I met my mom in NYC this past weekend for our yearly shopping, eating, catching up trip. We had a fantastic time, amazing weather, and lots of good laughs. We really never go for the sites *gasp!* But each time we do try to do different things. This time we went to Lion King. We had front row, center seats, could not have been any better. That is my favorite Broadway show by far. The costumes are indescribable, the cast is out of this world. If you have have the chance GO see it!! I promise you will not be disappointed. We also hit some favorites, American Girl, The Today Show, Time Square, SOHO (biggest FAV), Anthropologie, H&M and Central Park. We dinned at many fabulous places here they are with their links. 

 http://mesagrill.com/newyorkcity/ owned by Bobby Flay (yummy! Can’t say enough good about this one) (Dinner)

 http://nohostar.com/ in Soho, fabulous, we go each time and have been happy with it. (Dinner)

 http://www.balthazarny.com/ another old fav of ours, we go there for the macaroni and cheese, no doubt the best I’ve ever had! (Lunch)

http://www.frescobyscotto.com/home.html (Lunch) this is where the Today show people always go for lunch. You will almost always run into a famous someone there. This time it was a Congress Man from FL , of course my mom knew who he was and stopped him to chat. He came over to our table and talked with us.

http://www.sohogrand.com/ (late night drinks) this is a fab. hotel, such style! You can go for drinks and desserts though.

http://www.risotteria.com/ (dinner) we went for their Gluten Free Pizza and it was fantastic! This one is also down in Soho

http://www.babycakesnyc.com/ (dessert) they serve the yummiest, organic, gluten free cupcakes. No processed sugar or junk! Super fresh, also down in Soho, we walked forever to get to this one. Oh and MaDonna goes there too!

http://www.thecentralparkboathouse.com/ (brunch on Sunday) always a fav. for brunch! 

On Thursday I took the older 3 kids to Sweet Berry Farms for some good ole’ Strawberry picking. We met our other home school friends there too and had a great time. We picked over 5 lbs of strawberries and brought them home and made a strawberry pie with Rick’s mom. The berries were by far the freshest, yummiest berries I have ever had! Here are some snap shots from our day.