October 17, 2006
Woke up dark & early at about 5:30am (I think?). Got ready and left for airport with Vanessa, Melody & Tricia. Arrived at airport with plenty of time for some breakie (bagel & milk for me). Boarded our first flight with no luggage problems & we were on our way to New York.
Had a stopover in Minneapolis, Minnesota airport for a few hours. Checked out the airport, Melody did a little shopping, took some pictures and had lunch. Had a thought that something wasn't right with my money when paying for lunch. Went to board our flight & realized it was delayed. It was also at this point that we discovered one of our broadway tickets was missing. Told Vanessa not to worry about it, we'd check out the luggage fully when we got to NYC.
Flight left Minneapolis about an hour late. Fully realized on the plane that I had left $200 of my $500 US dollars at home in a different wallet. Upsetting. Flight was a little turblent and our arrival in NY was non-too-exciting as it was cloudy & the first thing we saw was runway! Getting bags from claim area was super easy however our limo driver was nowhere to be found. About 20 minutes, several loops & a phone call to the hotel later we finally bumped into him. Did I mention that it was pouring rain (but warm)? So we had an uneventful ride to the hotel as we couldn't seem much from the low limo windows...had not thought of that.
Tricia & I were sharing a room with Megan & Tina who had a 2-day head start on shopping...and the room showed it. Melody & Vanessa were sharing a room with Nicki & Scott who had flown Air Canada and arrived despite a cancelled connecting flight.
All 8 of us headed down Broadway Avenue to find a place to eat and see the city at night. There were guys selling umbrellas at just about every corner. Most of us got one (mine was $3, money well spent). Ended up at Hardrock Cafe as both Melody & Nicki wanted to eat there and buy souvenirs. We had about a 25 minute wait and ended up sitting at 2 different 4-seater tables which was fine. I had one of the most scrumptious burgers I’ve ever eaten there, but for about $20US it had better be! Our waitress was terrible especially after she realized we weren’t tipping her much. I had bought both a souvenir group picture & glass but ditched the glass before I came home.
We then split into two groups & proceeded to start souvenir shopping and continued taking in the sights of Times Square and Broadway Avenue. In one of the souvenir shops a tall, Arabic guy walked straight towards me and asked me the following, “How you doing tonight?” “Are you married?” “Where is he?” “Why isn’t he here?” intermingled with my answers. It was flattering but also a little nerve racking! LOL
When we got back to our hotel Vanessa & Mel double checked their luggage and we were indeed short one ticket for Wicked. It put a damper on the mood of the trip right off the bat. Also discovered that Nicki and Megan/Tina had NOT hit it off right from the start. Not sure of the specifics or who was “in the wrong” but it affected the rest of the trip. We pow-wow’ed and decided that we’d:
1. Talk to the concierge first thing in the morning to try to sort out the tickets,
2. Visit central park (hit the zoo & the Met),
3. Go to our Broadway shows (Wicked & Lion King),Go to our Rangers game.
Woke up dark & early at about 5:30am (I think?). Got ready and left for airport with Vanessa, Melody & Tricia. Arrived at airport with plenty of time for some breakie (bagel & milk for me). Boarded our first flight with no luggage problems & we were on our way to New York.
Had a stopover in Minneapolis, Minnesota airport for a few hours. Checked out the airport, Melody did a little shopping, took some pictures and had lunch. Had a thought that something wasn't right with my money when paying for lunch. Went to board our flight & realized it was delayed. It was also at this point that we discovered one of our broadway tickets was missing. Told Vanessa not to worry about it, we'd check out the luggage fully when we got to NYC.
Flight left Minneapolis about an hour late. Fully realized on the plane that I had left $200 of my $500 US dollars at home in a different wallet. Upsetting. Flight was a little turblent and our arrival in NY was non-too-exciting as it was cloudy & the first thing we saw was runway! Getting bags from claim area was super easy however our limo driver was nowhere to be found. About 20 minutes, several loops & a phone call to the hotel later we finally bumped into him. Did I mention that it was pouring rain (but warm)? So we had an uneventful ride to the hotel as we couldn't seem much from the low limo windows...had not thought of that.
Tricia & I were sharing a room with Megan & Tina who had a 2-day head start on shopping...and the room showed it. Melody & Vanessa were sharing a room with Nicki & Scott who had flown Air Canada and arrived despite a cancelled connecting flight.
All 8 of us headed down Broadway Avenue to find a place to eat and see the city at night. There were guys selling umbrellas at just about every corner. Most of us got one (mine was $3, money well spent). Ended up at Hardrock Cafe as both Melody & Nicki wanted to eat there and buy souvenirs. We had about a 25 minute wait and ended up sitting at 2 different 4-seater tables which was fine. I had one of the most scrumptious burgers I’ve ever eaten there, but for about $20US it had better be! Our waitress was terrible especially after she realized we weren’t tipping her much. I had bought both a souvenir group picture & glass but ditched the glass before I came home.
We then split into two groups & proceeded to start souvenir shopping and continued taking in the sights of Times Square and Broadway Avenue. In one of the souvenir shops a tall, Arabic guy walked straight towards me and asked me the following, “How you doing tonight?” “Are you married?” “Where is he?” “Why isn’t he here?” intermingled with my answers. It was flattering but also a little nerve racking! LOLWhen we got back to our hotel Vanessa & Mel double checked their luggage and we were indeed short one ticket for Wicked. It put a damper on the mood of the trip right off the bat. Also discovered that Nicki and Megan/Tina had NOT hit it off right from the start. Not sure of the specifics or who was “in the wrong” but it affected the rest of the trip. We pow-wow’ed and decided that we’d:
1. Talk to the concierge first thing in the morning to try to sort out the tickets,
2. Visit central park (hit the zoo & the Met),
3. Go to our Broadway shows (Wicked & Lion King),Go to our Rangers game.
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