NYC & Pittsburgh

NYC & Pittsburgh {Overview}

12/17/2019

I'm getting ready for my very last trip of 2019, a visit to New York, New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

My husband, Bryce, and I are spending 3 days exploring in NYC before we head to my hometown of Pittsburgh for 5 days, for Christmas!

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NYC at Christmastime in 2006, my last visit to the City!

New York City

Why NYC?

I have always been fascinated by "the City," I planned to move there after college but moved to Hawaii instead. I've been there a few times, just for a day here and there when I lived in PA. (Check out the photos from my visit in 2006!) Bryce has visited for a summer weekend but we've never been together. We are excited to get lost in the City for a few days, playing tourist, relaxing, eating, and enjoying the Christmas spirit!

The Details:

Flight - We're taking a red-eye flight from Seattle to NYC.
Lodging - We're staying at the Moxy East Village, so cute!
Objectives - To explore so much, get massages, eat great (Italian) food, visit the Statue of Liberty, see a show at the Comedy Cellar, and visit the Tenement Museum

Truly a sign of the times in 2006, Angelina and Brad were still a couple! At Madam Tussauds Wax Museum.

I met Lucille Ball at Madam Tussauds Wax Museum in NYC in 2006.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Why Pittsburgh?

It's home for me! I get home every-other-Christmas and this is my year.

The Details:

Flight - You can drive from NYC to Pittsburgh but I don't want to mess around with snowy or icy roads in the middle of a vacation! We're flying, thanks.
Lodging - MY ROOM AT MOM AND DAD'S HOUSE!
Objectives - Celebrate Christmas Eve at home, eat all of my Mom's homemade cookies: biscotti, pizelles, 8 layer cookies, etc., continue my favorite tradition of Christmas PJs for my baby cousins (who are all now bigger than me!), and visit with as many friends as I possibly can.