nyc & fun part one

-Let's pretend that this is my journal and you definitely don't have to read this waaay too detailed description of my NY trip, or look at my overload of pictures.

Mine and Bekah's Spring Break in New York was so good I don't even know where to begin! We spent so much time trying to figure our way around the city yet it never felt like we were lost (okay maybe the few times we ended up in the ghetto late at night or when we rode the subway for an hour in the wrong direction but other than that..) because there was always so much to see.When we first arrived in NY we had a little scare. As we exited out of the airport and saw the line of yellow cabs we assumed that the nicely dressed guy who asked if we needed a cab was going to take us to legitimate cab (that's what they did in Vegas and we've never done this before). As we followed him we were being led away from the yellow cabs and into the parking lot. I was certain that we were going to be sold into trafficking (beck had told me about that earlier that day) yet we both got into his car regardless. We noticed he didn't have a taxi license and we were both literally shaking from fear but we continued to sit in his car. LUCKY for us he asked if we knew how much it was going to cost. He informed us it would be 90 dollars! We were planning on forty. We immediately got out and naturally I was comforted knowing that he wasn't a kidnapper. As we ventured back over to the taxi line we were practically harassed by the gypsy cab drivers. They told us the yellow cabs don't go to the city until later and we believed them!As soon as we were in the car it hit me that I had just fallen for the dumbest lie ever told, but it was too late. The price wasn't too bad but I felt pretty nervous when I saw him taking some pills. It was also pretty ghetto when he tried to get us to tip him more, thank goodness Caroline came out (Caroline=nicest girl we were staying with) because he instantly left which is a good thing because Bekah was just about to give him more money (haha just kidding Beck). We were warmly welcomed by Caroline and her two sisters Emily and Kelly. They are honestly some of the most fun, sweet, and generous people I've ever met! We went and ate at Matildda with them. The food was really good but me and Bekah kind of blew it by accidentally ordering appetizer quesidilla's. It was very small but in hindsight it was the only normal sized portion of food we ate that trip. Neither of us had really slept the night before and we'd been up since four in the morning so we were exhausted. Since we didn't know our way around the city, Caroline & CO were going to a birthday party in a bar, and we forgot our fake ID's we decided to go back and go to bed.

Day two we soaked up the semi warm weather and headed on over to Manhattan. We tried to make it to the 11:00 church but since we struggled with directions (everywhere we went) that didn't quite happen. When we finally found the temple where sacrament meeting is also held they told us to come back at one. Since we were so close to Central Park where we headed there and enjoyed the spiciest most delish hot dog I've ever partaken of.

 We kept having the strangest things happen to us. Maybe it was just because we were out of our element but I'd like to claim it was because it's me and Bekah and weird things just happen to us. The man that sat behind us in church was one of the many odd experiences. He came in and sat behind us with a bunch of cardboard boxes. We didn't' notice him until he said (what we thought he said) "do we ever do weed here anymore?" (what he actually said while referring to the bread: "do we ever do wheat") He then went on to say something about pumpernickel and us being cheap. He kept making funny comments to us throughout the whole meeting, at one point he began to take the cardboard box apart and put it back together. If you've had to pack your house up lately (me) you'd understand how loud those boxes can be. The moment that I really lost it was when Bekah took  her Bath & Body scented lotion out. We both put some on. About 20 seconds later he leaned over and asked if she had any lotion, he then put it on and I was trying sooo hard not to burst out in laughter (maybe you had to be there?) so instead I just shook and let the tears stream down my face. I'm sure the fellow next to me thought I was just feeling the spirit.

After church we went to Shake Shack and enjoyed the best burger, cheese fries,and shake (calories were not an issue this trip)ever made, besides Cravings of course. Across the street was the Museum of Natural History so we decided to go there. Lucky for us this nice couple gave us their tickets as we were leaving! It's hard not to feel completely satisfied when you don't have to pay. We stayed until it closed. That's how satisfied we were. After that we thought it would be a great idea to go to H&M. I guess we forgot we were in NY and there is an H&M on every corner so when we Google mapped it in my phone and the only H&M to appear was near Harlem (a dangerous neighborhood we were warned to not go into and mind you it is also getting later) we thought that sounded great! We wandered for FOREVER trying to find the subway. But as soon as we asked someone we found it instantly. That was one thing I learned on that trip. If we ever had any question at all we'd just ask someone and it saved us so much heartache! When we finally made it to the subway and we were supposed to get off of our stop I got off and the door shut before Bekah could. I wish that could have been on film. Oh the drama. Door shuts I turn around and see Bekah's face pressed up against the window. She nods her head as if to say "yes, this did just happen. yes, we don't know where we are going, yes our phones are nearly dead." There was so much said in that little nod. Then I began to send her 100 texts just to  be safe telling her to stay put and that I will come to her. She didn't get my texts but luckily she knew I would come to her and I was sooo glad to see her when I stepped off that train. We tried again to find H&M but it didn't work out so we decided to bag it and hit time square. Ahhh Time Square, a Tourists heaven.We were mesmerized by all the lights and the energy. We decided we needed food in our bodies and we went to this little Italian restaurant and we seriously ate an entire Pizza (psh after all that walking we'd earned like half of what we ate) after the pizza we decided to make room for a canola. I've never had one before but according to Beck this one was TOP NOTCH! After that we searched for a bathroom. We assumed a three story Walgreen's would have one but nope. We finally found one and we were hyper as can be and on cloud nine. Probably looking like the most naive tourists in the world because we were approached by two persuasive girls. Long story short we ended up paying 70 bones for a high end salon/spa day on 5th avenue. We hated ourselves after wards and we totally thought we got scammed! Although I still consider it to be a waste of money (after realizing we could have purchased a Broadway ticket with that money) it ended up giving us lots of laughs, and even a bad haircut (for me, of course Bekah's is adorable). We finally made our way back to Caroline's and I was really proud of us for staying out so late since I'm typically kind of a Grandma.