After the open market, we walked to Chelsea and Meatpacking. We went through the market and oogled over all the sweet treats for the holidays. Every store had their best foot forward with cookies, cakes, brownies, crepes and all were in the holiday spirit! Next lunch and shopping in Meatpacking. The guac at Dos Caminos is amazing-I am sure I could eat that for my meal every day, all day! Then the fun shops around this area were neat to pop in, show off and then head to the next.
We hopped on the E to Ground Zero and noticed that there were a fair bit of college-ish aged people in Santa costumes-boys and girls. Never knew Ms. Claus could dress so provocatively! After seeing the sights down town-Lady Lib, Wall St. tree...
and constantly running into the pockets of Santas (see above)-I had to google it. Apparently we were part of SantaCon. A yearly celebration around here, in London and maybe San Fran?? where people dress up like Santa and have a pub crawl all over town. The only redeeming thing was that they had to bring two toys to participate.
Here are some internet pics bc mine didn't turn out very well...Honestly, these are real pics!
After conquering downtown, we headed back uptown. We didn't even really have time to rest because we had to be back in the West Village at L'Artusi for dinner. This place is one of my favs so far. Great service, reasonable prices and perfect food. We split everything, so we got to sample a bunch of things-all were fabulous. We started with ahi tuna (white), then butternut squash ravioli, octopus and roasted cod for the main course. Honestly, the best part were the brussel sprouts. The were fabulous and made my mouth water and want for more!! Anyone tried the fried spinach at cheevers? That's how the sprouts were cooked-super flakey and flavorful.
After dinner, off to Broadway and Times Square. Can't you just imagine a woman from small town Missouri in the middle of Times Square?? Her reactions and thoughts were priceless. We saw Sister Act, which I would highly recommend. It is a great combo of song, stage, dance, music-really glad I picked this one as her first show. She loved it!
What a marathon of a day in NYC!
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