New York City

We had a whirlwind of 2 days in good old New York City. Julie, Kim, Rachael and I sat through the 7 hours of driving, arrived in NYC by 10pm and were up early the next morning.
We woke up early, by 5am and headed over to The Today Show where we sat first row behind the stage and saw Katy Perry, Jesse McCartney and The PussyCat Dolls. It was quite a show! We even managed to get some views of Matt Lauer, Meredith Viera and Al Roker.
From there, we traveled back to the hotel to get ready for the RR show. I wanted to get there early as we were denied tickets last time my sister and mother went. We sat about 15 in line and Julie flashed the producer our VIP ticket and we were whisked away to the first waiting room. We held tickets 32-35!!! We went through a metal detector armed by a large man who was so tall that I was just about at his belly button! Then we took the elevator up.
Our next room was the holding room and this was sponsored on Friday by Sara Lee. We had bagels and muffins and coffee and juice and water... After about 20 minutes, we were sent to the stage. It was so neat. It was so small. I believe she sits about 100 people in the crowd. We sat 4 row up right on the end.
Her turntable floor spun around and we were entertained by RC who taught us how to clap on demand and smile. Then our floor was turned around and low and behold, Rachael was already on stage cooking up her Corn and Beef Hash. She did a quick costume change and came out to tape the next show featuring a hypnotist and another cooking segment, Citrus Chicken.
All in all it was a fun experience and I would definitely do it again. Look for me on the show. I was wearing green and sitting on the end!!! I'll post the actual show dates when I find them out!