NYC's allright with me

My wonderful in-laws are visiting from Australia for the next month, and baby D, hubby and I couldn't be more thrilled! They were here in October for D's birth, and have only been able to see her over Skype and Facebook since. Needless to say, we've been spending a lot of quality time catching up with them.
We drove through the night on Friday to pick them up at Kennedy airport in NYC (baby D doesn't do well in the car, but this was a pretty good strategy, albeit a tiring one for us), and stayed with diplomat friends in the city. It was my first time visiting, and after asking for suggestions from family and friends, ended up seeing and doing quite a bit in our long weekend there. Highlights include:
-FAO Schwartz
-5th Avenue
-Lunch at Whole Foods
-traditional worship service at Calvary Baptist Church
-a leisurely stroll through Central Park
-a super-chocolatey cupcake from Crumb bakery
-a soft pretzel
-Anthropologie by Rockefeller Square
-watching skaters (of the ice, not board, variety) in Rockefeller Square
-buying a beautiful scarf from a street vendor for 5$ (don't worry, I'll wash it first!)

We took the long way home, stopping by Pennsylvania Dutch country (it was Monday, and all the clotheslines were full of drying clothes! I love this season, and my own clothesline), Hershey Chocolate Factory and the nearby outlet stores. We stayed overnight in Wilkes-Barre, near beloved Scranton (what? The Electric City), where The Office is set. We checked out of our EconoLodge at 10:15, and got home at 7. Clearly, we made a few stops, including Burlington Coat Factory (which used to sell mainly coats, surprisingly, but is now an equivalent of Winners), and several rest stops to alternately feed and change baby D. She did not do quite as well on the way home; I went straight to my room to feed her and stayed there for the balance of the evening. Dad-in-law kindly procured us pizza for dinner, so I didn't have to cook! Did I mention my in-laws are wonderful?