Traveling back in time to a month ago (November 9th, to be exact — I’m still making catch-up posts), Caleb, Megan and I found ourselves in the middle of Manhattan (click here, or on the photo to the right for more photos!). We left Connecticut earlier that morning (where we stayed for my grandfather’s funeral the day before…which took place in New York…just bear with me…) and decided to make a pit-stop in Manhattan on our way to Albany, where we would spend the night (yes, Manhattan IS on the way to Albany from south-western Connecticut — you just have to imagine that you are driving in a boomerang, more or less). We have a few friends that work and/or live in the city and thought it would be nice to try see them, especially given how rarely we have an opportunity to make it out with Caleb.

We arrived around 11am and had decided somewhere along the 95 that we would make the Natural History Museum our home base. We figured that there would be parking there, and if we couldn’t arrange to see any of our friends, we could always have a blast at the museum. We ended up finding a random parking spot on the street a block and a half away from the museum but ended up spending only five or so minutes in the area. In short, it was quite busy, and we managed to connect with our friends Nora and Amy, and wanted to prioritize spending time with them.

Nora works near Rockefeller Center, so we zig-zagged through Central Park and made a pit stop in a diner before meeting up with her. (As an aside, salad, a tuna sandwich, a grilled cheese sandwich, and an orange juice set us back over $60…cheap, Manhattan is not.) On full stomachs, we met Nora for coffee and hot chocolates and had a great time catching up. We parted ways and took the subway to SOHO where our friend Amy works (no, not a single person offered Caleb and me their seat despite the fact that I had to dig my fingernails into the wall to keep from falling over while holding him) and had a great time hanging out with her in the photography studio she manages. A long subway ride back uptown to our car and we found ourselves stuck in traffic for a few hours trying to leave Manhattan during rush hour on a Friday. Sweet.

It was a great afternoon and we are very happy to have had the chance to spend it with Nora and Amy!