#3-#6: Serendipity, Roosevelt Island, Dylan's Candy Bar, Lincoln Center

So as you can see Gigi and I aren’t the best bucket listers.  Let me rephrase that.. Gigi and I are very popular and have busy lives so we can’t be the most consistent bucket listers.  After a two month hiatus, on January 2nd I emailed Gigi and told her she had no choice but to reserve her whole Saturday, January 5th to me.  I gave her multiple bucket list activities to choose from and somehow our bucket list Saturday turned into the perfect, romantic NYC date day completing a total of 4 bucket list items!!

Starting out our date.. I mean day off at Serendipity for some lunch and gigantic dessert, Gigi and Michelle caught up on their holiday activities and everyday lives at work and such.  After our impatient waiter asked us three times if we were ready to order, Michelle ordered the typical burger and fries and Gigi ordered this amazing A Summer Bries smoked turkey, sliced apples, melted brie, served on raisin pumpernickel with Russian dressing, which was delicious.  Although we didn’t order the famous frozen hot chocolates, we got the Forbidden Broadway Sundae that had chocolate blackout cake, ice cream, hot fudge and whipped cream.  Bucket List item #1 complete!



After gaining 10 pounds each, the plan was to take the tram to Roosevelt Island, noting Dylan’s Candy Bar along the way saying we will have to stop there on the way back.  It was a beautiful day so the view from the tram was great with the sun shining through the tall buildings.  Once we landed on Roosevelt Island completing bucket list item #2, we figured we should walk around the Island before hopping back on the tram to the city.  Not knowing where to go, we followed the crowd of people down the path to the tip of the Island.  Taking pictures in front of the abandoned small pox center, the PepsiCo sign and the white structure on the tip of the Island was how we burned off the calories from that sundae.  

After landing back in the city, we headed straight to Dylan’s Candy Bar completing bucket list item #3.  The idea was to get some candy and go see a movie in the AMC theater visiting Lincoln Center which is bucket list item #4.  Gigi got a bag full of different flavored jelly beans and Michelle got a bag of gummy candies.  

 After that, we walked around Lincoln Center and Michelle got some coffee to rejuvenate, we got tickets to see This is 40 which was one of the many good movies playing.  While in the theater, Michelle thought Gigi was odd for not eating her candy until the movie started.  Michelle was finished with her candy before the previews ended.  After the long day in the city both girls were ready to crash and parted ways.

Gaining a total of 13 points towards our NYC bucket list, spending some much needed quality time together and having a wonderful New York City day of activities, January 5th was quite an accomplishment.