Day 4 in New York City

Our flight left Monday at 7:30 PM so we had most of the day before we had to make our way to the airport.  After breakfast we walked back over to Rockefeller Center.

I thought this needle and button looked cool, this was the Fashion district.

I was soaking in all of these views

It is funny to me that people don't really follow the lights.  People come to the crosswalks and they look and then go if they can, no matter what the lights say.  Sometimes people cut it way too close.  The drivers are not shy about honking so you hear honking all day. If you get in some ones way they are not afraid to tell you about it.

I love that there are random fountains and water throughout the city.

This guy was dressed up outside FAO Schwartz. 

Our next stop was top of the Rock, or top of Rockefeller Center.  Here is Rockefeller Center, it is so tall! 

You take an elevator to the observation deck on the 67th floor.  

You can walk up to two more observation decks on the 69th and 70th floors. 

You get a great view of the city.  I'm glad we did one during the day and one at night, it was fun to see the city at night and during the day.

It was crazy windy and very cold at the top.  Kristin had her hat on so we didn't get another awesome comb over shot! 

I like walking around the deck and seeing the all the different views of the city. 

I was always confused on what building I was looking at.  Luckily, Kristin was very patient and would point everything out for me. 

It is cool that you can see New Jersey and New York from this height. 

What a beautiful city! 

I tired to get a picture looking down to show the cars on the road to give a better idea of how high we were. The cars looked tiny. 

I grabbed one last picture before we went inside to escape the bitter, cold wind. 

We grabbed some lunch and then walked around outside of Rockefeller Center.  This was one of my favorite places that we visited so I was glad we were visiting it again.

The ice rink was empty. 

It's a beautiful area with the flags surrounding the buildings. 

Kristin wanted to take the NBC Tour so we got tickets that morning.  It was interesting and fun to see the different studios.  We saw the MSNBC studio, Saturday Night Live studio and the Tonight show with Jimmy Fallon.  We learned that Jimmy Fallon put the same leather that are used on the seats of a  Lamborghini on his studio audience seats.  They said he wants his audience to know how much he appreciates them and wants them to have a great time.  I thought that was cool.  At the end of the tour they take us into this studio and have us do our own night show.  It was pretty funny.  Kristin was a one-man band because no one else volunteered.  I volunteered to help in the booth, I'm much more comfortable behind the scenes.  While we were watching a video Chris Matthews came and stood next to us and watched it. Kristin was pretty excited to see him.

After the tour we took the subway over to the upper West side to see the temple.  It is different to see the temple in the middle of much bigger buildings. After that we walked over to a bakery and decided we should try some banana pudding because we had both heard that it is so good in New York.  Neither one of us thought we would like it that much, but it was delicious.  I probably should have discovered this earlier in the trip.  They had tables and chairs across the street from the temple so we sat and ate and people watched for a while.  It was a great way to end a fabulous trip.  After that we went back to the hotel and picked up our bags and went to the train station to head to the airport. The weekend went by so fast.  I'm so grateful I was able to go and for everything that I was able to see.