The mom and daughter New York trip did in fact happen.
Weeks ago.
It's just taken me a long to recoup after such an extensive trip. Not only did Miriam and I have things to catch up on, our computer hard drive crashed. Luckily, because of my amazing technologically-savvy husband nothing was lost, but it did take some time. We are back to some semblance of normal so it's time to buckle down and get this experience documented!
Wednesday:
The first airplane ride Miriam remembers, she was 1 last time we flew.
She loved it, so did I. We fly so infrequently it's still a novelty to me. I think we left at around 8 am and arrived around 4 pm. We flew out of Provo if you can believe it.
Taxi from the airport with Mindy and her daughter Candice.
This ride was madness, and right about this time I was wondering what we had gotten ourselves into. We were driving into Manhattan during rush hour, and I felt very small, naive, and insignificant. I did love talking to the taxi driver and getting a feel for the kind of life he led. So different from my own.
We dropped off our bags at the hotel and then taxied to the...
Empire State Building
Which was cold, crowded and windy!
This was one of the things I had done on my last trip to NY (2001). That time it had been clear, warm, and less crowded so this wasn't my favorite part of the trip.
I do love the fast elevator and the beautiful building.
M and A huddled in a free corner for warmth.
One of many pictures of all the cute daughters together. These girls were wonderful - seriously, each one had a moment or two of the grumps, but on the whole they were delightful the entire trip.
So sweet to each other.
By that time we were HUNGRY so we taxied to Vapiano's at Tami's suggestion.
As we were all waving down taxies a limo pulled up and offered a ride.
This picture doesn't look a whole lot different than the taxi ride, but oh my stars was it a different experience! Vapiano's was wonderful.
A and M in the lobby of our hotel.
The Presidential. Lots of white leather, and pictures of presidents.
We had a great location in Times Square.
