Fall in the City

We enjoyed a wonderful fall weekend in NYC the weekend of September 28th.  Oscar needed to be in the city to attend a client event so the kiddos and I tagged along.  We arrived on Friday afternoon and after checking into my favorite hotel, The Pierre, we walked across the street to play at one of our favorite playgrounds in Central Park.  After playtime, we had dinner at Artisanal with our good friend, Tracy.

Walker's first time meeting Tracy....he's not quite sure what to make of her :)

 Saturday morning we all went for a family run around Central Park where Oscar finally got to experience pushing the double jogger up a hill.  He only thought he was in shape prior to this workout :)
Afterwards we played around in FAO Schwarz and waited for cousin Nick to join us.  Then we introduced Oscar to the wonderful experience of Shake Shack.  It's amazing he lived in that city for so long and had never tried a Shake Shack burger.  It really is one of the greatest guilty pleasures.  It even makes the hour wait not seem so bad.  Needless to say, he has been converted and will he never eat another burger without comparing it to Shake Shack.
After lunch we all split up in different directions.  Oscar and Nick went to go watch the martial arts match and the kiddos and I went to the park to meet up with Elina and Dima.  We had so much fun riding the carousel and playing on the playgrounds with those two.  Then we all met back up and had a group dinner at Serephinas.

two of my running buddies

fun times in the toy store on the giant piano

yummy Shake Shack

carousel time

S riding with Elina and Dima

Sunday morning we attempted another run in the park but little man was not in the mood.  After screaming for 2 miles, we had to stop and I had to carry him back to the hotel.  Some days are just not stroller days for him.  Oh well....

After a stroll around mid-town and a quick bistro lunch it was time to head to the airport.  

2 miles looked just like this

bistro brunch

window shopping

We had such a great quick visit.  I love these little weekend trips to the city.  Being able to do these makes living in a quiet, boring, small town not seem so drab.  I'm already counting down the days until our holiday trip.  Have I mentioned how much I LOVE New York at the holidays?!?!  Only 53 more days....