NYC Part #3

Hi. Remember when I went to New York? Oh yeah.. me too. Here is my part 3 of trip.. I will probably do a re-cap from the view of my iPhone. Ya know. Just to drag this out a little longer. ;)

Friday morning started with a run in Central Park.. and it was glorious. But, only I could get lost. In a circle. In a park. Which I did. But, thankful for iPhones and gps, so I could find myself. 

I ran the whole loop, which was pretty dang tough. Hilly and curvy, but glorious in the fact that it was Central Park. Which, parts of it smells a little- no one tells you that part. But there were tons of runners every where. I was never alone but it wasn't crazy crowded. I mostly ran without music, which was a nice touch, since I rarely do that. 

Friday, we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. It's something I have always wanted to do and am glad I got to do it.. technically, we walked half-way. Here's a tip: The people that ride bikes across the bridge, will yell at you if you step into the bike lane. 

This difference in going to NYC with a photographer and someone who doesn't care.. I get city background..

John gets the ACTUAL bridge that I wanted to walk across... not bitter. Not bitter at all. 

Only added this just to show remind you it's never okay to wear a shirt unbuttoned in public. 

The new tower

We went in the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site and it was surreal. 

Saturday, we went to the game and you can read about that HERE. 

Don't be scared, Jay. 

Word to ya Mother. 

Times Square on 9/11

Talking to Addison

Sunday, we slept in, did some shopping and we decided to go see "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."

Yep. I saw Daniel Radcliffe again on Broadway. He was absolutely fantastic and it was a hilarious show. I highly recommend seeing it. 

NYC.. Day 1.

I'm going to break up our NYC trip, simply because I have a bazillion pictures. :) 

We left C-town about 4 am, to get to the airport- which was nothing but Bama fans and one disgruntled looking Auburn fan- which I wouldn't have blamed him, being as he was stuck in a sea of Crimson in the security line. 

Got to NYC around lunch time. Just in time to check into the room- which was the Marriott Marquis- amazing hotel! Very centrally located. 

We ate at the Carnegie deli- splitting a Reuben sandwich and STILL leave half of it behind.

John thought it would be a good idea to do any shopping and "girly things" before the guys arrived. So, we shopped. 5th Avenue.. H&M, Sephora, Forever 21.. you know, the usual suspects. 

 We literally stumbled upon Rockefeller Plaza and decided to take a picture.. Funny side story. The last time we went to NYC Brooke was with us and we asked a lady to take a group picture with all of our cameras.. I tried to hand her mine and she shook her head and said "No." We laughed about that for the entire trip. Well, a girl asked if she could take a picture of the two of us in exchange for one with her and her friend. Awesome. Then, she praised how much she liked my camera..

Something you may or may not know about me is I am deathly afraid of birds.. pigeons are my worst enemy. I was minding my own business and some dumb pigeon was getting extremely close to my feet- he was going to peck them, I feel sure of it.. 

Cool Hubby who takes pictures instead of helping his wife in need...

 I wanted to go to Grand Central Station too.. and you know what? There was no Gossip Girl OR Serena Van Der Woodsen.

We went back to the hotel and took a cat nap and then headed down to Little Italy for some Lombardi's pizza. This was also Fashion Night Out in NYC and I thought it would be "fun" to go check it out. Another thing you may not know about me is large pushy crowds sent me into a panic attack. So, um, Yeah. We had to leave. 

Made it back to Times Square.. I am looking a little worse for the wear. Pushy crowds and near fatal accidents over a pair of shoes will do that to a gal. 

I will most likely sprinkle our trip throughout some other posts.. Just so you don't get too tired of all the fun we had. 

Alabama vs Penn State.. Our trip to Happy Valley

I'm not really sure why they call it Happy Valley, since it's in the middle of NOWHERE. But, whatever.

We boarded a chartered bus bound from NYC to Happy Valley for the Penn State game. 

The bus ride was about 5 hours and once we got off the exit, traffic was horrible. Luckily, we had a bus driver that would jump in front of traffic. Pretty sure people hated us. It probably made them feel better that they mooned us. 

Anyway, Here was my game day attire.. 

