Day 7 - Shop til we Drop

August 2nd, 2008

Today we slept in a bit after a long and late night. Our plans was to hit a lot of major tourist spots. Our first stop was Union Square and the daily farmers market they have there. Lots of samples of breads, fruits, jams etc. Most of the stuff was a little pricey but we did buy some organic yogurt drinks, really good.

After that our shopping tour began. A store Chelsea saw online was here. So instead of paying for the shipping she had a good idea of the clothes she wanted there. Some really good deals. I even bought some things there. The fitting room line ups were long and I was the only guy in line...

The feet were getting soar so I decided to buy two pairs of shoes. Chelsea decided to get a pedicure and manicure instead. Special price fo you: $25. She was in complete relaxtion.

After a nice break for both of us we headed down to Fifth Ave. The shopping capital of the world... for the rich! We went into Saks Fifth Ave. and saw $1700 purses and a room filled with perfumes and make up. We saw Rockefeller Centre, Empire State, Chrysler Building, the New York Library, the Flatiron and many other humongous buildings.

After a long day we needed a great meal, so after countless times of trying to go, I finally found a Teppanyaki Restaurant, Benihana (the first ever). For those that dont know what it is, it is Japanese style cooking where a chef prepares your food right in front of you. We share a table that surrounds the grill in a semi circle with 6 other people. It was amazing! The meal consisted on Miso soup, salad, chicken fried rice, stirfry, veggies prawns, chicken, steak (for Matt) and noodles (for Chelsea). Ice cream and green tea were for desert.

After dinner we needed to walk it off so we headed to Times Square. While in TS, we went to a comedy show called HA! It was actually funny and only cost us $5. There was a 2 drink minimum but that was fine by me!

We walked a bit more around TS and went home. The day ended with some more shopping where we both found what we had been for all week. Great end to the longest shopping day we had ever experienced.