For Jack's 18th birthday Chad and I took him to Boston. It was so fun to have that one on one time with our then senior that we decided to make it a tradition. We let Marian choose where she wanted to go and she picked NYC.
In true teenage fashion she started off the trip exhausted!! This girl goes so hard with school, work, friends, mountain biking, service clubs etc... Good thing she got a nap on the plane because this was NOT a relaxing trip! Fun...but not relaxing.
We started off the day right with NY bagels and "shmear" from Ess-a-bagel. Marian and I got the poppyseed bagels and they were delicious
We ate on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art while we waited for Chad who had gone back to the hotel for his sunglasses. We had so much fun people watching and dog watching. There were dog walkers with at least 5 dogs each everywhere.
Once Chad made it we went in for a guided tour. I could spend DAYS at the Met. Some favorites...
Marian was most excited to see Monet's Water Lillies
Chad was most excited to see George Washington
...and A. Ham
Mary Cassatt is my FAVORITE!!!
After the museum we road bikes around Central Park.
E-bikes are definitely the way to go!
We dropped off the bikes to explore the rest of the park on foot and found the yummiest fresh fruit stand
We paid homage to John Lennon while we listened to a semi-talented Beatles fan pay tribute on his guitar. "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" was his best.
Lots and lots of walking and talking...which I love!!
It was so fun having all that time together with no distractions. So many good conversations and just happiness being together. Being a teenager is rough. Being a parent of a teenager...even AMAZING teenagers is rough. We are all doing our very best and love each other like crazy but we all make mistakes and life and relationships get messy. It was so nice to have this time to just have fun together!
After Central Park, we walked down 5th avenue to check out all the shops and explore more of the city and cool architechture...like this Loius Vuitton store...that looks like a suitcase!!
We didn't buy anything here but it was really fun to look around!
Banana pudding from Magnolia bakery was as good as everyone said it would be!
Grand Central Station!
We took a ferry over to Brooklyn and the views of the city from the East River were so pretty.
Brooklyn!!!
Pizza at Grimaldi's then a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge before heading uptown for a Broadway show
We finished the night at Hadestown and it was FANTASTIC!!
I bawled my eyes out but loved every single minute of it! There is something magical about live theater and I am SO glad we got to experience that.
We walked through Times Square and made our way home for the night. It was a very full and fun day!
