New York City Day 2

  Thursday was our first full day in NYC.  We woke up pretty early because we had a show to get to.  While I got ready, Joey ran down to the corner deli and got us amazing breakfast sandwiches.  I couldn't get over how convenient it was to always have everything you needed so close by!
   After we got ready, we headed to the Sirius radio headquarters.  Covino and Rich were doing a live taping and we got to be in the studio during it.  We met lots more fans and Joey loved getting to meet so many other fans.  They even brought in some really good NYC pizza for lunch. 

At the studio

During the show

Had to take a quick picture

  After the show, I wanted to do some shopping.  I wanted to treat myself to a new Tory Burch handbag for my graduation present.  We got a little lost, and ended up walking for miles through Central Park.  Central Park in the summer time is gorgeous, but it was a lot of walking!!!

Central Park

  After so much walking, we finally arrived at Tory Burch!  Of course with my luck, we got there and they were sold out of the purse I had my eye on.  So, it was basically a waste of time!  We opted to take a cab back to the hotel because it was hot and we were tired!  We quickly learned to not take cabs in NYC.  It took so long because of traffic and it was very expensive!

 
   There was a really neat little Mexican place next to our hotel.  Joey was hungry from all that walking, so we stopped in so he could get tacos and I could get a margarita.  It hit the spot!

Such a neat little place!

 
   After our snack, we headed back to our hotel to change for the night.  The hotel only had two elevators and they were the smallest elevators I have ever seen.  You had to stand in the elevator single file.  Here is a picture of Joey in front of the elevator to show how small it was.

    The place were going for the night was pretty far.  We decided it was finally time to try out the subway.  What an experience that was!  It was raining that night, and we ended up getting off at the wrong stop and had to walk through the rain.  The subway system can be confusing at times!  Luckily, someone told us that Iphone maps have a transit option and we started using that and managed to navigate the subway much better after that!  We bought Metro passes and ended up using the subway the rest of the time we were there.  It is just so much faster.

In the subway

On the platform

    We headed down to the harbor for a city cruise with the rest of the convention goers.  It had been raining on and off all day, but it cleared up for a bit.  We were all waiting in a line to board the boat, and the sky just opened up and it was a torrential downpour.  We all got soaked!  Because of the weather, the water was VERY choppy.  I am very lucky that I don't get seasick.  The storm left as quickly as it came in, and it ended up being a very nice night.  The cruise was a lot of fun and we got to see some great sights like the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge.  I am glad we got to go on the cruise.

The skyline

Statue of Liberty way off in the distance

Closer shot of the Statue of Liberty

Brooklyn Bridge

     After the cruise, all the convention goers headed to a nearby bar for drinks.  We had a blast and met so many new people.  It ended up being a pretty late night, but we had a great time!