Delaware Girls

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to gather with my amazing friends from Delaware.  We met in the city to celebrate Marian's 50th birthday in grand style!  Marian moved to Reno recently but flew in especially for the occasion.

We stayed at the fabulously funky Marriott Renaissance, right in the heart of Times Square.  And just as usual, Marian treated us to all this luxury with her fabulous points!

Being so close, I was the first to arrive to the hotel.  Marian and I chatted for awhile and then went to the hotel lounge to dine on house made potato chips, amazing mini lobster rolls and cheeseburger sliders.  We, of course, washed it down with lots of diet soda!  The lounge is only about five stories up with great wraparound windows.  It was fun to sit there, watching all of Times Square below us!  The rest of our party arrived shortly thereafter and we continued our munching, chatting and reminiscing.

Later on that night, we dressed up for dinner at The Capital Grille.

In the hotel lobby, ready to head out.
I need to remember that that outfit is NOT flattering with a coat on!  :)

Jean and Peggy showing their reactions to being seated directly underneath a giant eagle statue!

Marian, the birthday girl and Yvette

Me and Shar

The whole group!

We lived it up, ordering several appetizers, salads, delicious steaks and several desserts!  I had seared tenderloin with lobster.  Absolutely heavenly!

After dinner, we walked around Times Square a bit.  Taking silly pictures and enjoying each other's company.

The next morning, we got up early to wait in line for show tickets.  Thankfully, the tkts booth was directly across the street from our hotel!

It was super chilly!  But the McDonald's across the street had yummy hot chocolate.

The other ladies were dying to see Phantom.  And since Marian and I were the only ones who had seen it, that is what we went for.  And we were first in line so we were pretty much guaranteed our first choice!

After purchasing our tickets, we went to an early lunch at Junior's.

The food was delicious but you can't go to Junior's and not get some cheesecake.  We ordered a slice of pumpkin and a slice of red velvet to share.  The red velvet was good but the pumpkin was out of this world! Made me think of you, Tara.  You'd LOVE this cheesecake!

We worked off a bit of our lunch by wandering around, buying scarves and purses from some of the street vendors.  Unfortunately, the Bryant Park shops weren't open yet and my favorite jewelry store was too far away for the time we had.

After quickly changing, we headed to the Majestic Theatre for Phantom!

Phantom wasn't my first choice.  But the time Spencer and I saw it, we saw an understudy play the role of the Phantom.  This time, we got the usual guy and he was positively phenomenal!  He made me really glad the other ladies wanted to see it.  I just wish Spencer could have seen him too!

After the show, we headed back to the hotel to pack up and pose for our obligatory girls' trip pyramid picture.

Then, it was time to head back to the real world.  The weekend went by entirely too fast and I wish I could have spent some more time with these lovely ladies!  Due to various reasons, we were missing several of us but we're hoping everyone will be able to come next time.  Cause the plan is...Lion King!!!!

I love my Delaware "family"!