Ella and Bennett: NYC....kid-free

You read that right. I met the hubs for a very quick weekend in NYC a few weekends ago. He was working in New Jersey and I flew up Friday. Thanks to my sweet friend, Jen and Chris' sisters, Erin & Ally, for making it all happen! We did have to miss Bennett's Christmas program but we had a great time and bought the DVD. :) Friday we went to a bar at the Edison Hotel (where the girls and I stayed our senior year in college) and then luckily grabbed a cab as we were walking and went to Cook Shop in Chelsea for dinner. After dinner we took a cab to Rockefeller Center so I we could see the TREE. It is huge. I mean bigger than I thought. How in the world do they get a tree that large? Funny enough on the way home I sat next to a very nice Captain & flight instructor for American. He lives in NJ and commutes to DFW. He told me that this year the tree was purchased from his neighbors' tree farm and it was quite a chore to get it to Rockefeller Center. Chris asked him about the new aircraft AA is supposed to be releasing. Thank goodness they are going to start retiring those MD-80's! ;) Anyhow, Saturday morning we were the ultimate tourists in New York City. We walked down to the Empire State building and met our double decker bus. I, of course, wanted to sit on the upper level so I could take pictures. Let's just say it got cold and windy. We were freezing! I never thought I'd be "that" person/tourists and the only reason we did the bus was to get the 9/11 Memorial passes but it was actually really neat. I have been to most of the spots in NYC but this was just a nice scenic drive with a little history and photo ops! I got some neat pictures. Over the short weekend Chris and I did not get one picture together. After we got off of the bus my legs were so cold my thighs were numb. We got off a stop early and walked up a couple blocks to the Memorial to try and warm up. The Memorial is neat. It isn't quite complete. I'm sure once the museum opens it'll be even better but they have done a really nice job. AFter we left the Memorial we started walking towards SoHo and grabbed pizza and then ended up walking all the way back to Times Square, over three miles. We were so tired. I almost didn't wake up from my nap in time for dinner! We had an early dinner at Gallo Nero which was very small and good. Then we headed to the Gershwin Theatre for Wicked. Oh my, it was awesome! I loved it and Chris did, too! We had a quick trip but it was really fun!

Next month we're off to LA for my Half marathon. Please start praying if you haven't already because I don't know how I'm going to do it!!!

Some pictures from NYC: