotel's restaurant! 

This picture is supposed to show how ridiculously tall our hotel was but it doesn't really do it justice!

The food was pretty good! I had the Roasted Turkey BLT! But to be honest the bread was a little too hard for my taste. It kind of was actually hard to eat the sandwich because of that but I was fine. I still ate most of it!

Our waitress gave us free waters to go! She put them in coffee cups which kind of made it challenging to drink but it was very sweet of her and really appreciated it!

Next, we headed out into the city to check the first thing off our list! The Downton Abbey Exhibit!

The Downton Exhibit was pretty good. I enjoyed viewing all of the clothes! They were very pretty and super detailed! I can't even imagine all of the hours that went into designing and creating all of the dresses and outfits for this show! 

This photo was taken in Times Square obviously! It was taken while my sister waited in line at the Tickets, Tickets, Tickets booth to get discounted tickets for Anastasia which was the musical we saw that night. I highly recommend using this booth if you never have before because the prices are amazing and the seats aren't that bad either. We got there and waited probably like an hour the time and then we did it on Sunday and it was probably only like a 30 minute wait. Which isn't too bad for the prices in my opinion!

After we got the tickets we headed back to the hotel to get somewhat ready for the play but we still had a couple of hours before we actually needed to be there so we decided to do some shopping in Times Square so we headed out and we went to the Gap that's located in there. We each got a few things and then we decided it was time for dinner and that we wanted pizza so my sister googled for a pizza place nearby and we grabbed some slices and a salad to go! 

We headed back to the hotel with our pizza so we could eat it and we also needed to finish getting ready for the play. Once we were done eating we got dressed and made we had everything we needed for the play and then we looked up directions on how to get there and then we headed out the door!

The musical was absolutely amazing and I definitely recommend seeing it if you are wondering what to see on Broadway! We love seeing broadway shows every time we go to Manhattan because you can't really see shows like that anywhere else. We have a local theater but nothing really compares to seeing shows actually on broadway!

After the play we walked to Shake Shack to get some milkshakes! We each got a cookies n' cream milkshake and they were absolutely delicious! Once we got our milkshakes we walked back to our hotel to get changed and then we decided to go shopping because none of us we were really that tired and a lot of the stores in Times Square stayed open pretty late so we headed downstairs to check them out!

We ended the night by going out shopping in Times Square at the Forever 21 that's the store. The store was an absolute mess! We seriously could not believe how messy it was and it actually made it a little hard to shop but my sister and I found a couple things and I was super happy with all of my purchases because I think that they are work appropriate and I can't wait to wear them to my new job!

After we were done with Forever 21 we headed back up to our hotel room so we could go to bed. By this time it was probably like 1 am so we definitely had stayed up late again but thankfully not as late as the night before!

Thanks for stopping by!

XO, Steph