Last weekend, Ross and I avoided the 1st DC snowstorm and heading to NYC with some of our friends, Jack and Kate. This was my first overnight trip to the city this year and we definitely had a great time. We left DC at 6:30 am on the Vamoose bus. Normally, I'm loyal to Bolt Bus, but the Vamoose stop is super close to my house and left a half hour before Bolt Bus, guaranteeing more time in NYC for fun. We got to the city and made our way to Times Square to try and get tickets to a Broadway show. After cruising by the TKTS booth, we decided it was worth the money to bypass the line and to make sure we had tickets to a show, so we headed to the Richard Rogers Theater and got tickets to see In the Heights.
After a trek to our hotel to drop off our bags, we made our way over to Hell's Kitchen to get some tasty Thai grub at a place our friend Jack had read about. I had the best KaProw (chicken with basil in a chile sauce) of my life there. Lunch would not have been complete without dessert so we went to Rocco's Pastry Shop s and consumed more delicious carbs and coffee. 
Since we were sufficiently full, Jack lead us to The guys consumed several pairs of beers. We hit up another watering hole, Park Bar, before heading back to Times Square, for our show.
In the Heights was everything I thought it was going to be, and more. As a theater nerd, I have nothing but great things to say about the show. It appeals to everyone (including my non-theater nerd husband who came out of the theater singing 96,000) and is such a cheerful show.After In the Heights, we headed to the Lower East Side to meet up with friends from highschool and college. We had a great time catching up with people (and eating a drunk New York slice). We realized after all of this, we'd been up for almost 24 straight hours with no 5-hour Energies to be seen, and quickly cabbed to our hotel.
Sunday, we had a great breakfast (or was it brunch? or was it an afternoon snack?) at Max Brenner's and then explored the MoMA and the Central Park area. Our final stop before dinner was Dylan's Candy Bar (LOVE LOVE LOVE) where I became sufficiently happy then a diabetic kid in a candy store. We had a great tapas dinner before Bolt Busing back to DC....all in time for work at 8:30am Monday morning.
It was a seriously awesome weekend and it was awesome to cross a trip off the 101 Things List!
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