Last week I came back from the New York trip and I’m FINALLY getting around to blogging about it. It was so much fun. Tiring, anxiety-inducing at times, and very trying for Sam, but totally worth it. Amanda arranged a fabulous package of the city for the students and us chaperones, and I my parents were wonderful in accommodating and assisting with my eight month old. Sam was a trooper, really. Considering how strange and off-routine we were, he was generally happy.
The best way to share is with pictures! I decided to break tradition. Instead of sharing chronological photos, I’m grouping them by type. All my photos are in this flickr set. You can click on any below to see the bigger version.
Sam’s first flight
Dad holding Sam up to things
First, the departure sign, then the welcome lady at the hotel, then an Egyptian sculpture:
Kids being forced to pose as a group
Their enthusiasm waxes and wanes.
Times Square
Central Park
Battery Park
Rockefeller Center
The Rad Hotel Atrium and Elevators
Your ears pop as it zooms up.
Chaperones trailing the kids
Various Tours
The Met, brief tour given by Mom
St. Patrick’s by Amanda
Radio City Music Hall – This was awesome, I recommend it!
Extra cool because they were setting up for the Tony Awards!
Our guide, showing us the “Men Without Women” mural. My favorite part was seeing the bathrooms, hilarious as that is. 
The Lincoln center tour, here in the lobby of the Opera house. Sadly, we couldn’t take photos in some of the best parts. But I got to see a ballet rehearsal on stage and the symphony tech rehearsal.
Grand Central Station (briefly) by Amanda
Getting Around the City
Lunches and Dinners
Hearty Italian at Tony DiNapoli
Food Trucks outside the Met
Turkish Restaurant (not sure the name) 
Pizza after seeing A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (which rightly won Best Musical! Yay!)
Lunch at Union Square Farmer’s Market
Dinner at Ben’s Kosher Deli
Snacks, Snacks, Snacks
Featuring Sam: the Bottomless Pit
Pinkberry’s and bagels
Falafel and cupcakes
Black and white cookie and rugalach
Celebrity Sightings
The Genie from Aladdin (who won his Tony and deserved it!)
From across the street, the green jacket is James Franco and his mob of fans.
Chris O’Dowd seemed friendly. Dad wanted a picture for his father, who is a fan. Which makes this even funnier. 
Star of Gentleman’s Guide
Me and my baby
Yay! Asleep (in a stroller!) in Central Park
On the roof garden of the Met
In Rockefellar Center
In Union Square
We had to come home a day early, so I didn’t get to do Dim Sum or Blue Man Group, but that’s ok. I think Sam was done done done. It was a super fun trip.
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