xoxo gossip girl

Jan 23: We started off the day with a bagel and cream cheese, which disappointingly was not that good. Personally, I think I'm partial to Blue Sky at home. Anyways, I managed to watch part of the Bachelor as I got ready and we set off on our Gossip Girl sites tour. First stop was the Van Der Woodsen apartment. I was very excited and so were the cluster of teenage girls also posing in front and taking multiple pictures.. I don't blame them, I almost had a heart attack when I saw it. :) On a more cultural note, (not that Gossip Girl isn't cultural), we stopped by the St. Patrick's Cathedral which is right across the street from the upscale apartments. It was absolutely beautiful inside and filled with people either praying, wandering, or snapping shots. We meandered our way through and set off onto the subway again for the next stop on our Gossip Girl tour. The subway ride was pretty uneventful aside from when we accidently walked down this sketch hallway which I refered to as the pee hallways since it massively smelled like urine. What are we? A third world country? We have toilets.. I dont understand. But, we made it out alive and onto 5th avenue. After taking a walk to Times Square which really isn't all that impressive in daylight, we walked around Rockefeller Center and I noticed a few sites shown on 30 Rock. That was also a highlight of the day. Anyways, we decided we would do that massively overpriced view from the Empire Statesbuilding thing just to say we did and headed in that direction. We were there at the perfect time since there was hardly anyone there and although it was a little foggy from the top, it was also an incredible view. So, after the view from the top we happened upon a Chinese/Vietnamese restaurant which was very delicious and headed out to see Constance Billard/St. Judes (Gossip Girl private school). It was a fairly long walk, but we finally made it. It was a little less exciting because a lot more goes into creating the school then is actually there as opposed to the apartments. our way back There were random cars parked in the courtyard, plus it looked a lot smaller than on camera, BUT it was still cool and we made home after giving up on Bendels. I finished watching yet another segment of the Bachelor and quickly got ready to head out for Brooklyn. We went to shabbat services, although missed half of it, (what's new). It was a nice service and I couldn't help but notice that they get really into the songs.. not just loudness, but they all pick different notes and like attempt at harmonizing. It was like a jazz choir, or barbershop quartet or something... I dont even know. After, we walked over to Janet's friend's house for dinner. It was great; food, conversation, and company. I hit the wall half way through though because of the long day and the amount of land we covered today. At about 11:00 we finally made it out the door and back onto the subway and went home. The plans for the rest of the evening, which is technically morning now, include finishing the bachelor and sleep. Also technically speaking, since it is now 1:00 AM I leave tomorrow!! Whoo!