Snow's fun. Slush is not.

So the update since the blizzard. Yesterday we couldn't do a whole lot, just because of the sheer amount of snow. Even the subways were closed down! We learned later that this was due to the sheer amount of snow in all the entrances, making them all too dangerous to use. We went and got a great breakfast around the corner (though my mom didn't like hers) before deciding what to do for the day. John and I didn't feel like fighting the snow, so we went to go see a movie. My mom decided to walk 5th avenue up to Central Park instead.

On the way to the theater, John decided he was done seeing me walk through the slush and puddles in my worn out tennis shoes, and stopped to get me a great new pair of boots. Love them, and have definitely put them to the test since getting them. Then we went to go see True Grit. It was a really good movie, though I will now have to watch the original rendition of it with John Wayne.

Eventually we all just settled into the room for awhile. Then we headed up to Top of the Rock for sunset. We had to sit outside for awhile, but eventually the skyline started to light up. It was really cool to see each of the towers turn on one by one. Then we headed back for happy hour. As we settled in though I got a headache, so John brought back dinner to the room for us.

This morning it looked gorgeous. We left the room and it was so nice out we didn't even need our hats and gloves. We wandered down to the Empire State Building first. The City Pass is amazing at those places! We went straight up to the top, and with how clear the sky was, it was another amazing view. It wasn't all that windy until you went around the corner to the west side, and then it hit you full force. My mom refused to go around the corner though, and sat inside for the full view.

Afterward we went to Grand Central Station. Here we had a fabulous lunch of soup and bagels with cream cheese, topped off with a black and white cookie. So good! Once we were full, we decided to try and do the Statue of Liberty and caught the subway to Battery Park. The snow was even deeper here though. I went to stand on a bench for a picture and had to wade through thigh deep snow to get there first. People were having a lot of fun in it though, and we saw one guy get nailed in the face with a snowball. His friend fell over he was laughing so hard.

Unfortunately, the tour was closed, which we didn't learn until we arrived, so we went to head north again to go to the Met instead. The subways here are not clearly marked though, and there are no maps in the tubes. We ended up on a line that we thought stopped at 81st, but took us all the way to 125th instead. So we went south on another one that should stop and ended up at 59th. Finally a really nice cop helped us get onto the correct line and we cane out on 81st street. Then we walked through the Park to get to the Met. Kids were all over sledding and having a general good time. It was a lot of fun to watch.

After the museum, we went to find the Alice in Wonderland statue, which Jen and I failed to locate last year. Turns out it is completely visible from the road we had walked several times. Got to go take pictures of it though which was really cool. Then we went to the MOMA. There was the coolest thing there too. A grand piano, with a hole cut in the middle of it. The guy played it backwards from inside the piano itself while walking the entire piano around the room. We followed him around as he moved for almost half an hour. It was amazing to watch really.

For dinner tonight we went to John's, which we were told is one of the best pizza places here. Turns out it was the one Jen and I went to on a whim last year. We must have had good taste. It was just as good this time around too. We had garlic bread, pizza, and an antipasti plate, which had an amazing Caesar salad in it too. Very good, though we are all so full we can hardly move now. Quite a successful day overall, and we saw a lot of things. Who knows what will be next!