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SATURDAY 

Mid-day I took the subway over to Brooklyn to meet Stephen.We walked over to Smorgesboard, which is a food truck round-up that overlooks the water/city of Manhattan. All of the food looked unreal ... we did a lap to look at everything because obviously it was a BIG decision. 

We went with these hand-cut & fresh fries-- they were mouth-watering with the side chipotle dipping sauce. And a mexican-style sandwich. 

After lunch we walked over to the apartment where Stephen's been staying this week just to cool down (the heat is unreal!).  

We rode back to Manhattan and walked around the Upper East Side. We shopped around Bloomingdales for a while, again mainly to escape the heat. We shared a smoothie (second day in a row, yes!) before meeting up Ali and Christopher in Central Park to ride the row boats. 

^^ all of our failed attempts in order to nail this peace sign picture

Rowing boats was so fun! The boys mainly switched off (although I did try! and failed!). We enjoyed all of the sites surrounding us and also observed the wild life including two raccoons.... Christopher rowed us really, really close. It's amazing we didn't get attacked/tip over. 

After the boats we walked south along the park to The Plaza for our second night in a row of crepes in the basement food court. This time we brought Ali and Christopher along. I got a savory crepe with eggs in at it was pretty unreal. 

We had to hustle to Times Square from our quick dinner because we got tickets to see Matilda the musical at 8pm.  

Matilda was great! The main actress who played Matilda was amazing and the whole show was really entertaining (although very different than the movie). I think Stephen's favorite scene was definitely when the kids went wild rapping and dancing on the tables.. Ms. Trunchable was also pretty amazing. So much fun!!