Next on our agenda... another can't miss New York experience, the Empire State Building!! It was a thrill, to say the least. (That building casts quite a shadow, by the way.) The lobby looks just like it does in the movies! It was quite an ordeal to actually get up to the observation deck- we had to go through a metal detector, up an escalator and 2 elevators to get there. And when we did, we were giddy! It was just too surreal. But awesome, iconic, And COLD. No glass partitions to block the icy wind. We actually liked the view from the Rockefeller Building better, since we could see the Empire State Building. The view just isn't as good without that one. After we just couldn't take the cold anymore, we went down to the gift shop and got a coffee mug for me! I was sad to leave, but we had an appointment...
We had to be in line to pick up our tickets for The Late Show with David Letterman at 2 p.m. Which I actually won tickets for by requesting them online a week before we left. Someone called me a few days after my request, and informed me that I had to answer a trivia question about the show in order to receive tickets. The question he asked was, " Who is Rupert G ?" (For those of you who don't watch the show, Rupert G works in the Deli, which has been a fixture on the show for at least 10 years.) We waited in line for about an hour, and then had to wait in another line in an old concert hall across the street from the Ed Sullivan Theater for another hour or so. We had to line up in order by the numbers on our tickets, and then walked kindergarten-style over to the Late Show. No hats were allowed in the Theater, the men were fine with it, but all the women were mortified to have to remove our hats! Hat hair, with the possibility of being on national television didn't seem an appealing prospect. But, we made the best of it and it was so much fun! After being instructed not to utter any "WOO"s, we laughed at the warm-up comedian, and were completely charmed by David Letterman himself. So funny. Before the taping began, he came out and answered a question from the audience. Which was, "If you were a stripper, what would your stage name be?" Paul Schaeffer told him that he was supposed to put together the name of his first pet, with the name of the street he grew up on. So he said "Tuffy Indianola"... and became quite tickled. He even said "I'm Tuffy Indianola" during his monologue. The at-home audience must have been quite confused by that one!! The first guest was Amy Adams, who was promoting her new film, Leap Year. The second guest was Zachary Levi, from the NBC show Chuck. (Which we are big fans of!) He was so adorable! The musical guest was Vampire Weekend, and they had quite an interesting sound. It was so cool! The camera panned the audience a few times, and we could actually see ourselves on TV. And I think I heard myself laughing too- well, cackling really.
After we left The Late Show, we saw a store called Strawberry, which I saw in the movie ELF. It made us really miss our little Strawberry Avery girl, so we took some pictures of that.
After a quick stop at Starbucks for a Peppermint Mocha Latte to warm me up, we walked down Broadway, looking for a place to eat dinner. We stopped at the Stardust Diner, which was a 50's style diner with a singing waitstaff. While talking with our waitress, we learned that many of the servers had been on Broadway before. It was like seeing a Broadway show without the exorbitant ticket prices! The food was good, I had a cheeseburger of course and Joey had a $15 Philly Cheesesteak... which was really tiny! He was slightly irritated, and that was funny. ;) It was exceptionally entertaining, especially when 2 of the servers sang a song from Grease! Loved it.
Then, we went to Junior's for dessert. They're famous for their cheesecake, so we had to check that out! It was really cozy, having cheesecake and coffee, just off of Times Square. We called to check in on the kids, and felt so thankful they were being loved so much while we were away.
After that, we just strolled until we found ourselves back at Rockefeller Plaza... where of course we had to ice skate under that beautiful tree! It was the most perfect night, the best date we had ever had.
Now here are the pictures for these thousand words...
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