new york city - day two

on monday we woke up early (seven am - the ONLY time that happened our entire week in new york), only to open our window revealing a winter wonderland outside! and it was still coming down. we hiked FOREVER away (in the blizzard) to the set of 'the view' to try our hand at stand-by tickets.





because of the amount of snow coming down, plenty of flights into ny were canceled, meaning we got tickets to be on the show! we had to turn our phones off immediately, but we took trips to the bathroom to briefly text our families and let them know we would be on. we were numbers 104-107 in line, but we all had the letter 'm' written on the back of our tickets. we soon found out (when we were called by the letter 'm' before a lot of others in lines) that the letter meant we were young and cute! we were seated in prime spots to be shown by the cameras. i guess 'the view' wants to look like it has a young audience.




the show was pretty boring and i remembered why i hate it so much: they all yell so loud over each other that it's impossible to hear what anyone has to say. it was a 'hot topics' episode so no one famous came on, but we did get a free 'the view' spring mug! mom will really appreciate that! several friends from home saw us as the camera quickly panned the audience, so it ended up being worth the hike through the snow!





even though it was still snowing profusely, we decided a (long) walk through central park would make for cute pictures. while it did result in several fun pictures and lots of memories, we were absolutely FREEZING. i have never been so cold in my life!










we came out of central park near the mac store, and couldn't help stopping in to warm up and to check our e-mail. bad decision. my camera unfortunately met the cement floor and acted funny for the rest of the trip. luckily, emmie, maggie, and whitney took plenty of pictures that i was able to borrow, so the ones you see from here on out could belong to them. i did bring out my camera with my long lens along when i knew it would be useful, but otherwise i counted on the other cameras on the trip. after the mac store (rip) we checked out fao schwarz and whitney and i racked up on fun candy. by this point, we were all still frozen and STARVING, so on the way back to the hotel we stopped at a typical hot dog and pretzel stand and took it up to our room. then, we took a two hour nap! heaven. when we woke up it was about 6:30pm! we had planned for two weeks to watch the finale of the bachelor in our hotel room, even if we were in the middle of new york city! whitney wasn't feeling so hot, so she stayed behind while emmie, maggie, and I braved the cold to find dinner. we got made-to-order pasta and snacks and brought it back just in time for our favorite show to begin! i invited a friend, philip (and his girlfriend) to watch with us as well. it was a little party in our hotel room!






those were just some silly shots we all took of the tv while watching the (most dramatic yet) finale. after three hours of the bachelor, we went out for cheesecake with philip and kelly.





another fun-filled and exhausting day!