New York on a Whim

'Twist my rubber arm' I said as I load up the car, pack up the gang (AJP, LGS & TG) and hit the road to New York City!

We left at 4 am from TO... 8.5 Hours, 4 stops (due to AJP's bladder) a short train ride and Voila! NYC! Sun shinning, birds chirping, smiles all round. Friday afternoon in NYC ... what could be better?

2 days, 4 bars, David Blane in a Fishbowl & club sandwiches at for breakfast, that's what.

We couldn't have asked for a better weekend. The weather was extremely warm for May. Our accommodations were pretty good... no Ritz Carlton, but nice. We stayed at the New Yorker, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths in Central New York. First day we went to Time Square and had lunch and did some sight seeing. In the evening we went out to the popular Buddha Bar http://www.buddhabarnyc.com The place was incredible, high ceilings, huge space, $15 drinks. After Buddha Bar we went to Orchid, I don't remember much about it, we were in and out pretty quickly. Our night was not over of course without a visit to Lincoln Square to see David Blaine in his fishbowl. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1913098&page=1 , and stopping at the Flame to have a chicken salad club sandwich lol.

Saturday AJP and I got up early (10 am) and walked south toward the water to take the Staten Island Ferry and see Miss. Liberty. The ride was nice, the scenery was great. Manhattan is such a little island and has so much in it to love. It was nice to look at it from a distance. Afterward we joined LGS and TG in Washington Square park to people watch. Once the sun began to set we headed back to the hotel to get ready for our night out.

Saturday night we went to this rock/80's bar that I can't remember the name of.
Afterwards LGS and I went to Lotus and let the boys go somewhere on their own ... http://www.worldsbestbars.com/city/new-york/lotus-new-york.htm .
The night was great! We all got home around 5 or 6 am but not before seeing David Blaine, ate and then crashed. The usual.

Sunday was a sad day, as we had to leave. We went to Pastis in the Meat packing district for brunch where we literally bumped into Lindsey Lohan. We then went for one last visit with David Blaine (this time he was awake), and slowly made our way back to the hotel to collect our things and leave. We (I) wanted to leave at 4:00 pm ish as I had a long drive ahead of me, but we didn't get out of the city until 5:00 and to the car until 6:00. The ride home was good.. TG & AJP slept almost the entire way, but LGS stayed up and chatted with me. Once we hit Niagara falls LGS fell asleep but TG woke up. So all and all my travel buddies were great. I didn't mind driving as long as not EVERYONE slept at the same time.

It was a brilliant weekend, I am so glad LGS suggested it. Thanks Babe.