A New York State of Mind

So I got home from NYC yesterday and decided that I was going straight to bed, so I didn't post anything last night. Man was I tired. My day yesterday started bright and early. I was up and out of bed by 7am, my BF picked me up around 8am and had made me a coffee! I got about 2 sips into it before his and mine spilled all over the floor in his car...=( Oh well.

It took us about an hour and a half to get to NYC. The traffic wasn't too bad, and we were able to find a parking space at the South Street Seaport. We hung around there for awhile and took pictures with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background. No one was around, so it was basically just us. It was nice, and the water looked so pretty because the sun was reflecting on it. It was a gorgeous morning but DAMN was it cold!! AND SOOO WINDY TOO!!!!Anyway, after walking around South Street Seaport, we decided to head over to Battery Park and check out the Statue of Liberty. We were able to see it real well because it was such a nice day. We weren't at Battery Park very long though because it was soo cold by the water. So, we headed uptown and walked for about 2 1/2 hours before reaching our lunch destination. Of course, we made short stops along the way up at Canal Street where I bought one of those fake bags for about $20...gotta love that! We also stopped at Bryant Park for a short breather. We walked up and down 42nd street as well trying to find the New York Mets Clubhouse Shop. Didn't find it which was a big letdown for the BF...we are both avid Met's fans. Oh well...next time when we have a better map!

Then we walked up to Times Square and went to the place where we wanted to eat. It's called Mars 2112...I had heard of it before and had kind of always wanted to check the place out. We checked their website before heading to NYC just to make sure where it was and when we got there, it was completely vacant and looks like it was shutdown.....we were so bummed!! It is supposed to look like the planet Mars. Not that I would know what that looked like, but I was excited because I totally love those cheesy themed restaurants!! Oh well.... we picked the next best place and that was the Stardust Diner!! I love it there because my dance class is called the Stardusters.. so I always thought that I should work at the Stardust Diner! In case none of you know what the diner is, basically the waitresses and waiters are REALLY good singers. They sing tons of Broadway showtunes while you eat. A tad on the cheesy side, but they are pretty good singers and the BF and I had a great time.
If you can see, the top floor of the Stardust Diner is the Capezio dance shop. The plan was to go there right after eating at the diner and when we left the diner, we totally forgot about the dance shop and we had walked too far to turn around....BUMMER! I was pissed....oh well!!!

Here is my BF with the empty milkshake glasses....boy were they gooooood!
Oh...and guess who we saw? The Naked Cowboy....have any of you heard of him?? He's hilarious...I don't know how he does what he does in 40 degree weather... look at what he is wearing...or ... ISN'T wearing..Haha... he sure can attract a crowd though... he had a whole bunch of girls my age all around him!

We went to the Hershey store, which was right nearby where the Naked Cowboy was, and look what I found... I found a 5 pound Hershey Bar. People, this bar was 25o calories for 1/50 of the bar. That means that this whole entire bar of chocolate is 12,500 calories!!!!!! WOW!! And I plugged in the Calories, Fat, and Fiber into my WW POINTS calculator, and guess how many points it was...............306 POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hahaha.. my face is priceless in this picture. It weighed a ton!!!!

Anyway, here is the BEST part of the whole day.... I WALKED VERY BRISKLY FOR 16 MILES! AND...according to my BF's pedometer, we walked a total of 31,254 steps!!!! It took us another 2 1/2 hours to get all the way back from midtown Manhattan (about 55th street) all the way back down to the South Street Seaport. Those stoplights are a pain in the butt though because every few blocks, you are constantly stopping for traffic. But we walked so briskly that the BF kept asking me to slow down! I thought it was a decent workout though...and it added 16 points to my activity bank (as I like to call it).

Needless to say, my feet are still hurting, even more so today than yesterday. My legs are fine because I have worked out everyday this week. It's just my feet that pounded pavement for 5 hours yesterday that really hurts!!!

When we got back to South Street Seaport, I was dying of thirst, soooo I was totally craving a HUGE lemonade. So we got 2 large lemonade's and drank them outside on the deck of Pier 17 at the seaport. We sat in chairs that reclined back and just watched the water. It was probably one of the most relaxing moments of my life. I was so happy.
And that was the end of my day... It was great, and I needed it!!! Hope this post wasn't too boring for all of you who ended up getting this far! For those of you who haven't been to NYC, hopefully you will someday! It's a place that I think everyone should go to at least once in their life. It has so many historical sights, so many endless opportunities. It's such a huge place that sometimes I feel like an ant walking around there. Actually, scratch that...I ALWAYS feel like an ant walking around there. But I think NYC is a great place, it's even better if you are into musicals, plays, dancing and theater like I am. I am just waiting for the day when I can go there and try out for the Rockette's! I've got a ways to go, but trying out has always been one of my dreams even if I never make it!! =)

So, here ends the super long post. I'll have more tomorrow about the recipe's that I have been making!! Until then....
~Karla =)