Goode Girl Extravaganza

Thursday:
Flew to Dallas super early in the morning...Brian had to pick me up at 4:30 AM (normal time for me...but not so much for him)!
Met up with Veeves in terminal C and made our way to the NYC!
We met up with Lyndsey at the airport. Did the massive hugging, squealing, smiling thing and then grabbed a taxi to her apartment!
After the unloaded and had a snack we went to WICKED!!!!!!!! I have been waiting for this one moment for 3 years.





The show was AMAAAAAZZZING!!! It was all I thought it was going to be and more! Now I can't wait for it to come through Tucson or for me to go back to NYC!
After the show, Lyndsey's fried Meredith(?) set us up to meet with one of the stage managers for Wicked to take us back stage and show us around! How cool!!

This is a picture of Veeves, Lyndz and I on stage with the theatre in the background! As we were touching the props and looking around the actors will slowly filtering out to go home for the evening. We were saying hi, smiling and watching them leave from up close and personal! At the end of our play time on stage we left out of the same door all the actors do...a bunch of people were waiting eagerly for autographs and pictures...it was sort of funny when we walked out! :)
What a great first night in NY!

Friday:
Thursday after the show and tour Lyndsey had to head off to work. Veeves and I took our time getting home, crashed for the evening and then made our way back out to the world on Friday! We walked all around the city. We stopped at Buttercup and got a yummy cupcake, split a sandwich at Starbucks (God bless discounts nation-wide!), say crazy people all over the place, played in Central Park, were amazed at all the stinky mulch around the park to make it pretty, went to Macy's, walked through Times Square just for the heck of it...and I'm sure so much more.
Toward the end of our evening Valerie and I stopped at Social, an irish pub close to where we were going to meet Lyndsey, for dinner and to relax or feet for a while. We ended up just staying and hanging out until we needed to meet Lyndsey for Mary Poppins!
Again, another great show. It wasn't as fabulous as Wicked but it definitely was enjoyable. And for all of you ACU-ers out there...it was Sing Song MADNESS!!! Lyndsey turned around from the box she was sitting in and we both mouthed at the same time "SING SONG!!!!!"! It was hysterical and so enjoyable all at the same time! I would love to learn that cherography!

Saturday:
Slept in! On Friday and Saturday mornings Lyndsey was getting home as we were getting up! It was pretty cool and overcast but nothing too awful. Kathy, Veeves, Lyndz and I made a day of shopping at MAC and around SoHo, getting a cupcake at Magnolia bakery...


...and eatting at Ruby Foo's that night! Michael Miller (from the ACU days) works there! He did a fabulous job and we enjoyed some super yummy sushi!

Sunday:
Veeves and I tried to go to Manhattan Church of Christ but after getting on the wrong train and 40 minutes after figuring out where we were...it was a little too late for that. We were both bummed and really were looking forward to going back to the c of c and seeing if anyone we knew was there. We walked around 59th (Lincoln Square or Columbus Circle...I'm having a hard time remembering), got some coffee for me and tea for her and with the cold weather coming in we decided to head back to the apartment. We spent the rest of the day relaxing until we had to go pick up the Zip Car and head to New Jersey for the MAVS game!!
Lyndsey bought Valerie MAVS tickets for her Christmas present and included me in the deal! :) So, needless to say, I can add New Jersey to my list of states that I have been to and the MAVS will go down in the history for playing the worst game Valerie, Lyndsey or I have ever watched! I was so amazed at how many Mavs fans were actually at the game too! It was a bummer for the game but fun to see another part of NY & NJ that I had never seen before. PS: Lyndsey lives super close the the border of NY & NJ so did didn't take long at all to get there!






This is Lyndsey with her silver Jetta Zip Car!

The Nets stadium and the Giants stadium share a parking lot! It was pretty neat to be able to be right where the Super Bowl champs play!



So here is the deal for now... I am tired and want to get ready for bed so I will continue on Monday and Tuesdays excursions tomorrow. For now... enjoy! :)