Dress is from Ellie Crimson 

Necklace: Ellie Crimson

Earrings: Etc. by Nikki 

Shoes: Old Navy

Jay likes to make this face. Don't hold it against him. 

After our 5 hour bus ride, and our "tour guide" making fun of people on the street and a couple of episodes of Gossip Girl, we made it. 

I was shocked to see people literally tailgating out of the back of their cars.. no tents. Except by the stadium, those peeps had tents. 

And? Girls don't dress up for games. EVER. I saw more girls in jersey's than guys. And they looked at me like I dressed for the Prom. Whatever. Don't hate.

Our seats were about 2 rows from God in the End Zone.. but who cares? We were in Beaver Stadium.

I would like to say that Penn State did their white out game for us. Which I think is the coolest thing in college football. It was completely white sprinkled with crimson. I don't care who your cheer for.. NO school can do a white out/orange out/black out like Penn State can and the rest of you are posers. Stop copying something awesome. 

The turning of the "S"-- which looked wonky towards the 4th quarter since they were leaving. 

 If you didn't watch the game, then we won. 27-11. We painted their stadium crimson, peeps. 

 The bus ride back was... eventful. We sailed into NYC about 1:30 am. Girl was tired. I tried to sleep on the bus, but between the peeps sitting next to us who were ENTIRELY too drunk and the dude harassing the bus driver about his love life, I got about an hours worth of sleep. And I was FREEZING. Thank God I stole that blanket from Delta airlines on the way up. I may have jumped off the bus otherwise.

Funny story.. You know how drunk people think they are hilarious when they are in fact the most annoying person on the planet, when they have had WAY too much to drink? And all they want is more booze? Well, the passengers talked our bus driver into stopping at a TA to get more beer for everyone and it turns out, we went out of the way to go to the only TA on the way in a dry county. I had a silent laugh and watched the people next to me pass out. John thought for sure they were going to puke. They were THAT DRUNK. We are talking, falling in the floor, climbing into the empty bus drivers seat before we left, and honking the horn. 

I got some good stories out of it anyway.. :) 

Roll Tide!

Next up... I'll tell you about our NYC trip!! 

Vegas... Part 3.. The Finale

In case you weren't tired of me talking about Vegas, I have this post. Bear with me, it's kind of another hodge podge.

When we got there Monday, we ate dinner at the hotel in the Cafe Bellagio.. Yummy! 

My Chicken, avocado, tomato wrap

Tracie's bacon burger that she warmed her hands on her plate. 

Tuesday we ate at Serendipity.. hello yummy dessert. 

Friday, we did a girls day shopping trip... where Linda made her FIRST Louis Vuitton purchase in the form of a make-up bag. 

And we went to the BIGGEST Forever 21 in the world. And tortured Linda while we shopping around for 2 hours. Whoops. It was seriously massive. Two stories.. approximately the size of a Macy's. 

Saturday morning.. the day we leave. Super tired and sad. 

More sleep please!

Ha! I got John mid yawn... 

Jo-Jo's $1000 chip. That's right. Guess all that statue feet rubbin' came in handy! 

John borrowed his, but you get the idea.. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. 

Banana's Foster Waffles. Yes. They were as good as they sounded... I had them 3 different times. 

I'm so glad you came into my life...

Linda went to see Barry Manilow... with her Barry shaped record. 

We went to Minus 5 Wednesday night... it was really cold. Too bad they don't let you take cameras in there. You get to wear coats and ugg boots. And sit on ice furniture and drink out of an ice glass. 

Wednesday, we went to eat at the Pink Taco in Hard Rock... yep. You can imagine the jokes. 

It was oh, so, delicious. Seriously.


This is what happens when I drink margaritas.. not really. Something else much worse happens.



Yummy... too bad I can't remember the name of this 5 star restaurant in MGM... 

Friday night, we ate at the Top of the World and went to Cirque Du Soilel "O" show.. So flipping fantastic. The Olympics has NOTHING on that show. Sorry for the messed up pics...

They have roller coasters and the Sky Jump at the Top of the World.. I laughed at this sign. The dining room rotates so you can see the entire city of Vegas. Pretty awesome, even if the decor is a little 80's. 

Yup. I got my first In and Out Burger.. it was heaven.