NYC- Day 1

Well all 13 of us made it home from our Girls' Getaway to NYC. I have to say that the Big Apple at Christmastime was as magical as I had imagined. We arrived in NYC on Thursday around lunch and immediately went to the apartment we rented in the Chelsea area. Let me just say if you ever need to rent a roomy apartment in the city for a reasonable price we found the perfect spot. The landlady came down to greet us and was extremely accommodating. I think we all felt a little sigh of relief when everything turned out just as pictured. We quickly dropped off our suitcases and headed out the door to Macy's which was only about 2 blocks from our apartment.

Let me just say Macy's knows how to celebrate Christmas from the window displays outside to the beautiful decor inside it was Amazing!! We were told to get in line on Thursday to see Santa so we did. You can imagine Santa's eyes when he saw 13 ladies coming his way to sit in his lap. It was pretty funny! By the time we looked around a little it was time to head out to an early dinner at Carmine's which is an Italian Family Style Restaurant that is delicious. Of course non of us had eaten since early that morning so we were not hard to please.

This picture is only half of us;-)

After dinner we went to Times Square which was lit up just like you see it on the television. I did not know which way to look first because there was so much to take in. We did not have any time to shop because we had to get to this musical...

WICKED was fantastic!! I think at the end of the show we were all pretty much speechless at the production we had just seen. Ever since that night I have had the song "popular" in my head so if you see me around and wonder what I am thinking, I am probably singing to myself.

We all were tired and so thrilled to be in NYC at the end of the day.

*Just so those of you reading this know I am going to be posting on each day so I do not forget anything, feel free to not read it all;-)