Weekend trip to Manhattan/Brooklyn New York ~
Bon Voyage to my Husband for a visit to Morocco his hometown
Well,, a lot has gone on since the last time we spoke. First, my husband is on a 3 month trip to see friends and family in his own home town of Morocco. Which gave us a chance to spend the weekend in Manhattan / Brooklyn NY. " chaos "
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This Was a wonderful weekend before I have to say goodbye for a long duration apart since our Marriage. We havn't been without each other side by side in four years. I like to share a few things about this crazy trip we had on a weekend just to make the drop off to the airport to say our farewell for a few months from each other.
Well, First don't forget to make reservations. I went and started out with my trip reservation with a company named
reservations@hotels-rates.com. of course I thought this was a excellant plan. Booked the weekend night stay with great price. Hotel reservations was at the Comfort Inn Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.Photo insert further below. Confirmed that this was easy access to be involved to go to the Statue of Liberty. Oh, how we have been waiting to spend a day at the statue. Just to clue you in, this did not happen.
Get the Facts ~Make your reservations.
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You might just only get to be at the foot of the statue.
get your Facts and reservations before you set
out on your to see the Satue of Liberty.
Book Your Reservations. |
It's very important to know that you must make reservations to the statue of liberty for the chance to go inside the building or you will be waiting at the her feet for hours. This is almost a number one spot for vacationers, schools to showcase our history and heritate from all walks of life. So the streets are busy with tourism booming all around. Even the 911 water fountains bringing in friends/ faimily all year round, needs a ten day in advance reservations to just see the wall. Well, I thought making the reservations online and request that this would be available for us. We where informed that the shuttle was every thirty minutes to the ferry. Awesome all excited but, no one told us to make reservations at the statue as well. I just assumed this was all part of the ferry. Nope, not the case. well disappointed on this part of the trip. But, easily corrected now for our next trip. Book reservations and ask more questions. But, the trip still had it's highlights.
Get the Facts ~ Parking
Now we had to hang in the Manhatten side of New York to take care of our buisness before our weekend started. But, a must do on our list to stop to the Moroccain embassy to handle our business affairs. This is very Important fact to mention the parking.They will kill you with unexpected charges for parking previlliages. Even the Native new yorkers are killed with this same injustice of prices. You can park for one hour to even three hours and they will charge you a full day parking fee. So, these are just some of the thngs to be ware of on your trip. If you try to rebuttle this. They pretent to not understand english or just down right ignore you. So, the truth is they just plain scam you in the open. Now, we made it through our night mare of driving through the traffic after two hours to bridge from Manhatten side to the Bookly side that our day was almost shot.
Get the Facts ~ amenities
Comfort Inn Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.
One of the beauties of this trip was that the Hotel was quite nice. Supprising after the entrance in, I thought I made another boo boo. The road to the hotel was a little bit like driving into an industral business area. Asuming that even the trip from the Manhatten side to get to the Brooklyn side was a feet in itself. Long roads of traffic. This is a very hopping hotel and filled with many exciting people from all around the world. Just so you know there is a shuttle service to the terminal but, this is an extra fee. then you have to pay ferry fees. and don't forget to make your reservations to the Statue of Liberty. or any of the Manhattan feature sites. Make sure you book you visit.
Get the FActs ~ Food
Excellent delivery food service and pricing from a local pizzeria. Call 718-624-0690 MARK'S pizza restorante. In which the dinner was resonable local prices and serving size. We will give 2 thumbs up for portion size, taste on the Veal Parm dinner, & Grill Chicken Dinner. plus the add on of Garlic Bread.
Breakfast in which the hotel provided which is onlyA full contiental breakfast included. Don't let them fool you when they say a full american breakfast. It's really just a contiental breakfast with a waffle machine. And those waffles are delicious. and worth making part of your breakfast.
