Well that was a trip. Honestly, we had the best time. I cant' say I did amazing on my diet, actually I sucked...but we walked all day everyday and so I thought that was great exercise :). It probably evened it self out, but still.
Here is a quick snapshot of what we did...
Thursday: We flew out and actually had a great time on the plane. The gal sitting next to me went to college with one of my friend's husband. She lived across the street from where we were staying so we shared a cab and are now friends :). Han, B, Monster and I went for dinner at Schillers in the LES after we arrived. It's kind of a classic spot that I always try to get to when I am in NYC.
Friday: M and I got moving around 10ish and went up to Rockefeller Center to start our day. We walked Fifth Ave, ate some street corner food, saw St. Pat’s cathedral, hit up The Plaza (my fave), the Apple store, walked Central Park, the ice rink and took a ride on the carousel. We saw Strawberry Fields and walked down Columbus until we hit Lincoln Center and Columbus Circle. I saw Kelly Ripa on the upper west side running to her car from the salon. I kind of freaked out from excitement. She is my sister’s favorite. Han was super jealous too b/c she used to watch her in one of her soap operas. We took the train back to H/B's but stopped in Soho for Pinkberry before heading back for a nap.
H/B had some peeps over before dinner at Supper and we spent some time on their rooftop which has an unbelievable 360 view of Manhattan, NJ, the bridges etc. After din we were out until about 3am at a speak easy called Back Room where you drink out of tea cups. Love it!
Saturday: We had a late start, but went for brunch with my Sam who I used to work with. She just got married in August so it was fun to see her and catch up. After brunch we hit Union Square and then stopped at one of the oldest bars in the US called McSorleys. It was so cool and historic. Basically you order light or dark beer and it’s $5 for 2 mugs. We then went to an Iowa bar in Midtown called Opal to watch Iowa kill MSU. We drank plenty on Saturday and I didn't feel so hot that night. We did manage to go for Mexican at Barrio Chino which is Padma from Top Chef’s favorite restaurant. We stopped at Rockwood to hear some live music before heading home for the night. I slept very well :).
Sunday: M and I headed downtown to see Ground Zero, Wall Street, The NYSE, Federal Hall Museum, Statue of Liberty, the bull, etc. We had tickets to see the Green Day American Idiot Broadway Shot at 3pm so we took a train to meet H/B. The show was unbelievable. It is a must see!!! Also, Lea Michele from Glee sat 2 rows in front of me so I freaked out. Dinner was sushi and wine and dessert was a cookie sundae...just what we needed.
The trip was awesome and I can't stop smiling about it. The pics that Monster took were great too! I can't wait to re-live the trip again after the pics are posted.
I was so beat yesterday and had no food at work so I basically took yesterday off as well. I wanted to start fresh today which I did!
I got up this morning and did 45 mins on the elliptical and 15 mins of abs. I plan on eating well the rest of the week and trying my best to work out atleast 5 times.
My meal for the day:
Pre-workout - Cereal bar
Breakfast - Low fat granola with vanilla soy milk
Snack - Red grapes
Lunch - Soup and salad
Dinner - TBD. I may meet CP for dinner, but planning on something light no matter what. I have some WW meals at home that I may go with.
I hope you all had a great Halloween! So glad I missed it...i hate it. Haha.
PK
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