Crashing in the City That Never Sleeps

We took the train from south Jersey to NYC this morning after breakfast and got here around noon. We tried to get tickets for The Lion King, but since it's about the only good family friendly show on Broadway we were shut out. We'll try again tomorrow.

We did make it to Madame Toussaud's, which the boys loved (and made waxed hand models) before checking into our hotel. I used what seemed like a million points and a sperm sample to get us a suite at the Hilton for four nights. We munched on the happy hour appetizers and called it dinner. As we were planning our activities, we decided to make a run a the Empire State Building in the evening. It still took us over an hour to get up there (much shorter than during the day) and it was about 40 degrees with a really brisk wind on the observation deck. It was clear, so you could see everything in NY and Jersey. We (and about everyone else in our group) stayed up there about 15 minutes before going back down (which took another 30 min).

I'm thinking tomorrow we'll hit the Natural History Museum and the Planetarium. It's supposed to rain, so it will be a good day to be inside. Thursday's supposed to be our good weather day, so we're saving Central Park until then.