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October 21, 2008 (Tuesday)

Early morning, we woke up in anticipation of our bus ride to the City that Never Sleeps, yup you got it…We’re going to good ol’ NY…

It took us 3 hours to arrive at the bustling city, but was made ever shorter by the cheerful banter of our bus driver who kept saying “Are we there yet” in every stop we made. It’s all gooood though coz’ we had a date to watch LION KING the musical, Minscoff Theater at 7pm.

Arriving 3 hours earlier from our check-in time (12pm), we had ours spare and frankly can’t wait to soaked up the sights and sounds of the City. We were greeted by a cacophony of endless music, blinding lights, and waves and waves of people from all races, ages, and walks of life.

We couldn’t wait to mix and mingle on our first day so that’s why we took the Grayline City Bus Tour which provided 3 separate tours around the city…Uptown, Downtown, and Brooklyn in a nice package of hop on and hop off.

We first took the Uptown route and boy did we had a grand tootin’ time…

We then watched Lion King, the theater was easy to find since its just a few blocks from where we are staying.  We even had a chance to see Vanessa Hudgeon and Zac Efron from High School Musical who where promoting their latest movie.  No wonder a sea of paparazzi where milling about near the theater.  The play was not bad, though after seeing Phantom I still think Phantom is better. (Sorry Lion King fans) Watchig the play is like watching the cartoon itself.  The coloful costumes made it stand out and made the play alive.  After the play, we walked around the area and found ourselves in Rockerfeller Center.

“Our hotel room in New York”

“Broadway”

“Minscoff Theater presents Lion King”

“Statue of Liberty Lego in Toys R Us.”

“A Lego skyscraper ain’t complete without King Kong.”

 ”Look who I found in New York!”

 ”Time Square”

 ”Billboards around Time Square”

“The Lion in Minscoff Theater”

“Rockefeller Center”

“A colorful shop window”

“Yattttttttaaaaa!!!! (Reenacting Hiro in Heroes)

October 22, 2008 (Wednesday)

On the 2nd day of our New Yorkin’ experience, we ate breakfast composed of cup noodles and canned spaghetti…er yum yum er…slimy yet satisfying (take note we already watched the LK musical that’s why it’s like that.) We wasted no time to take our downtown tour which featured the old and new in New York…

“Empire State Building”

“A hundred fifty years of Macy!”

“The Flat Iron Building”

 ”A memorial for the fallen Twin Towers.  Tiles retrieved from ground zero are immortalized with dedications from children.”

 ”The Lady Liberty”

“The Brooklyn Bridge”

“United Nations Building”

“Had an NBC studio tour.”

“The Rock and the Frog.”

“A Sanrio Store in the Big Apple.”

” Like a kid in the candy store.”

“The Chrysler Building”

October 23, 2008 (Thursday)

On our last day in New York, we were left panting and breathing heavily as we toured the small but larger than life Island City, visiting it’s various museums. I was amazed at how my husband became the foremost expert of Dinosaurs exhibited at the American Museum Of Natural History (The setting for Night in the Museum) as he named each Dinos we saw. We then made our way via Central Park over the MET, and Cooper Hewitt Museum, and while on the way back to the hotel we encountered a very peculiar saucer like edifice in the area of Central Park. Froggy was frightened and elusive and for good reason because it was an exhibition of CHANEL Mobile Art which they featured for a limited time only at the Park. We then had to wait in line for an hour or so to get in (for free others have bought tickets online) and explore it’s bizarre but rather original art concept much to my Froggy’s chagrin…

“Central Park”

“Imagine a memorial for John Lennon in Strawberry Fields, Central Park.”

“An Obelisk that came all the way from Egypt.”

“Alice in Wonderland”

“The Bellevedere Castle”

“Knish Nosh with potato filling.”

“Birds who are interested in my Knish Nosh.”

“A futuristic art gallery by Chanel inside Central Park.”

“Freebies from the art gallery.”

“Dino in the Museum”

“Rex!  Fetch!!!”

“Dum Dum wants Gum Gum”

“Giant Squid Attack!”

“The Fashion District.”

“Parson’s School of Design”

“Our last night in Time Square.”

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