Rockefeller Center and the American Girl Store

We headed out the next morning and were greeted by rain. Not Florida rain mind you... just a drizzle here and there, but enough to find some indoor things to do. As we were dodging the rain drops, we looked at the building next to us and realized it was the Rockefeller Center. We decided to go in, not really knowing what we would find. At first, it looked like we were just in a big office building. We noticed some escalators off to the side going down...so down we went. When we got down, there was a whole other world down there. Dunkin Donuts to start! And Cinnabon! Many stores and restaurants and a large cafe area to sit. There were huge windows looking out to what we found out was the infamous skating rink during the winter. We sat there for awhile drinking our coffee and mapping out the day. Mike loves maps and had a great time every day with this one map we had. It not only had streets but subway routes as well. He was our walking GPS! :)





This was one of the little shops..
A real shoe shine place! All of the
business men in the chairs along
the back wall were having their shoes
shined!



This is what the skating rink looks
like in the summer.....




We left Rockefeller Center and walked a few blocks to the American Girl Store. There are only three of these in the whole USA. One in NYC, one in Chicago, and one in Los Angeles. This store was amazing. Our youngest daughter Mary had been saving for a doll and wanted us to pick it up for her while we were there. Meagan also wanted to pick up a few things for her collection. This store is like a department store for these dolls complete with clothing, furniture, a hair salon, photo studio, and restaurant where you can have lunch with your doll. There is even a doll hospital to have your doll repaired. Someone had a great idea when they came up with this one!

For some reason when we walked in this store, Mike immediately turned around and said he would meet us down the street. Not one of his favorite stops!