Girls trip to NYC

I just returned from a well needed, and well enjoyed girls weekend in NYC, to celebrate Jillian's "Sweet Sixteen." Yes, I feel old. It is Jillian's favorite city to visit, so where else could we have considered. We drove up on Thursday with Jillian's friends Carley & Samantha along with their mothers, Paula and Noreen, and with my niece Arianna. We crammed as much as we could into three days as possible. We began by meeting up with her dance teacher and some additional friends at the Broadway Dance Center to take classes on Friday morning. The first one was a jazz class with the dance captain from the Broadway Musical Hairspray. Can you say awesome!! They took a couple of other hip hop classes throughout the day.






In the evening we were off to see the show, Hairspray, and the girls began to dance in their seats right along with them. It was a great show. To top it off, they were invited back stage to meet Marissa, who played the lead. What a great opportunity to stand on the stage and look out into the audience.










Saturday morning began with another class, this one with a rockette. After class we hit the pavement and shopped and took the girls around the city. We hit Central Park, Ground Zero, Chinatown, Little Italy to name a few.





We finally landed at Ellen's Stardust Diner for dinner. For those that have never had the opportunity to visit the diner, it is a blast. The employees are actors and actresses waiting to land their first big roles on Broadway. They sing and dance in between serving your meals.
Jillian was seranaded by a young man for her birthday. He sang "Sandy" from Grease and fed her whipped cream:) It truly is a birthday she will never forget.