Day Trip: NYC

In between the Baltimore game and the Washington game, we took a day off to drive up to New York to see a taping of an episode of the Daily Show. We managed to get our hands on four tickets a week or two earlier and since there were three of us, we were able to bring our host along.

We leave DC in the morning, and arrive in the Big Apple a mere four hours and $38 dollars in tolls later.  After parking by the Manhattan studio, the four of us get in line to receive ticket voucher for the show.  With it being close to 1:30, we were getting hungry, so Brad and Gordon went out to pick up some lunch from the best Halal cart in all of Manhattan.  They come back with the largest meal $6 can buy you, and taste wasn’t sacrificed at all for quantity.  After the meal, we received our tickets and had some time to kill before taping started.  So we walked over to Central Park to cruise along the outskirts of the iconic park and then headed down to Rockefeller Center.  Once we checked out 30 Rock, time was running short so we walked/sprinted back to the studio so that we wouldn’t miss the taping.

No talking, just eating.

Luckily, we made it with minutes to spare, plopped into our seats and awaited the show.  A guy came out to warm up the crown, joked around with some of the audience members.  He was pretty funny and really quick on his feet.  Next, Jon Stewart came out and answered questions from the audience.  He had some witty answers to many of the questions.  From here he went right into the show, which was hilarious.  We were laughing for 22 minutes.

Outside the Studio

After which, Gordon took us down to Greenwich Village where we picked up a slice of some great New York pizza.  We walked around after dinner to Washington Square and discovered a shop close by solely dedicated to The Big Lebowski.  As fans of the movie, we had to stop in and Brad ended up with a t-shirt.

After the busy day, it was about time to begin our toll filled trek back home.  We were back in DC by 2:30am, exhausted but memory filled.