i need to go on a diet!!

We have returned from our Annual Trek to NYC. We, again, had a wonderful time. Not many people are fond of the craziness that is New York City, but Sean and I have decided we looooove going out there for a few days. The food, the scenery, the people watching and of course the food. Here are some shots of our trip.....

We spent a few mornings having bagels w/cream cheese from the street vendors. Some birds in Central Park wanted to partake as well.
In our hotel, Le Parker Meridian, they have a restaurant called "The Burger Joint". It is hidden behind a curtain, you wouldnt know it was there except for the smell of grilling burgers. There is no signage, no advertising. GOOD burgers.....we went there as soon as we checked in and saw Fred Savage (wonder years fame) right off the bat...he was just sitting there eating a burger, no one was bothering him at all.

Thursday evening, we had our "annual meet up" with my cousin Caroline and her hubby Mike. This year we went to Centro Vinoteca....they have a website, look it up....yummy!! We had "piccolini" otherwise known as "small plates" or the spanish version of "tapas". Such a good dinner, however the company was even better!! Oddly enough, LEAH COHEN, is the head chef there and she was in the exposed kitchen (tv personality #2).

After dinner we headed into a Mexican place for one last drink......can you guess who had what???

My only request was cupcakes....we hit 2 spots....Crumbs on Broadway and Magnolia in Rockerfeller Center....we went a little overboard at Crumbs, but they had toooo many to choose just one!! My choices were the top two, Seans were the bottom two.

We got lunch from the Hello Deli next to The Ed Sullivan Theatre....Yes, Rupert was there, yes he took our order and yes we have the reciept he wrote it on.....best of all it was a great sandwich.

Oh yeah, the cupcake was yummy too!!

Shopping at Saks Fifth Ave makes one thirsty....so we had a rest stop. The bag on the counter is my birthday gift....I have NO idea what is in there, which is good. I HATE knowing what I am getting...HATE it!!

So here is the lone cupcake from Magnolia....it was FAN - TAS - TIC!! If you are ever, ever, ever near a Magnolia Bakery, get one. This one happened to be pumpkin...I should have gotten a vanilla to compare. But Sean and I both agreed that it was better than Crumbs....

We killed a pizza.......fresh basil on the coal oven baked pizza....uh, im drooling right now!!

Had to try Thai from the restaurant next door.....again, yummy!!

Sunday morning, flying out the door to the airport, I decided to dig into the "Devil Dog" cupcake remaining....it had the same type of twinkie/hoho/dingdong filling in it. OK, so it was tasty too. By now I was uber sick from all the food I only had ONE bite.....but it was worth it!