Easter in the City

NYC was great! And we honestly didn't really do that much...(maybe that's why it was so fun...we were really relaxed). We drove Friday afternoon and arrived at Lindsay and Nate's place in Brooklyn by early evening. The graciously fed us dinner and then we all headed to Junior's for Brooklyn's most famous cheesecake. Mmmmm....

The next day it was rainy, but Jon and I headed out for some exploring. We decided to skip the park (we'd been there before and the rain was making it rather damp) and do some window shopping instead. We checked out Bloomingdale's and FAO Schwartz. We (not surprisingly) had the most fun at FAO Schwartz, and especially enjoyed the huge Lego sculptures, the jelly bean soldierand the world's only Barbie runway.

We even made a quick stop at the m&m store. It smelled like chocolate.

We had some New York pizza for lunch and then headed to the Gershwin theatre to see Wicked! It was Jon's second time around, but my first, and we both REALLY enjoyed it. Amazing music and an overall incredible production. We couldn't resist buying this for baby
(who let me know she was also enjoying the show by dancing around in my belly during the entire thing).

I also found out that being obviously pregnant has its major advantages. At intermission I asked an usher where to find the nearest restroom, and she said, "It's that way" but then after looking at me for a second, she added "but there'll be a long wait. Just get in the elevator there, push two, and then go through the second door on your left." Hmm. We followed her directions, and when we got there, the second door on the left was completely unmarked. It looked like a stage door or something, but Jon thought I should try it anyway. I did, and what did I find but a large, empty, clean bathroom, just for me. Pretty awesome.

After the show, we met up with Chris in Chinatown and had some amazing soup dumplings and scalion pancakes at a hole-in-the-wall place with a 30 minute wait (and apparently we were very lucky that it was so short). They actually sat us at a table with several other people. It was a new experience. And a very delicious one. It was really fun to hang out with Chris, and have a guide with us who knew the good tricks to getting around and where to eat, etc.

Sunday morning we went to Church with Lindsay and Nate, and had wonderful Easter meetings and then came back to their apartment and made Easter dinner together. We made an Easter egg to add to the ones we made last week. Chris came over for dinner, and we had a great time eating and talking before it was time to head back to Baltimore.