TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY = TOO, TOO WONDERFUL!

The original plan for yesterday was to be all romantic and walk through Central Park, but with showers in the forecast we decided to shop and visit the United Nations instead.  It was a great day, even though we got caught in the POURING RAIN.  Here are some SNAPS!

Madison Square Garden!  Both One Direction and the Biebs will be making an appearance at the venue later this year.  I wonder if any of our students are planning to be in attendance......(it TRULY IS a possible scenario).  

Let the SHOPPING BEGIN!  We visited the world's largest Nike store first (I'm making this up....maybe), which was FIVE FLOORS tall with escalators to transport you between each level.  At the store, Phil purchased a blue t-shirt that says "LIONS JUST DO IT".  They were all out of Leafs gear (winky face), so I held out until we went to Tiffany's for my "anniversary present".  This process took all of 10 minutes, as I'd already done some pre-scoping-out online and knew EXACTLY what I wanted! 

Next stop was TRUMP TOWER (a different one from previous days)!  This is the one where the popular "you're fired!" takes place.  It is open to the public during the day so we took a peek at the luxury goods inside and rode an escalator or two.  We love Mr. Trump!

If you think TOYS 'R US is AMAZING, you would have an absolute HAY DAY at F.A.O. Schwartz.  Our only reason for visiting the store was to see the BIG PIANO that Tom Hanks and the Kardashian sisters played on, but in finding that we found a SLEW of other things that sparked our interest.  This could be a true all-day affair.  If you still have a kid inside of you.

When shopping was finished, we headed to the United Nations for an audio tour.  We believe we had the worst guide possible (especially since the majority of the tour was AUDIO), but the experience was still a COOL one.  Here is a picture of the general assembly hall where the likes of Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela have addressed the world.

This wall was my favourite part.  Each individual poster declared a particular human right.  They were done so artistically.  I wish I could have secured a poster of each one!

This "School in a Box" was found in the "Millennium Development Goals" section of the tour.  Above it read "In today's world, 1 in 6 adults is still not literate; 2/3 of them are women."  If you would like to help, you could choose to make a donation or purchase an entire "School in a Box" to be sent to an area in need.  It's a good idea, don't you think?? 

After our tour of the U.N., we were ready for home.  We hopped on the Subway hoping to get back to the Inn as quickly as possible, but we missed our connecting train by 5 SECONDS and had to wait some extra time to catch the next one!  Lucky for us, the whole situation worked in our favour as we ended up in the same subway car as STEVE NASH!  He was out for a stroll with his baby and Phil worked up the nerve to shake his hand!!  Here's a picture of Phil immediately after that encounter - you can see he is little-boy-giddy after meeting his favourite basketball player!