New York City (October 2018)

My spouse and I visited New York City for one night in mid-October to celebrate our monumental 50^th birthdays. We splurged on a room at the Ritz-Carlton Central Park (actually, we remitted Marriott points, but if we hadn’t, our standard room would have cost $800 per night!), and then we really splashed out with a sushi dinner at Masa, known as the most expensive restaurant in the country! We also enjoyed drinks at The Office at the Mandarin Oriental (having already visited The Aviary in March of last year). We were lucky to find a street fair that closed down Sixth Avenue, which allowed us to walk from the Ritz to our lunch at Toloache prior to seeing Wicked (which was amazing!). We also had lunch at Rosie O’Grady’s, followed by the musical School of Rock (for which we won front-row seats in the lottery!) It was a memorable big birthday weekend!Hotel:

• Ritz-Carlton Central Park Link to my review

Restaurants:

• Masa Link to my review
• Toloache Link to my review
• Rosie O’Grady’s Link to my review
• The Office Link to my review

Activity:

• Wicked Link to my review
• School of Rock Link to my review