Just spent a full and fun weekend in Manhattan with Mom and Tita Cora. Arrived early Saturday morning via Amtrak, grabbed some breakfast at a Sbarro near Macy's, and then started our sightseeing bus tour. First stop was Empire State Building, where we went up to the observatory to see NYC from above. We hopped back on the bus tour and rode through several Manhattan neighborhoods (Greenwich Village, SoHo, TriBeCa) till we reached Battery Park, where we had lunch and shopped for some trinkets. Back on the bus, we rode back uptown through Little Italy, Chinatown, past the U.N. building, Central Park South, and back to Times Square. At Times Square we stood in line at the TKTS booth and managed to score 1/2-price tickets for "Rent" that evening! We then shopped at Macy's, grabbed a light dinner at a nearby deli, then rested up before heading back out to catch the show... which was excellent.

That was Saturday (whew). On Sunday, we went out for breakfast, went to mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, then caught the sightseeing bus back to Battery Park to catch the Statue of Liberty ferry. Back in Times Square, we stopped in at the big Hershey's Store for some chocolate-based souvenirs :) and then rushed back to the hotel so I could pick up my bags and catch my train back to Albany. All in all, a fun weekend, and now I'm tired, but it was worth it! Pics to come...