LAST day in NYC

Tuesday was a great day to end my trip in New York City. The Inauguration was taking place that morning, and when you are in a big city, people tend to congregate for big things like that. Plus, people there freaking love Obama.

So we went to Columbia University to watch it. It was very cool seeing crowds of people...er...Americans getting together just to witness the Inauguration. It really made it feel like I was witnessing a big piece of history, and I just don't think it would have felt the same watching it on TV at home.

Hey lady, I'm not taking your picture...Hey this building is in Ghostbusters too!
M&D

Another angle of the campusThese little kids were SO cute, all bundled up and watching the big screen. They would try to sit down and get yanked back up to keep standing. Haha...they got bored pretty quick.

The oath.
The speech.
I like this picture. Megan took it.
Afterwards we got a seat at a restaurant for lunch (good thing we hurried). They had things on their menu like the Obama burger and the Biden Sandwich and Freedom Fries.

In front of the "Seinfeld" restaurant. This isn't the one where we ate.
Later we went to Chinatown since I hadn't really been there. It was funny because these "whisperers" would walk way close to you ask ask if you wanted purses, watches, etc. Sneaky! I did buy a couple I <3 NY t-shirts...because I HAD to. I'm cheap, and I couldn't think of any other souvenir that would be useful for more than 5 minutes. Then we walked through Little Italy like I had mentioned in the last post, and got some yummy pastries.

By the way, AJ put his NY shirt on right away and it was cute.

The rest of the day we relaxed until it was time to take me to the airport. It was sad leaving...I had a really great time, and I don't think my trip could have been anymore perfect. Well, it could have been a lot warmer! Thanks again for the earmuffs Megan! But it was great and it was so nice being able to hang out with my sister and get to know Daniel better. We never get to see them, and I love being with family once I actually get out and do it. But I missed AJ terribly. And Grizzly. I talked about them non-stop, so I'm sure it was nice for me to go home for M&D too :)

I didn't really sleep on the plane (I got in around 2 am NY time). They had directTV on the plane and I was having a great time watching TV, being without it for the last couple of months. What a dork. I was laughing out loud watching Conan O'Brien and probably annoyed those around me.

We landed and I got to see my boys again. They are the best! And my husband is the hottest of them all.