Where do i begin with this weekend!? Seriously, what a blast.  My grandmother and mom got in Thursday afternoon and met me at ABC so i could show them around.  Not too much to see but i introduced them to my coworkers and showed them the different levels including the studio.  It was a fairly short day, comparatively speaking.

 We went to dinner after the short tour and once mimi went to bed, mom and i explored the park behind my house.  It is beautiful!! I've lived here for a month and never knew how pretty it was!

      Friday we rose early to go to Fox and Friends.  Mimi loves that show and was very excited to see how the Friday free breakfast and concert went.  Turns out the concert was Kip Moore who sings "Something Bout a Truck".

It was especially fun because there weren't an outstanding amount of people there so it seemed like we were very close to the singer and the Fox talent that was circulating throughout the event.  Also, Mimi made her Fox debut on national television so that's very exciting!

     After the concert, we grabbed a coffee and headed the the American Museum of Natural History which i (and 5 friends) get into free with my ABC ID.  Obviously, that place is crazy large, so we only visited the exhibits that seemed intriguing!

     Spent about an hour and a half there and then decided to grab lunch at Gray's Papaya.  The hot dogs there are incredible! No place to sit though... which is a problem not only for Mimi but all of us after an already long day of walking and standing.

 We then decided to head to the Central Park Zoo.  We'd heard good things about the Polar Bear there but boy, were we in for a disappointment.  Out of the 8 angles of the bear exhibit... no polar bear.  But we did see some cute seals and some oh so rare central park ducks and turtles!! Those are worth a see... right?

    Still having almost a half of the day left, we decided to try out a NY bus tour.  We were pretty excited to figure out how to purchase the passes because we'd been thinking about it for a bit.  So we excitedly got on the bus and plugged our headphones and then after 2 stops... the woman told us we had to get off.  ummm??? so that was no bueno but we walked to find the next bus stop and that one was not air-conditioned.  So our first impression of this Gray Line Bus Tour was what a jip... but we got to use it for 48 hours and its far cheaper than fetching a taxi everywhere.   We toughed it out though and made it all the way to the stop by my apartment and their hotel. That was exhausting so we decided to take a quick nap!
     By then it was dinner time, so i taught mom and mimi how to use the subway.  We went towards Greenwich village because we heard the best pizza joint was there: John's Pizza.  It was so good.  In true new york style, it was a very cramped restaurant but very quick in getting your food ready! That pizza was so great!!
    That was a long day to say the least.  We dropped Mimi at the hotel and mom and I watched Dateline in my room.  Oh, and dealt with the Diet Dr. Pepper I exploded all over my bed.  Good times, eh, mom?

     On to Saturday Morning.  We decided to go to the Met.  Again, I get free passes with my ID.  We also, only visited a few exhibits because of the sheer size of that place.

We spent around an hour there and decided to catch our bus tour bus to Times Square because we had tickets for Lion King at 2.

We picked up our tickets and settled down at a diner until it was a good time to get lined up to go into the show.  That was the highlight of my weekend, i think.  Lion King is amazing.  To all you theatre snobs who think shows need to be in depth to be amazing, you are so wrong.  The staging is awe-inspiring.

     After Lion King, we headed back to our neck of the woods and ate dinner at a little diner on Broadway.  Mimi then went to bed and Mom and I met a friend of mine for the night bus tour on the Gray Line that we'd been using.  That was another highlight.  It seemed like it was going to be lame but then we crossed the bridge as the sun was setting.

So beautiful! We got to see all sides of the city and do the tourist thing for a bit.  We then caught the Times Square subway back home and got some very well deserved rest.

     We slept in this morning and met for a late... very late.... breakfast at Good Enough to Eat on Columbus.  Once breakfast was over, we chatted in the lobby of my hotel until they had to catch a cab to La Guardia.
     It was such a blessing to have them this weekend.  Seriously, not that i would ever forget this summer anyway, but i never forget a trip with my grandmother and mother.