Monday - The wonderful Wes takes Laura and I to the airport at 4 o'clock in the morning - WHAT A GUY! Then we fly into Newark, NJ and travel by train to NYC. Quickly we made our first trip to Times Square, Madison Sq. Garden and the likes. We ended our St. Patricks Day celebration in a pub with some new friends. Bagpipes and beer. Great fun!
Tuesday: While walking through the financial district we found a great deal: 2 huge slices of NY pizza and coke for $5. Finished in 8 minutes flat - be impressed. South Street Seaport and Brooklynn Bridge on our way to queue (that's Laura's British version of "standing in line") for Ellis Island. It was here that we met another new friend, Eric. Laura and I have similar museum styles, we like to read -- which lead to being thrown out at closing. That evening we went to Spamalot----can't really describe just how amazing it was---highly recommend it.
Wednesday: Museum of Natural History, Spring Awakening, Excellent Bagel w/ Cream Cheese, Thai Food, Black and White Cookies, NY Library, Bryant ParkThursday: SoHo, Little Italy, NoHo, Chinatown, Central Park, Shopping on 5th Ave., Lunch with some other Arkansans, 
Friday: Columbia University -- beautiful! Metropolitan Museum -- WOW! Laura's cousin Phil works at the Met, really sweet job, so we had lunch with him, played on our own in the museum for a good 5 hours. While taking a little break at the Met we ran into the one-and-only Leah Samour, weird. Then back to Brooklynn, where Phil lives, for dinner and a little Razorback basketball -- Wooo Pigs!
Friday: Columbia University -- beautiful! Metropolitan Museum -- WOW! Laura's cousin Phil works at the Met, really sweet job, so we had lunch with him, played on our own in the museum for a good 5 hours. While taking a little break at the Met we ran into the one-and-only Leah Samour, weird. Then back to Brooklynn, where Phil lives, for dinner and a little Razorback basketball -- Wooo Pigs!
Saturday: Farmer's Market at Union Square, The Village, Chelsea, Mass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Cheesecake
Sunday: Happy Easter! We flew home. But mind you the trip started with a rather scary subway ride at 4 am. It ended with a wonderful welcome home from Weston!!
I think my favorite day was Tuesday or Thursday or Friday. Oh, I don't know they were all great. I highly recommend the same trip for anyone who has not yet been.
