Tuesday June 1st, 2010: New York

Carlo's Bake Shop:

We started the day by stopping in Hoboken, NJ at Carlo's Bake Shop. We have a few "Cake Boss" fans in the family so it was a "must see" on the vacation to do list. I'm not really a fan of the show, but I am a fan of a good pastry. I had a Cannoli that was pretty good. Ryan went for the black and white cookie. Dodge picked a carrot cake cupcake with the thickest cream cheese frosting I've ever seen. Addison enjoyed a chocolate chip cookie. I gotta say though, it wasn't life changing.

New York Aquarium:

We headed into Coney Island and visited the New York Aquarium. The coolest parts were the sharks, the turtles, and a huge sea lion. Of course, it wouldn't have been a proper trip to New York without a spontaneous rain storm. We were bummed because not only did the Aquarium close early, but all of Coney Island pretty much closed down for the day. We didn't get to ride a single ride. It was pretty disappointing.

Nathan's Famous:

We had to visit the Original Nathan's Famous. This is where they do the annual hot dog eating contest on the 4th of July. We already had Nathan's on the Boardwalk for lunch so we weren't really hungry. Since its pretty much a tradition that Ryan has to eat something weird, huge, and/or disgusting on vacation, he decided to try out some fresh oysters. They were shucked right in front of our eyes. I had to try some since it was just a weird thing to get at a hot dog joint. I gotta say, it was delicious. I have been craving more since we got back home.

Toys R Us:

After our Coney Island trip was pretty much destroyed by the rain, we went to Times Square to visit the largest Toys R Us. It was the only part of the trip that Dodge really even cared about. He had been saving his money to shop at the biggest toy store. I am really glad we took him in. He loved it. We got him some Lego's and Addison got a Jessie doll from Toy Story. They liked the Ferris wheel too. They really gave us our money's worth, we went around 9 times. I was beginning to think they were never going to let us off. It was a long day and luckily the kids slept the whole ride home.