NYC with the family| Fayetteville, NY family photographer
When we moved from North Carolina to Syracuse, NY we swore that we would take advantage of weekend trips to NYC, Boston, and DC, and I am proud to say that I think we are doing a pretty good job. We have taken the kids to NYC three times, Boston twice, and DC once.
I must admit the longer I live here (it has been 3.5 years now) the further away these cities seem to me. I guess when we lived in North Carolina and I had to drive close to an hour to get to a Target, the drive to NYC from Syracuse seemed so easy. Now, living in Fayetteville, NY it seems that I hardly have to travel more than 15 minutes to get anywhere I need to go–so that trip to NYC is getting a bit longer.
Our last trip to NYC was just for one night, as usual, but we packed a lot in. It all started with tickets to the Metropolitan Opera to see Carmen. I knew it would be considered quite foolish to drag our two kids to the opera (ages 6 &9), but I liked the idea of trying. If I’m really honest I liked saying that we were taking our kids to the Opera–that just sounds so cultured. I did get a little nervous when I read a few reviews of the current production of Carmen that called it “dark” and a “dangerous mingling of sex, rebellion and violence.” But, our seats were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy up there, and honestly I was much more comfortable showing them an Opera full of sex and violence, than some of the previews that pop up at the movie theatres before PG movies.
Here we are doing our best to dress up. You can see I’m not very dressed up, but the fact that my husband has a tie on is a huge thing–he never wears a tie, not for a wedding (including our own) or for work.
Since we knew the kids were not going to be too excited about seeing an Opera we did let them take some of their Christmas money to FAO Schwarz.
I think Echo was taking a video of herself on the Big Piano here.
But, mostly when we go to NYC we just wander around and people watch.
In Times Square.
Outside of the Natural History Museum.
Here Echo is taking a rest in the Natural History Museum Gem section. I think that part of the museum makes such a nice resting spot.
And, I always insist and walking through Central Park as much as we can. This time we even say Sting taking his dog for a walk. I even had my camera around my neck, and his dog even sniffed Echo, and I didn’t say a word–just let him go along on his walk–also I sort of froze up–sorry.
I find that by just going to NYC for one night –and I drive–it is affordable. We usually only plan one thing (if any) and the rest of the time we just soak in all that the city has to offer.
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