Brenda Baker Productions

One of our favorite ways to see the city is from the top of a Hop-On Hop-Off bus. We started day three with coffee from Jake's in The Knickerbocker, hopped on the Downtown route , and snapped a few iconic pictures from the upper deck seats. We always see more from the bus route than we ever could on foot. After our bus tour we enjoyed lunch at P.S. Kitchen , a midtown vegan restaurant that donates all profit to charity. Wonderful food and an amazing mission--and great location if you're headed to a show. Highly recommend. We had tickets to see Waitress in the afternoon at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Bonus experience: we stumbled upon locations where they were filming Season 3 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel . We were standing in line in the rain and watched extras in costume dodging raindrops as they moved between the Copacabana to the Barrymore Theatre. The art department had installed "Now Showing" theatre signs featuring Mrs. Maisel character S...

Day four started with banana pudding at Magnolia Bakery. We were so afraid it wouldn't be as good as the hype--but it was absolutely delicious . It's so fun to explore the shops and passageways of 30 Rock, and the merch at the NBC Store is extremely entertaining. She's the real boss. We are so happy that there is an FAO Schwarz in this world again! Also, unicorns are real. We missed the chance to go to the Top of the Rock on our last trip. It was a beautiful (hot) day to do it this time around and we weren't going to miss it! Loved the view. Wowza. The Swarovski crystals at the top were absolutely stunning. I could not take a photo to do it justice but we sure did love that sparkle. Need anything? Get it at The Vend --an entire room filled with vending machine goodies. Afternoon tea at Tiffany's at the Blue Box Cafe was delightful. Gotta love that Tiffany blue! From Tiffany...