I feel kinda like a travel pro because I made it from LaGuardia airport to Manhattan taking a bus by myself like a big girl, it even went through Harlem, haha. Met a nice Austrian man who was in Haiti for an NGO he is a representative for, he was really friendly. Actually, most people were, it was nice. A couple people saw he had a map and asked him if he needed help finding anything. I found the stop easily and was feeling pretty good. However, my travel savvy didn't seem so special when I met up with Stephanie; she walks around the city like she owns it! Not to mention the fact that she probably saved my life like three times tonight by stopping me from walking into oncoming traffic.
We started the evening off right when I arrived with a Coors Light toast then off to Broadway. Steph got us tickets to see La Cage Aux Folles. We were in the front row of the box seats and it was awesome. The box seats made us feel a bit like Abraham Lincoln, I wish I would have remembered to pack my top hat. The show was incredible. A bunch of burlesque drag queens, Kelsey Grammar, and a hilarious actor named Douglas Hodge who had us giggling all night. So much fun!
After the show we walked through Times Square which has changed a bit since I was here five years ago. They now have part of Times Square blocked off from traffic so that pedestrians can just wander everywhere across the streets. I think it is a great idea. An ever better idea was the FOUR STORY Forever 21 that they have in Times Square now. It was insane and overwhelming, and surprisingly I made it out with only one shirt!
We stopped at Carmine's, a well-known Italian restaurant, for dinner at 11:30pm (only in New York) and the cook came and flirted with us which was pretty entertaining. Steph said blondes are rare in NYC so she expects us to get a lot of attention. Haha, I guess I am okay with that. The cook brought our meals out to us, meatballs and linguine, and afterwards came to offer us kisses, the Hershey's kind (:
Had a great first night in the city. Looking forward to my first full day tomorrow!
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