NYC with my BFF - Day One

You know I've never been to the city during the holidays? 

When it's the most spectacular?

I'm not sure why I've never been. 

So for Nikki's 40th (which is in January), I wanted to do something for and with her! But neither of us wanted to spend a ton of money, since it's right after Christmas. I didn't want to take more time off of work than I already was. 

NYC during the holidays seemed like a good idea! It's relatively close and there's ALWAYS something to do there. 

Not like it really matters. Just spending time with someone who truly gets me....I cannot wait. 

So I booked us a room right near Times Square and figured we'd just go from there.

No plans. 

Just us and the city.

I headed down Wednesday to Binghamton. We were planning to leave relatively early the next morning to catch the train into the city. We drove two hours into NJ to grab the train there.

We truly didn't have any plans as we walked into the city. Nikki mentioned seeing the Rockette's Christmas Spectacular and I was DOWN with that idea. We were having issues on Ticketmaster (what's new) so we opted to just walk down and get tickets from the window. 

We walked around a bit before heading to Radio City Music Hall

It was stunning to see it in person

our hotel! It was the dreariest, foggiest day...

Not gonna lie, these pictures were creepy!

Gorgeous hotel though

The view from our suite :)

Stalking the neighbors

After purchasing our tickets, we had a few hours to burn before the actual show. So we walked. And looked for food. 

This is the same little bakery Steve and I went to when we were here last. Still so good. 

Ok, you guys. YOU GUYS. 

We found legit THE BEST THAI FOOD EVER. Literally just by Googling. 

We found Mitr Thai and omg, omg, omg it was unbelievable. It was also FULL of people at like 2:30 in the afternoon.

Pork belly with sauteed rice noodle. SPICY.

We also ordered these amazing curry puffs, but we inhaled them so quickly I failed to get a photo. The curry puffs were SO good that I ordered takeout for after the show. 

Ok, so on to the Rockette's show. 

Now, I saw a version of a Christmas show waaaaay back when. I lived in Buffalo at the time and they were performing at Shea's. So I asked my mom to come with me. This was way different. The entire show was much longer, much more involved and had so many dancers! It blew my mind. It was stunning. 

They even had little fairy drones flying around during of of the performances. 

It truly was spectacular! The ladies are all so beautiful and in sync. The dancers looked so happy. I cannot wait to bring the girls - we are hoping to do it Christmas 2024. 

Just walking out after the show, it always fascinates me that shows like this just have studios there and celebrities are like...in there. 

My view as I was deciding which pizza to order

We had eaten so much food we were STUFFED by the time this pizza arrived. I'll be honest, I've had better NYC pizza. It wasn't bad by ANY means....but it could've been better.

I'll go back just to eat that Thai food again. 

Anyway, we both passed out filled to the brim with food. 

Till tomorrow, my friends.