It's Almost Here............

It is Monday and yesterday I had soo much fun with my farewell to NY tour with the best friends a girl could have. We started the day at my favourite bagel place, Brooklyn Bagel in Astoria. NY. Where I ordered my usual, an Everything Bagel, not toasted with bacon, egg and cheese, my coffee as usual a 20oz bottle of Diet Coke. We finished our breakfast and off to the train we went. We got on the Q, should have gotten on the N but it just meant a little more walking. Started off in Times Square picking up our tickets. Got off next stop at Macy's where I needed to stock up on my MAC lipstick..US $15.78 after tax.....AU$36.00 tax included..only a fool would buy one tube of lipstick for that price. Bought a Macy's bag that I could use as my pocket book on Wednesday, it is bigger than my usual  travel bag. It seems my cooler in my carry-on takes up a lot of space, therefore now I am limited to what I can put in there. Next stop - Empire State Building, we didn't go in we just waited for our 4th person to join us. Back on the double-decker bus to the Flat Iron Building, where Eataly is :) Oh my....what a wonderful store, it as everything you could possibly imagine in there. After our look around we decided to have some gelato, I had hazelnut and salted caramel...though I wish I just had the hazelnut. Now to grab another bus...it seems no one was hopping off, it is a hop-on, hop-off bus tour..we got stuck in the bottom and couldn't see anything. Next stop South Street Seaport, where I bought 3 flags, a Croatian flag, a USA flag and an Australian flag and a stand, to symbolize us. Took some photos of the Brooklyn Bridge.  Back on the bus, no room at the top...does anyone understand the concept? Eventually people got off and we managed to get seats up top, where we stayed until the last stop. Had dinner at Famous Dave's. I wanted to have ribs for my last dinner out in NYC, and the ribs and raspberry martini were delicious. Back on the N train straight to Broadway, Astoria. We had lots of fun. I will remember that night forever. Thank you so much,  Barbara, Laura and Barbara Ellen, you made my farewell to NYC so much fun.