Too much turkey and NYC

So thanksgiving was good to see the family, hang out, binge eat. I have many thanks to give, it was a good time had by all, and was only cut short by a whirlwind tour of NYC for four days.
Ryan, Steve, Danny, and I loaded up my little lumina and headed East to spend the rest of break with Morgan, who attends NYU there for acting school. The trip was phenomenal and was never lacking in ridiculousness. We were out of control! THe roadtrip was good bonding, story-telling, and just general trouble making. Other then the fog denser than campbell's soup, we had a smooth drive.
Upon arriving in NYC bright and early friday morning, I had to wake up Erin so I could park my car in NJ, she was kind enough to let us leave it in her care, while we commuted about the big city. SHe loaded us up on a bus and we were on our way.
THe city is crazy, and it was even crazier cause it was 'black friday' People were everywhere, I was stepping on little kids left and right. We unloaded out stuff at morgan's dorm and hit the town. Most of the trip was all about eating, but the first day we walked about Times Square and the Broadway region. Swung into the NBC studios, checked out the plaza (whose name eludes me) and watched the figure skaters. We debated about which broadway show to see and finally settled on "Spring Awakenings". Which had just hit broadway. So we planned for that on Friday night.
I hit up PluckU to get some much anticipated wings cause Morgan had talked them up. They were pretty good, but I think the novelty of the name is worth more than the actual wings themselves.
Stephen and Morgan were insanely obsessed with 'Hitch' so everything in that movie we had to see "Rags to Riches", The Merril Lynch Bull. Could not escape that movie!
So we rested up for broadway and went to see the show. I was not a big fan of the show, although I think everyone else liked it. I felt they had a lot of talent, very goo voices, but the first act really lacked any semblance of a storyline or a point. The second act picked up the pace and I definitely perked up in my seat a bit more. I feel that the lyrics were rather silly at times and most of music didn't really convey the emotion or added to the storyline. Overall I'd have to rate it average. Not bad, just not that good.
Dinner on friday was really good. We went to an Italian palce that serves by course, So a bottle of wine and 3 courses later were were stuffed and ready for broadway! It was a meal of fresh mozzarella, stuffed mushrooms, some thing, and roasted red peppers, and the main course was three different pastas including rigitoni and tortellini. The tortellini was the best!
After that, we headed back, me, ryan, danny met up with Erin and Matt (ameriBuddies) at a bar and I got to chat with them and catch up, which was an awesome time. Since my team pretty much became my family for 10 months, it was like catching up with sister and brother (who happen to be dating, incestuous!)
Saturday started off good after a long sleep on the cold cold floor. We hit the town and walked along the Hudson, could the Lady Liberty. And the weather was absolutely gorgeous!
We stopped by the Irish Famine Heritage Memorial, which was interesting to see. Walked around Battery Park, and rode the Merrill Lynch Bull. There were a lot of Asian Tourists who were have a blast touching the Bull's testicles. I really wish I could have understood what they were saying. Steve stuck his head up the bull's ass, which I think is a fitting place for him. Made for a good picture.
Then we continued on to Central Park where we spent the majority of the day! Climbing on rocks watching ice skaters, runnign around pretending to be a boy band. PLaying on the playground. Ryan lost his wallet and somehow the people got ahold of the bank who got a hold of his mom who got a hold of him, and he met up with the people and retrieved completely intact. not bad for NYC! Then we set up for dinner
For dinner we added some ladies, Kylie, my sister's friend and former roommate from ND, and Courtney who is Morgan's girlfriend. We hit up a very posh thai restaurant 'Spice' We got the basement to ourselves, and dined like VIPs. The food was really good. I had duck lettuce wraps which were delcious, and topped it off with a little pad thai. And then dessert, we went to Max Brenner's OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I do not get excited for dessert, but this place was good! soooo good! I had tiny waffles with fresh fruit, ice cream, and chocoloate sauce. Heavely goodness! And everyone's food looked good.
Sunday we ate at a bakery and headed off. The road trip back was less eventually cause we were all really tired. but other then heavy traffic here and there, it went smoothly.
Over all the trip was unforgettable! I love NYC, and I don't normally advocate for big city living, but I'll take it! If you want to see pictures Ryan has a ton on his Facebook site. Good luck figuring that one out!
i will blog about more in the coming days!
I hope everyone's thanksgiving weekend was as good as mine!!

ciao