Lunch was the best part of our trip. on the corner block a local small cafe with wonderful atmosphere, cleanliness, and the must have coffee for living in the upstate area's. We even had the pleasure to meet the owner of this beautiful establishment during our visit. Nothing like enjoying a cup of coffee and panni in new york . Plus, I am a native upstate new yorker and this made me feel so at home.
Get the Facts ~ Night life Entertainment.
I listed some of the Broadway theaters that I found flyers on my trip. These are must, on your list to do while in New York. But, you need to make reservations so here is a list and Numbers so you can find out the Smash hit musicals or Broad way plays that are showing at the time of your visit. Of course, these are revolving shows and calling to find out what is their feature for the evening.
BROADHURST THEATRE
Box office 235 W 44th St
212-239-6200
SHUBERT THEATRE
225 w. 44th St
212-239-6200
LUNT~FONTANNE THEATRE
205 West 46th St
877-250-2929
NEDERLANDER THEATRE
208 West 41st St
call ticketmaster 866-870-2717
NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE
Broadway and 42nd St
call ticket master 866-870-2717
Of course, each trip is unique. But, the most important thing for every vacations of your dreams. Make sure that you learn the area. Get all the information and reservations before heading out. Then have fun, and enjoy the trip without being disappointed.
A while back I decided to make a Butterfly cake and I now have the photo's to share with you. In April I had a neighbors Birthday and In May I had to whip another cake for two for my husband Birthday. The first cake was a little more colorful for my neighbor, made with brilliant food colors of yellow, pink and blue food coloring. But, this was a more macho approach for the Man in the house. Of, course the first cake, was design in a photo format. For the design purpose to show how to cut the section to design the cake. Which you can check out the design pattern to create your own HERE. As you can see here there is not much to this design, but it has a beautiful impact to the eye. Creativity don't have to be difficult. Just pleasing to the human comfort to be pleased. So this Birthday cake was delicious as well as easy as 1,2,3,4,5 which is about how many cuts it takes to create this design. I also added the antenna which I made out of foil for my husband, You can also use your imagination to create one out of many other materials and tulle, colored plastic wrap, or even using candies or licorices. I myself, will now use the foil and even perhaps frost the foil with color as I did for the first cake I produced for my neighbor. Except don't try to eat it. Ha Ha. Just use a square sheet of foil and cut half way down the middle of the sheet of 15 by 15 size piece of aluminum foil. Then it is necessary to roll the to side towards the slit.and then curl the antenna as you can see by the photo. This makes the best antenna I have found so far. NOW, Lets frost the cake. If you let the cake air dry the ends will become a little dryer and easier to frost. But, if left to long the cake will dry and be hard and not pleasing to the palette. because of the small portion of cake that is being made. You have to have a watchful eye not to dry the cake to long.
My husband cake was only frosted on the top and sprinkled with a few jimmies. Just to rush the cake process through. Because, I really had a busy day and trying to keep up with a full time job and my love to tell you guys all about it. Takes up a big portion of my day. The truth is, I really like to spend more time reading, writing, and studying then my is Job. And of course my Handsome husband Of mine does most of the cooking. But, when it comes to sweets look out. I'm in the kitchen whipping up smoothies, cake, cookies or even the occasional fruit bowl. And as you can see it don't take long to devour this cake. Enjoy
by the Author of Overboard creations
After the Mother day celebration, in May 11, 2014 in which is filled with flowers, and the beginning of spring, bearing the fresh newness of life. From our mothers womb we became who we are. We dedicated our love for all they do to prepare us for the life ahead. a free downloadable card for you to celebrate this wonderful day dedicated especially for MOMS. read more......
And the dedicated to Both Men and Woman who served in our Armed force which is Celebrated on Memorial Day, May 26, 2014 is the time to recognize them for there dedication. Inspire them with gratitude for there Service for there Country, There sacrifices away from there family, and persistence to bring peace across the world. 
Amazing fathers all over the globe, it is time to celebrate and tell them how special they are. There is many ways to achieve this.
by Author of Overboard Creations