New York weekend .....part 2 .... FABULOUS !!!!!

Good evening Blogland Neighborhood! I'll start on "Part 2 " of my NYC Birthday Bash Weekend in just a minute ..... if you haven't read New York Weekend Part 1 yet, run along and do that right now .... go ahead ..... we'll wait.........OK, is everybody up to speed on Part 1? Good! Now, continuing on....after we all met up in the hotel lobby, we headed up to Lori, Katie, and Stephie's room on the 42ND FLOOR !!!! 42ND FLOOR !!!! That's 42 floors UP IN THE AIR!!!! (that's a teensy bit too high for this chicken!!.... so I was a little less nervous when I found out Beth, Boop , me and the kiddos would be on the 21st floor ... at least I didn't feel a nose bleed coming on at that height)
Anyhow, when we got WAY UP THERE to the 42nd floor to Lori's room, there were PRESENTS!!!



Stephie was bestowed her flowered bathing cap in honor of her 21st birthday on October 10th .... she is now an official member of the "Sisterhood of the Flowered Bathing Caps"! (and, just look out that window behind Stephie .... DO YOU SEE HOW HIGH UP WE WERE?!?!? Those are the TOPS of TALL BUILDINGS out there people!!)



...& here we have Maura and Erin modeling their new "Trainer Bathing Caps " (similar to a training bra) ....all white with just 3 flowers on the side .... they have to continue to work on their merit badges (i.e. complimenting and charming good old Aunt Mare ) to earn that full flowered version (of course, exceptions can be made .... usually that involves vast quantities of chocolate....) How do you like those fabo pink glasses Maura has on? those were part of the birthday gifties from my Sistas .....pretty snazzy, huh!!!!



....and how about this birthday card !!!!!(notice the BATHING CAPS !!!)



.....and Birthday presents .... FOR ME!! .... from my Sistas !!!!Pretty, cozy jammies!! a fun, crafty book "Bunnies by the Bay", dissolving flowers for the bathtub (they're made out of soap, I think), a pink t-shirt that says "Out of chocolate .... life is crap" (so true!) , a little sign that quotes Lucille Ball "The Secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age", AND a pretty recipe box ..... which, as the weekend went on , became a "suggestion box" (there's a little slit in the back just the right size to slide a piece of paper into the box with a suggestion on it .... and did they ever fill up the box with "helpful" suggestions!!!)


....oh look .... there's Beth jotting down yet another "helpful" suggestion....



....and putting it into the slot in the "suggestion box"








Anyhow, we did finally come down from the 42nd floor to look for FOOD .... so we went for lunch at Ellen's Stardust Diner. This place was GREAT ..... the waiters and waitresses not only took your order, and served your food .... they also belted out a song while doing it .... dressed in 1950's outfits of course....


.....there's a waitress standing on a booth and singing (oops, again with the lousy photography dept .... haven't figured out how not to take a dark picture ..... if you click on it and make it bigger, you can see it better)



.....and OF COURSE the Sistas just could not resist telling the singing waitress that it was (or will be in a couple of weeks) my ___ th birthday .... so OF COURSE she announced it and had everybody sing "Happy Birthday" to me .....I did get chocolate ice cream with a candle in it for my embarrasament .....

....So, we finished lunch and did what all good tourists do .... we went sightseeing!!


....and ,yes, that is a Christmas tree on Radio City .... on the day after Halloween.....



.....oh look! The Rockettes !!




.....St. Patrick's Cathedral .... we stopped in here for a six pack of Holy Water ....





Just when we thought we couldn't drag our poor tired tootsies another step, Beth spotted ....



....this heavenly place ...Magnolia Bakery" .....


...look at all those pretty cupcakes!!!



.....still tired, but much happier!!!

So, we headed back to our hotel for ....

....cupcake eating !!!


....and more cupcake eating ....




.....YUM !!!


..... Sharing cupcakes ...Life is GOOD !!









After our cupcakefest we needed a rest .... a little too much cupcake, a little too much sightseeing .... and a BIG night on the town planned ..... so, rest up and we'll continue with "New York Weekend .... part 3" tomorrow (or maybe the next day) ... but , come back because we're going OUT ON THE TOWN in New York City!!!! (and I'm hoping this computer holds up for Part 3 .... it's been kind of coughing and wheezing all night .....)

Be back soon!

Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)