A Quick NYC Trip

Jennette, Challey, and I planned a girl's weekend at the end of March.  Or actually I guess it was April.  Anyway Jonathan Van Ness was going to be at Radio City Music Hall for his Road To Beijing Tour.  We loooooooove him and so happily got tix.  My plane landed late and my very nice Uber driver got me where I needed to be only five minutes late.  It was a fun show and after we ate at a darling French Cafe.

 In the morning we woke up to some very bad news.  Adam and friends had been hit by a car during their morning road bike.  Adam was in pretty bad shape (now recovered thank goodness) so we had to say goodbye to Jennette who caught the first bus she could home.  Well after Levain for breakfast.  We were staying at Sharon's (Adam's moms') and she nicely continued to host us.

 Challey and I went to get show tickets and did some wandering. 

 We made it to the Hudson Yards and went up in the pinecone, then wandered down the highline to Chelsea Market for dinner.  

 The next morning after breakfast we rented bikes in Central Park.  But if it were the Amazing Race we would have lost.  There was a huge marathon happening, we had a hard time figuring out the auto rental machines......oh well.  It was fun and spring in NYC is lovely. 

 With time to kill and needing to get uptown (We'd gone downtown) we decided to do a hop on hop off bus tour.  I've done one in San Francisco and it was fab.  This one was hilariously awful.  The driver nearly got in an altercation with the ticket guy.  Their were few busses and raging crowds who had been waiting for ages for a bus.  The tour guide gave us really great tidbits such as, "This is Chinatown. There are Chinese restaurants here."

You win some you lose some. 

 Empanadas for dinner in Hell's Kitchen.  Super good. 

 Waitress was much fun but a bit racier which made me pleased we skipped it when with Clara. 

The next day was rainy but we found some fun shops, went to TJ's, and had a DELICIOUS lunch before heading to JFK, where my flight was delayed and I had to spend the night in Dallas.  Oh well.  It was a fun trip.  Oh and I saw Hassan Minhaj on 5th ave one night, so that's pretty neat.