Just another night in...Times Square

On Friday (7th Feb) I went into the city to meet my friend Casey, who was spending the weekend in New York, having come up from Washington D.C. I haven't seen Casey since we went to the Aupair Training School together, so it was really exciting to see her again! We met right in the dead centre of Times Square on the red stairs and got right down to the photo taking!! She made me (I swear it was NOT my idea!!) take a photo with this giant guy dressed as the Statue of Liberty haha! Its true that everything in New York is expensive - we had to pay 3 dollars to get a photo with him - even though we used our camera!!

We took a few more photos of the bright lights, big city then went for a stroll to find somewhere nice to eat. Believe it or not I have never actually been to the Hard Rock Cafe, even though the only one in Australia is at none other than Surfers Paradise!! So we decided we would go to the New York Hard Rock Cafe. We waited about 30 minutes, but they had some good rock memorabillia to look at while we waited, and even though it was pretty expensive, the food was quiet good!! I don't think I would go back but its one of those things that you "just have to do" and I'm glad we did!

After dinner, at about 10pm we sauntered into 'Toys R Us' to spend an hour being big kids!! There is a HUGE ferris wheel inside the middle of the store, and each carriage is based on a different children's toy or movie. We were in the Cabbage Patch Kids carriage, but my favourites were My Little Pony, Mr Potato Head, Monopoly and Toy Story. Other fun that Toys R Us had to offer included a giant T-Rex and Jurrasic Park sign, and the dinosaur roared and moved his head. Giant Lego constructions of the Empire State, Chrysler and Statue of Liberty which were amazing! A giant Barbie's dream house and some large figurines of Spiderman, Superman and the likes.

Next on the list was 'M&M World' - three floors of everything and anything M&M!! There was so much M&M merchandise, giant M&M statues (the green M&M as Statue of Liberty) and a wall full of different coloured M&Ms. I didn't have much money with me, but I can't wait to go back to get all my M&M souviners!!!

I headed home, a bit too late considering I had a weekend planned in Philadelphia, but all in all a fantastic night!!