New York Day 4: Sixteen Shopping Days Left Until Christmas

My mom loves shopping. It's one of the activities we've always enjoyed doing together and Macy's has always been one of her favorite stores. All this combined with the Thanksgiving Day parade made Macy's the top place she wanted to visit in NYC. So first thing this morning, we took a short Uber ride there to make that wish come true.

The Christmas windows at Macy's did NOT disappoint and the main theme appeared to be Tiptoe, the reindeer.

Of course we had to see what type of decorations were inside, too.

Not Christmas-related but I really loved this aquarium.

We had matching hats for the occasion.

We walked down the block to Paris Baguette for some breakfast pastries. I wanted to try one of everything.

Next stop...Bryant Park Christmas Market which was the place I really wanted to go. I'd heard so much about it in my trip planning and was excited to check it out. The park was full of these green pop up buildings, each one a separate shop.

There were several guys set up with chess games at tables. I guess anyone wanting to play could join in.

There was also a small ice skating rink, carousel, and several food shops. We opted for some fried pickles.

We browsed and shopped for a while and it began to get significantly colder. We decided to walk on back to the hotel to hang out until evening.

For tonight's pre-show dinner, we had a reservation at Trattoria Trecolori, the restaurant next door to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre where we had tickets to see Six. Trattoria Trecolori is a classic NYC Italian, red sauce type place. I was excited to see one of my favorite things on the menu...carpaccio.

For dinner, Mom got lasagna.

I ordered the chicken marsala.

The food was surprisingly good and we ate too much of it before walking next door for showtime.

The premise of Six was to tell the story of each of Henry VIII's wives. It was modernized into a competition of sorts as to which wife had it the worst from decapitation to death in childbirth to divorce. It was an all-female cast of only the six wives. I loved the premise of the show but it was, quite frankly, underwhelming. I feel they could have done more with it, added some pizzazz, while still keeping the storyline. But honestly, I probably would have felt this way about any show that had to follow Moulin Rouge the night before.

We were tired and cold after the show so we paid the extra $$$ for a pedicab to wind our way thru the Times Square crowds and get back to the hotel.