Conan growled at me

Yesterday was a great day. I didn't go to the Bronx Zoo in the morning, as I had planned, but I went with Sara and her mom to brunch at Georgio's Country Grill. Everything was incredibly good, but I think the best thing was Sara's yogurt ice cream. It tasted like homemade vanilla ice cream. I can't even find words to describe it; it was just the best thing ever.
After brunch, Sara had to take her mom to the airport, so I got some time to go shop on 5th Avenue by myself. I wandered through tons of stores (Zara, Armani Exchange, JustCavalli, etc) and stared at some amazing window displays at Sak's.
When Sara got back, it was time for Late Night with Conan O'Brien. I'm not a regular watcher, but I do enjoy Conan. We got to 30 Rock early to pick up our tickets and wristbands, then we shopped around because they wouldn't let us loiter in the hallway. Let's just say this was very different than sitting on the street for hours in front of the Colbert studio. When 4:15 arrived, they moved the audience upstairs into lines where we waited about 30-45 minutes. Finally, when we started to move, it was like a maze through 30 Rock. At all these different points, NBC Pages (like Kenneth from 30 Rock!) were ushering us around the building -- pointing at walls we should line up against, separating us into groups for the elevator, gesturing usdown different hallways. When we finally got off the elevator to the outside doors of the studios, that's when the ticket letters (they use letters instead of numbers) didn't matter. So, I rushed to the front with Sara behind me and we were seated in the FIRST ROW. There was a stand-up comic to warm up the crowd, but he didn't talk forever, like the one at Colbert (although the one at Colbert was definitely funnier). Conan came out before the show to say hello to the audience. Note: Conan is not as pale in real life. When he came out he shook my hand (I was the first hand!) and other audience members hands. Then, at one point while talking to the audience, he growled at Sara and I. In reference to his luck with the ladies, and his sexual tension with a particular male audience member. If you watch Conan from September 3rd, you can see Sara and my yellow shirt behind the producer when Conan does his opening monologue bit about current news.
After a wonderful time at Conan, we hurried back to get ready for L'atelier de Joel Robouchon. Let's just say -- best dinner ever. I took photos of the food and Sara and I were just dying while we were there. Definitely the most posh place I've ever been to. The guy sitting next to Sara was on Good Morning America at some point this week (named Max). The guy sitting next to me was a regular customer and everyone knew him. Sitting at the counter was actually really fun because you got to see them plate and all the waiters would come by and chat with you. DELICIOUS (and we paid the price for it).
We had bought tickets earlier in the day for Top of the Rock and we were worried that we wouldn't be able to make it there after dinner. However, Sara and I were amazing and got there in time! Once again, Top of the Rock was another maze to the top of the building, but once we were at the top, the New York skyline at night was so awesome. I took a lot of really cool photos and if you ever go to the Top of the Rock, check out the Target sponsored room.

Wow, that was long.