New York, Sunday

This is our last day in New York, and our plans are jam packed. Unfortunately, it rained all day long. Not a huge deal - but when you're from Arizona, you don't have rain gear. Yes we had trench coats and umbrellas, but not waterproof footwear. The first stop on our agenda was the Statue of Liberty. Because I'm kind of sick this way: what kind of bird leaves droppings so large they look like they've been left by a small dog? Seriously!! I've never seen such huge piles of bird doo! There should really be a warning when you get close to the statue - if one of those fell on you, it would leave a mark!!!

OK, moving on. We had planned to visit the World Trade Center site, but decided to leave that out. Instead, we headed to Soho. Still raining, a LOT. We wandered around Soho for awhile, then decided we'd hang out in a sports bar, have some lunch and dry out.

From here we headed to Union Square - we wanted to visit my all time favorite shoe store: DSW. Yes - they have them here, but this was in New York . . . and in this store they have designer shoes . . . right out in the open where the general population can get to them. Look what they had . . . . Jimmy Choos!!! They leave them unattended, no sirens go off when you go near them. I SOOOO wanted to try them on . . . I want to know what makes them $800! Are they really that much better? BUT - it's been raining, I don't have proper rain gear and my jeans are soaking wet. It would be disrespectful to try them on under those conditions. (I did touch them all, though!!!)

Back to the hotel to get ready for our next show. We're going to the Orpheum theater to see Stomp! Stomp is one of my all time favorite things. And to see it in New York!! I'm really excited about this. The Orpheum theater is fairly small - but every seat was filled. We were in the third row - close enough to make eye contact with the performers. It never disappoints. Once again, I loved it!

The very last thing on our list for our New York adventure was a little restaurant I'd read about called S'Mac (www.smacnyc.com). A restaurant devoted to macaroni and cheese - 12 different kinds of macaroni and cheese. Jenna had the All American, I had the Napoletana. ONE of us liked it!! I refrained from actually licking the skillet clean - it was DELICIOUS!!!

We fly home on Monday. It went by so fast! I'm sorry it's over. I had the best time. I loved it all and I'm so thankful I got to spend this time with my Baby Girl.