Momma comes to visit

Last week my mom came to visit for 10 days (8 full days 2 half flying days) She got in late Wednesday night due to crappy flight delays so even though she payed extra to get in early that day it did not work out. We did a lot of things I had already done but we also got to do a few things I (and Brandon for some of it on the night and weekends) hadn't seen yet.

We saw Alexander Hamilton's grave and the historical sites of the Financial District

The Metropolitan Museum of Art was way better than I expected it to be, I sort of envisioned walking around for hours staring at endless pieces of art but As you can see it was lots of artifacts, furniture, musical instruments, artwork, statues, carvings and much more. It was also absolutely huge! we spent about 5 hours there and we missed an entire wing plus we hurried through the rest of it. I think you could spend the entire 5 hours in one exhibit. They had Egyptian, Asian, American, European, Island art/artifacts and that's not even half of it.

We had a visit from my cousins and we went to Coney Island where the Kiddies took a few rides and we all had a blast watching them. We went to Toys R Us in times square which isn't as fun as comparable stores like FAO Schwarz or the Disney store but it was still fun, just busy and a little overwhelming. After that we got some dinner and some yummy cheesecake and walked up to Central Park to enjoy some outdoor and treat time. We are glad they have free flights and were able to join us for a day in the big city.

This is when we went to the statue of liberty and Ellis Island

I really enjoyed the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. It always seems like you can get a good enough view because you can see it all over the city but there's really nothing like getting right up next to it. Ellis Island was super cool but by the time we were done we were exhausted because like everything else in this city it's HUGE

We went to Economy Candy, this picture doesn't do it justice because it is floor to ceiling candy. Imagine the background of this picture but an entire store of it where you can barely move because it's so full of candy. As you may have guessed this trip with my mom was all about treats. We spent about 20 bucks on candy here and then proceeded to the Italian pastry store in little Italy where we spent another 20 bucks on amazing pastries. Economy candy is fun because it's not a tourist destination so the candy is decently priced unlike the candy sections of FAO Schwarz and Toys R Us etc.

holding our loot

we saw the narrowest house in NYC. Look closely and you'll see in between the white door and the brown one a small black door which starts the narrowest house and then follow it up and you can see the edges. I found this in a book (thanks Michelle) which has self guided walking tours that I've loved going on because its all about history and the sights of NY you would only have time to see if you have two months with nothing to do but see NYC.

we did the big piano at FAO Schwarz

 We visited Dylan's candy Bar which is a giant candy store much like the stores you would find in Times Square but its not in Times Square. It's all about the decorations and overly priced candy. It had soda fountain and ice cream shop upstairs with these cool cupcake booths

I love the game Cut the Rope and found this giant stuffed Om Nom. Knowing my love for stuffed animals I thought it best to just get a picture so I didn't have to spend a mint on this guy.

We went to the Bronx Zoo and saw these weird warthog guys. This zoo trip wasn't as fun as when I went the first time because it was much more crowded and took forever. We couldn't even see some of the animals because it was so crowded. Kind of a bummer but I love zoo's so much it didn't really matter :)

We rode the bug carousel (my mom hates grasshoppers hence the face)

We saw Grant's tomb in Harlem and went to the Hamilton Mansion which is the home of Alexander Hamilton (Brandon and I checked it out earlier and I thought my mom would love it so we went back)

Lastly we went to Grimaldis and ate pizza and went to the Brooklyn Promenade which offers this awesome view of the city.

We did lots of other stuff too and ran ourselves ragged running all over the City. Now if I could just post the pictures from Michelle's visit and the rest of our pictures I'd be sitting pretty, alas I tend to be lazy so it might not happen. I think I might have the gumption to do one more post with things Brandon and I have been doing.