Day 1
After a scare that the batteries in our Highlander were 'broken' by the oil change, Lisa, Sam, and I head to NYC. Brief stop at the Midway Rest Stop on the turnpike for lunch and of course WaWa in Trexlertown. Only traffic was getting onto 80 and then found that Hannah is right off the Henry Hudson. Found a parking spot right in front of her apartment good until 8:30 Monday morning!!! Walked down past Columbia for dinner at the Mill Korean Restaurant. Back at Hannah's Sam finds lots of tickets for the Yankees game on Friday night. Guess who is going to the game!!!
Day 2
Well it is the night after A-Rod hit his 599th HR and guess who is going to the Yankees game!!! Well first we need to meet Sam and Hannah at the Guiggenheim to see:
Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance
Hannah really wanted to see Merce Cunningham perform John Cage's 4'33''. It was actually the best in this exhibit.
Actually Sam and I liked The Geometry of Kandinsky and Malevich . Cool early 20th century geometric paintings.
Then lunch with Larry at a noodle and sushi restaurant on 3rd near 85th. OK chicken basil and sushi... We then head down to 14th st to find the start of the High Line. Nice walk, great wildflowers, some cool architecture views, and an organic ice cream truck at the end with soft custard. We then head up to find a few of the galleries that moved from SoHo into the west Chelsea area. Everyone starts to get cranky so we head over the subway and get a call from Howard that he and Natalie have arrived and are getting some food. We meet them at the subway stop and head back to Hannah's. We stop for a sandwich for Howard, trail mix for Natilie and beer for Larry and me. Hannah heads to meet mom after her lesson to eat dinner at the Carnegie Deli and then see Promises, Promises.
The rest of us follow Leon east to find the 'B' train to take us to Yankee Stadium. On the way some kids are playing with a fire hydrant and soak Howard, half of Sam and parts of Natalie!!! The stadium is heavy and majestic outside but inside I find it very commercial and stark. The view of the outfield is ads and apartment buildings. The scoreboard is OK but I found it hard to get the information on players although I did like that they constantly post both line ups with batting averages and who the next batter is. A-Rod hit a couple of singles but no HR. Taking the trains home was really easy...
Day 3
Lisa and I get 'cheap' tickets at TKTS for Fela!. Met the kids at Meze Grill for lunch and killed 15 minutes in the M&M store before seeing the show. Highly recommend Fela!. Learned some history about Africa that we never new and it is fun and exciting music. We walked around the Shops at Columbus Circle and checked out the cook 3D TV and gadgets in the Samsung store. Then headed up Amsterdam and found Earthen Oven Indian Restaurant at 72nd.
Day 4
A slow easy day. Lisa and I go to the 'no pressure' presentation on the new 57th St Hilton Club. It is a very nice place and probably a good deal if you want to come to NYC 3 or 4 times a year and stay in luxury. We said no. Headed up to Hannah's place to have bagels with everyone except Leon. Went down to the river and took some family pictures. Then Howard and Natalie took off to head back to Boston. After installing the new G router, we headed down to Smoke hear Leon's last set. Turns out Lisa had heard of Lea Delaria and we ended up seeing a famous person for just the price of some pretty good food. She had some tricky arrangements but Leon did very well. The exciting part was that she is friends with Jesse Tyler Ferguson and he was there with his friends. Jesse is on our favorite show 'Modern Family'.
We then spent some time exploring Hannah's neighborhood. The local bakery had some plain cookies that I bought while the kids got ice cream at the Mr. Softee truck. Headed towards the river again and found Covo Trattoria for some tasty pizza, lasagna, and fettucini with a nice bottle of wine.
Hannah really wanted to see Merce Cunningham perform John Cage's 4'33''. It was actually the best in this exhibit.
Actually Sam and I liked The Geometry of Kandinsky and Malevich . Cool early 20th century geometric paintings.
Then lunch with Larry at a noodle and sushi restaurant on 3rd near 85th. OK chicken basil and sushi... We then head down to 14th st to find the start of the High Line. Nice walk, great wildflowers, some cool architecture views, and an organic ice cream truck at the end with soft custard. We then head up to find a few of the galleries that moved from SoHo into the west Chelsea area. Everyone starts to get cranky so we head over the subway and get a call from Howard that he and Natalie have arrived and are getting some food. We meet them at the subway stop and head back to Hannah's. We stop for a sandwich for Howard, trail mix for Natilie and beer for Larry and me. Hannah heads to meet mom after her lesson to eat dinner at the Carnegie Deli and then see Promises, Promises.
The rest of us follow Leon east to find the 'B' train to take us to Yankee Stadium. On the way some kids are playing with a fire hydrant and soak Howard, half of Sam and parts of Natalie!!! The stadium is heavy and majestic outside but inside I find it very commercial and stark. The view of the outfield is ads and apartment buildings. The scoreboard is OK but I found it hard to get the information on players although I did like that they constantly post both line ups with batting averages and who the next batter is. A-Rod hit a couple of singles but no HR. Taking the trains home was really easy...
Day 3
Lisa and I get 'cheap' tickets at TKTS for Fela!. Met the kids at Meze Grill for lunch and killed 15 minutes in the M&M store before seeing the show. Highly recommend Fela!. Learned some history about Africa that we never new and it is fun and exciting music. We walked around the Shops at Columbus Circle and checked out the cook 3D TV and gadgets in the Samsung store. Then headed up Amsterdam and found Earthen Oven Indian Restaurant at 72nd.
Day 4
A slow easy day. Lisa and I go to the 'no pressure' presentation on the new 57th St Hilton Club. It is a very nice place and probably a good deal if you want to come to NYC 3 or 4 times a year and stay in luxury. We said no. Headed up to Hannah's place to have bagels with everyone except Leon. Went down to the river and took some family pictures. Then Howard and Natalie took off to head back to Boston. After installing the new G router, we headed down to Smoke hear Leon's last set. Turns out Lisa had heard of Lea Delaria and we ended up seeing a famous person for just the price of some pretty good food. She had some tricky arrangements but Leon did very well. The exciting part was that she is friends with Jesse Tyler Ferguson and he was there with his friends. Jesse is on our favorite show 'Modern Family'.
We then spent some time exploring Hannah's neighborhood. The local bakery had some plain cookies that I bought while the kids got ice cream at the Mr. Softee truck. Headed towards the river again and found Covo Trattoria for some tasty pizza, lasagna, and fettucini with a nice bottle of wine.
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