Pictures from New York

If you want to see a whole bunch of pictures from our New York trip, click on the title and go to my facebook album.

New York Part Four

Here's another quick pictureless post. Maybe I'll add some once we're home. I think we completed all the things on our "must-do in New York" list so it must be time to head home.
Today we walked around mid-town and saw the Chrysler Building, the New York Public Libary (which is gorgeous), St. Patrick's Cathedral, and went the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). It was really crowded and a 6 story building with many galleries. We saw some of it but it was hard with so many people milling around. Next we headed up Broadway and went to see a matinee of "The Lion King" -we enjoyed it a lot, especially the puppetry and costumes. After the show we headed to Greenwich Village again to do some shopping and have dinner at a Cuban restaurant. Elizabeth connected briefly with a couple of friends in the area and then we took the subway back to midtown and went to the Empire State Building and rode up to the top. The view was lovely but it was cold and windy. Now we are back at our hotel and getting ready for our early morning flight home. Goodbye New York, it's been fun.

New York Part Three

I don't seem to have the energy to post some pictures tonight or sort through them but for the benefit of those of you playing along at home, here's what we did today. Reluctantly drug ourselves out of bed, got some bagels at H&H Bagels ("the best bagels in new york" - well, maybe), took the subway, involving several wrong ways and wrong stops, met up with a food tour of Greenwich Village. Enjoyed hearing the history and eating the food along the way. Be glad you don't live in Greenwhich Village where a modest 300 sq. foot apartment rents for $2000 per month! Then we met up with Elizabeth's friend Nat. He took us to his Dad's apartment on Broadway, in the West Village. Elizabeth also knows his Dad, from IDEA. He has a PhD in Drama and has written books on Clowns. Their apartment was a riot, including built in ramps for the cats to climb around on. After that we headed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is huge and extensive and has every kind of art from all over the world. After 2 hours we were exhausted and had only seen a small part of it. We took the subway back to our hotel and Elizabeth went to a comedy show with Nat and I enjoyed walking around and reading by myself. Tomorrow is our last day to see New York.

New York pt. 2

Another busy day today. Here's the short version. Took the subway to Battery Park, rode the ferry to the Statue of Liberty, walked around and climbed up to the base, ferry to Ellis Island and looking around, ferry back to Manhattan. Walked around the financial district, soup for lunch, walked some more through Chinatown. Went to the Lower Eastside Tennement Museum and had a tour (Great!), walked and ate and subwayed, walked through Times Square, saw the Broadway show "Next to Normal" (also Great!), subway to hotel. Beautiful sunny but cold day. Tired. Pictures tomorrow.

New York!! Part one

Elizabeth and I are in New York, on a grand adventure to see the big apple for the first time. We flew in last night from Eugene and got to our hotel at 1 am. Luckily for us it was only 10 pm on Oregon time. We did have trouble waking up early but managed to get going eventually. First stop was the American Museum of Natural History. The place was amazing and huge. I am a big diorama fan and this place had more dioramas than I have ever seen. We started in the "Hall of African Mammals" and kept going from there. We saw the planetarium show and walked around until our feet were sore, seeing lots of dioramas and displays and bones and a huge life size model of a sperm whale and enormous dinosaur skeletons. After 4 hours we were beat so crossed the street and there was Central Park. . We walked across the park which was nearly deserted and cold and beautiful, even in the winter. We found a small ornate Austrian restaurant for a late lunch. We were revived enough to tackle another museum but decided against the Metropolitan Museum of Art and will save it for another day. We headed to the Guggenheim, which is in a very cool Frank Lloyd Wright designed building. It was swarming with people inside. Most of the museum was taken up with a special exhibit on Kandinsky. While not much a fan of his, it was interesting to see the progression in his work. It was presented chronologically and the gallery winds up in a circle. Next we headed uptown to watch a taping of the Colbert Report TV show. We had gotten free tickets on the internet just the night before. We attempted to get a taxi but failing that, went to the subway. We took two subway trains and then walked quite a few blocks and made it to the studio just in time. Still had to wait in line awhile and make it through security and wait some more. We got nearly the last seats, in the back row of the studio. We enjoyed the warm-up comic and the then the shows taping. You can't see us on TV but maybe you'll hear us laughing! Then it was time for a 20 block walk back to our hotel and some dinner at a Greek diner. Whew! More adventures tomorrow!