January's Journey- New York City

For the third month in a row, I spent the first weekend in New York.  That's a little crazy considering I usually only get there once or twice a year.  This trip was special though- it was all about Broadway.  Here are the highlights:

• Indina Menzel in If/Then.  My friends are HUGE fans and convinced me that I needed to see the show with the original cast.  I'm so glad they did.  The story was gut-wrenching and uplifting at the same time, and the music was wonderful.  It's been years since I'd seen a show and this was a welcome back to Broadway with a bang.
• Ess-a-Bagel's Cinnamon Raisin with Apple Walnut Cream Cheese.  Heaven in a bakery.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art- a run-though the Renaissance sections, Egyptian temple, Greece and Rome, and then some wandering in the Pacific cultures section.  It was crazy crowded though.
• Pizza!  Don't even know the name of the shop, something on Lexington in the 80s.  Delicious New York Pizza.
• The Strand- and I didn't buy ANYTHING because there's still a stack on my windowsill at home from the last two visits...
• It's Only a Play with Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, Megan Mullalley, F. Murray Abram, Rupert Gint, and a new guy.  It was awesome.  Super funny in an intimate theater that really felt like you were spying on someone's bedroom.
• Shake Shack.  My first taste.  Can't say I thought the burgers were all that amazing, but the milk shake was the stuff dreams are made of.

Suprisingly I took zero pictures during this trip, so you'll have to deal with words on this one, but overall it was great- not too cold and not raining, though it did snow all the way home.