The BIG Apple
HELLO!
Tomorrow I am off to my second home (literally) NEW YORK CITY! I am super excited and as a tribute to the wonderful and magical city I have come up with five things you must do when visiting N.Y.C.
Here is goes in no specific order.. (I would never be able to rank these)
1. Skating in Rockefeller Center around the HUGE Christmas Tree.
Not only is it a ton of fun, whether you can skate or not, the scenery with the snow and the lights on the tree it is so breath-taking. This is something that is worth doing with a group of people to make it even more memorable and hit 
up Starbucks afterwards for some hot beverages.
2. See a play.
There are tons of great plays and musicals and shows that are out on Broadway year round. Wicked is currently one of the best sellers and though I personally have never seen it, critics rave that it is a must see this year. And if it helps, it is “kid friendly”. I love the Radio City Rockettes! The show is called The Radio City Christmas Spectacular and its spectacular to say the least. I’m sorry this is another thing to do at Christmas time but I can’t help it.
3. Why is the city never sleeping? It’s because they are shopping.
This is a given. If you are going to New York City and not shopping you are in the wrong place. There are hundreds probably thousands of places you can shop downtown but my favourite is about an hour outside. The name is Woodbury Common Premium Outlets; get a pen and paper ladies. 498 Red Apple Court, Central Valley, NY Zip: 10917 Tel: (845) 928-4000. Go to their website: http://www.premiumoutlets.com/brands/ for a list of brands avaliable. The list goes on and on!
4. Visit the landmarks
You can do the usual Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty shpeel but the ones that you will remember and that 
your friends will think are the coolest are the famous landmarks and scenes where famous movies and shows were filmed. Some of them include: Breakfast at Tiffany’s on 5th Avenue, Gossip Girl (all over the place and you can actually get tours to specifically see all the different scenes and shop at Henri Bendel where Blair and Serena shop), and tv show Friends Monica and Rachel’s appartment building (corner of Grove and Bedford in Greenwich Village, see picture).
5. Go to a Museum that interests you!
I love the American Museum of Natural History but there are TONS of other museums in New York for a wide range of interests. Other Museums include: the Met, my all time favourite museum but not in NY..the Smithsonian (including the Doodle 4 Google Challenge, having kids from all over create a Google drawing with the theme being “What I wish to see in the world..”. All 40 regional finalists are displayed in this museum), Children’s Museum of Manhattan and even the Museum of Sex if that’s what you are into. Here is the 2009 National Winner of the Doodle 4 Google Contest, designed by Christin Engelberth from San Antonio. Go to www.google.ca/doodle4google to see all the finalist. It’s truely amazing.
That’s all for now everyone…see you in a few days!
-beee
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it is going to be a butterfly.
-Buckminster Fuller
