Arrived in midtown Manhattan after a looooooonnnnnggg ride in on the subway from JFK. Cheapskates that we were, it only cost us under $2 apiece since for some reason, AirTrain was free that day. (Needless to say, we decided to take a cab back to the airport on Sunday.)As you can see, the weather was beautiful, at least up until the hour our plane was to take off for the trip back to Florida. We had an almost 2 hour delay on the ground because of the lightning and torrential rain. Takeoff was like a roller coaster and tilt-a-whirl combined.
We decided to head down to the Village to get something to eat. Joe had texted some addresses of a few places that they like. We ended up at a place called "Lenny's" . The food was fresh and plentiful. Actual turkey breast and lots of it.This is a shot taken along 10th Street. We walked past Ruben Hall on 5th Ave and 10th St. That's the dorm where Joe lived when he was a freshman at NYU.
We took the subway up to 59th to do some browsing and people watching at the Apple Store. The line for the iPhones was unbelievably long. And every computer, laptop, iPod and whatever other device was there was being test driven by all the kids in the candy store.
On Saturday morning Sean and Jeffrey came down from Albany (I found myself all weekend still saying down to NYC even though for the first time I came 'up' to it.) We hung out at the Starbucks up the block from our hotel. Man, it's sooooooo difficult to find a Starbucks. It been almost a year since we've seen each other. Had a great time (Part 2) while they were there with us.
Later we went with my extended family to Carmine's for dinner. There were 17 of us. Boy did we eat. And NO Titanic for dessert! I don't think any of us had a bit of room for it.
After dinner we headed over to Long Island City to see Joe's and Joy's apartment. Some shots looking up their street with their building in the background.Some views from the windows in their apartment.
After leaving their apartment Wayne and I took the subway back to Manhattan and walked around Rockefeller Plaza and Times Square and 42nd Street. After about 3o seconds (that long?) we couldn't wait to get away from people!
We waited a while for this Ugly Betty to display again so that we could get a shot of it.
And we think we were being stalked by the paparazzi. This guy seemed to be everywhere we were . . .
On Sunday morning we met Joy and Joe for brunch at the Popover Cafe in the UWS. Love that place. Wayne is thinking about opening one here in St Pete . . .
Yes . . . the pepper mill was moved and then moved back . . .
That stalker caught me in the subway.
3 comments:
I'm so glad you had a good time in my hometown. Next time, you must try The Olive Tree cafe on McDougall down in the village. They have great falafels. Thank Rudy Guiliani for changing the landscape of the theatre district. 42nd st. is not what it used to be (thankfully). I knew it was different when I walked it one afternoon (after many years) and saw that they had put in a Disney Store. Now that's positive change. Looking forward to part 2.
PLEASE!!! I spotted several places with falafels, but someone (no names mentioned) did not want to partake. :-) We used to get them in Mamoun on Macdougal. I remember going into a movie theater on 42nd back in the late sixties to see "Charley"....I know what you mean.
it was so awesome to see you guys. just wish we could have stayed and hung out more. glad you had a good time and made it to Popovers...miss you already. And Wayne is yummy on a stick...in every way!
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