dont need convincing at all..

today is the 13th. i leave for new york city on the 20th. im so excited. ive been to NYC twice before but neither time did i really get the best experience with the city. the first time i went was in grade 12 - it was a school trip. the teacher planning the trip didn't actually think any of us actually wanted to see a broadway play or you know go to any museums. he made the trip completely a shopping trip - oh and we saw a baseball game but mostly shopping. pretty dumb if you ask me. the second time i went i was with my friend and her brother - he wanted to go black friday shopping. our plane landed in NYC at 5pm and it was leaving at 5pm the following day. we shopped a bit and then went for dinner and a bar at night. i was fun, but i still didn't get to experience one of the worlds 'must-go-to' cities.
so this time im so excited. im going with my mom who absolutely loves the city. she has an idea of what to see and what it worth doing in the 4 days we are there. so we bought new york city passes - basically they are fixed priced tickets which allows you to see/do as many as 55 attractions/sites within three days. my sisters and i (dads not going) were each told to choose three things we really want to do while we are there..
the three things i chose were:

- the guggenheim museum - id choose that over the MET

- time square - ive been but its one of those things you have to visit each time you are there

- strand bookstore - this is an 18 mile long used/new bookstore with over 2 million books! that is unbelievable and my kind of place! its on broadway so we will definitely come across it.

  this amazing city! im soo excited.

so my mom and sisters were each asked to choose three things they wanted to do. my mom mentioned something about magnolias bakery (that place the girls on sex and the city like to hang out).. ohh i totally dont need convincing if that is one of her choices. i like bakeries. 

countdown: seven days til nyc! seven days!!