The Catanzaro Family: New York

November 1st Michael had to fly to New York for business. His client, Asics, was a sponsor of the New York City Marathon and Michael went to check out the advertising. Auntie Brandie and Uncle Sean were nice enough to stay home with Jacob and Olivia so Jessica could tag along. It was a whirlwind trip starting with a red eye flight on November 1st and returning November 5th! We were able to see and do so much in such a short time. We started the first day by having lunch at a deli and wandering through Times Square and up 5th Avenue. Back at the hotel later Michael had a short meeting and then it was off to dinner with our old friend Josey Miller and her fiancee Jeff. We ate at a great restaurant in the village called Tante Baci. After dinner we went to the top of the Empire State Building to check out the view. Friday Michael had to check out the Asics booth and look for some of the ads around town while Jessica went shopping. Later that evening we went out with Michael's co-workers to a restaurant called Savore back down in the village. Saturday was the big sightseeing day. We went to the Statue of Liberty and walked around the World Trade Center site. Jessica helped the NYFD put out a trashcan fire with her coffee and then it was off to look for more advertising around town. After a quick stop to the famed Macy's (it was huge) it was back to the hotel to get dressed for the theater. We were lucky to get tickets to see Wicked and after the show went out to dinner at Rosie O'Gradys. Sunday we got up early and took a walk around town and through Central Park. It was Marathon Day so after our walk we met up with the rest of the crowd and headed to the grandstand at the Marathon finish line. We could only stay long enough to watch Lance Armstrong finish and then it was off to the airport for our flight home. In all it was wonderful to get away for a few days even though we were exhausted!

Lady Liberty