Nate Berkus Show Experience - Part 2

So I'm assuming you're up to speed on part 1, right? If not, take a little time to catch yourself right up here.

We left off on Sunday...which takes us to Monday!!

Monday 10.18.10 - Dave and I had a few errands to run in the morning but we made sure we were home in time for our black Cadillac to come and take us to the airport! Say wha--? We had a driver, no joke. It was insanely surreal.

When we got to the airport we made it through security, had a little Wolfgang Puck Express, and boarded our plane with absolutely zero hiccups!

The flight was uneventful {just the way I like them} and we landed in NYC 20 minutes early--woot, woot! We walked what seemed like miles to get to baggage claim, but I didn't care at all. We were in New.York.City...I was dying of excitement. 'Tis true.

When we rounded the corner at baggage claim we saw a guy {our driver} holding a sign with my name.

Shut up.

It happened.

OMG.

Ok, back to the recap. We waited just a couple of minutes, got my luggage, and we were off in our black Tahoe and headed to our hotel. Um, did I mention we still had no idea where we were staying? And, again, I couldn't have cared less.

As we cruised the streets of NYC, I rolled down the window and took about a bazillion photos of everything I saw.

Many of the photos came out blurry because I had no time to think about settings. I just snapped the photo one right after the other! The driver was sweet enough to take us right through Times Square after learning that my husband and I were NYC newbies. He was awesome and I couldn't thank him enough.

We looked every bit like total tourists....I think it was our 3 cameras that gave us away--ha!

Monday night {circa 10:30 p.m} - We checked into our sweet hotel, and hit up the front desk for some tips on how to maneuver the city. We were exhausted and had BIG plans the next day, but we couldn't pass up the few hours in the city that never sleeps.

They recommended that we take the subway to the Empire State building, walk to Times Square, ride the subway back, and end our night with a late night pizza run. We took their suggestions and made the most of our time!

The subway, while I was scared we'd get lost somehow, was actually easy to figure out!

First stop: Empire State Building! $40 bucks for David and I to ride to the observation deck? Sign us up!

Since we got there so late, the place was virtually empty. I can't imagine the wait times during peak tourist hours.

We made it to the look out and enjoyed our views from the 86th floor. They were breathtaking!!

After our jaunt up the ESB, we took a stroll to Times Square and had a blast people watching and oohing and ahhing. It was like nothing I have ever seen before in my life!

Finally, at nearly 2 a.m. we decided to take the subway back to the hotel and score some NY style pizza.

After about the third restaurant we stopped at, we finally came across Big Nick's and it was open! Woo hoo!

Big Nick's was anything but big in space! However, the food was tasty delicious and super cheap!

While the menu offered seemingly any food under the sun...we stuck to pizza. Nothing like a 2 a.m. dinner. Yes, sirree!

I spared you the in-color version of this photo. I was looking quite rough at this stage of the game. Please excuse my tired self.

Our NYC night was a total and complete whirlwind and I could've cried from sheer joy. I was that happy. My experience was beyond any words I could ever write here.

And so ends our night in NYC...stay tuned for Part 3 where I dish about Nate. Oooh, Oooh! I know that's what ya'll realllly want. ; D

Oh, and I got news about my segment's air date....mark your calendars and set your DVRs for Thursday, November 4th!!!

xoxo