was absolutely fantastic!! i have to call it a "ladies trip" as apposed to "girls" because my grandmother, gram lois, is just a proper lady. she loves and appreciates all things formal, fancy, and fine. gram lois has lived a fairly simple life, yet eats from bone china each day and prefers to eat with REAL silver flatware. so at age 90 years young, she decided that she wanted to see the world and travel a bit before the opportunity passes her by. it was decided that new york city would be the perfect location to experience some of the finer things in life- shopping, dining, the arts, and luxury accommodations. i was lucky enough to be given an invitation to this "ladies trip." it was a fabulous few days filled with lots of luxury, but i will forever cherish the time that i was able to spend with my gram lois and mom.
here are the highlights from our trip...
we stayed at the ritz-carlton...
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| this was the view of the statue of liberty from our room. it was beautiful! |
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and here was our room.
then we had afternoon tea at a lovely victorian tea room...
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| gram and i have had more tea parties than i can count over the years, but this was the first one in a REAL tearoom. |
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| we each got to choose our own pot of tea and check out the fancy sugar. so lovely! |
gram LOVED the theater...
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| we had second row center seats to WICKED. it was fantastic!! |
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| gram was in awe of the costumes, make-up, and the set. she LOVED the music and the story. |
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| because the theater ended up being one of her favorite things, we decided to go to another show. NEWSIES. so great!! |
then we did some touristy things too...
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| we toured the 9-11 memorial. such an emotional and powerful experience. |
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| we were humbled by our two tour guides that shared their personal stories from 9-11. |
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| our express tickets to the empire state building made us feel like true VIPs. :) |
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| the view of the city from the top of the empire state building was awesome. |
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gram really enjoyed our carriage ride through central park.
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we also enjoyed lovely lunches around the city, lots of shopping, five star dinners, relaxing in the lounge at the hotel, and some crazy cab rides. truly it was a trip i will cherish forever and i am so thankful for the memories we made together in new york city.
where are we going next gram?
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