we had birthday dinner the night before we left for nyc.
our trip started with a playlist that pb made for us. all new york songs. we rode to the airport with lizzie and pb was our driver.
we met my sister there and em had a ginormous cinnamon roll for birthday breakfast. and she had a window seat.
then we landed at la guardia and em had her pic taken in the cockpit of the plane.
when i think about this trip, i will remember emily's green coat (a lifesaver because we could always spot her). i will remember little italy and emily's birthday dinner. i will remember the look on her face when she saw times square for the first time...and how much she loved it. i will remember my sister and lizzie trying to navigate our routes on the subway. i will remember how we thought we had the subway all figured out...until we ended up on the downtown side and we needed to go uptown. and how we bought fast passes to "jersey" that wouldn't work in manhattan. i will think about emily calling room service to ask for ice and how they didn't understand what (eye-ce) was. i'll always remember our morning coffees at starbuck's, the best pizza, sal's cannoli, breakfast at barney greengrass, freezing in central park, em's first purchase at tiffany's, the escalator at trump tower, the occupiers in times square, windows at macy's, the reality of ground zero, the immigrants statue at battery park, looking for hats and scarves, chinatown..."stay with your family", the christmas lights, the tree at rockefeller center, and the room spray that em loved so much in our hotel room.
it was such a magical time to visit new york. i know that sounds sappy, but it was. here are some iphone photos (sorry) from the best trip ever.
i can see this girl living there one day. her independent spirit is an inspiration.
love you em.
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