Sunday, June 27, 2010

In New York...

So on June 17th, my brother's birthday, we headed to New York! My mom recently was nominated top 25 consultants of the world by Consulting Magazine. It is a huge honor and we were all excited to join her at the ceremony to watch her receive her award!
In order to do things up right, we stayed in Times Square and we were close to the New York Times building. The dinner was at the St. Regis hotel - it was beautiful! And everything was top notch!
Emilie and I with Fro! The whole fam damily! On our long walk back to our hotel (in heels and business attire!) we stumbled across Radio City Music Hall and... "Woah - Times Square!"
The billboards were huge! The birthday boy and his wifey.
Jeff's first night in New York!
My dad and our "Top 25 Consultant" mom!
The next day we went walking around... stumbled across David Letterman's studio.
Oh, and I found this yummy cupcake shop! Soooo good!
Then we hopped on the subway - to head towards Central Park! It was such a fast way to travel - it was amazing how many people were down there milling around under all of the streets.
Detour to stop in Grand Central Station - pretty sure there have been some Gossip Girl scenes (and many other movies) filmed here.
The MET - Jeff and I didn't have time to take the tour, but Ryan and Emilie did and thought it was neat.
Our distant view of Lady Liberty - there was an air show going on that day and boats were all over the water to watch the planes.
The "Mister Greens" chillin' in Battery Park.
Of course we have to pay our respects to Ground Zero...
Then we headed to Wall Street. A pretty church at the end of Wall Street...
The Williams on William Street.
The Hershey's store on 7th Avenue. So much chocolate under one roof...
Awe, mom and Fro! At a cool bar to watch all the people walk through Times Square.
Yummy drinks and great people watching! Of course we had to see a Broadway show... we saw Wicked - it was awesome! Totally forgot to take a picture of it...
This was our first family trip, with hopefully many more to come. New York was awesome and has so much to see - I guess we might just have to go back again sometime to see the rest!

3 comments:

Danielle said...

ok, wow...lots of comments on this one...
1 - a HUGE congrats to your mom! That's an awesome accomplishment!
2 - You seriously look amazing!
3 - I have always wanted to go to New York City, and you just made me want to go even more! Looks like a great trip! :)

Brittney said...

How fun!! Congrats to Julie! I love the blue top you wore at the dinner! Which bakery did you go to?

Jennifer said...

Great to catch up on all your traveling!

Our wedding day!

Our wedding day!