We walked and walked and walked! My pedometer logged 28,000 steps and that was just one day! No wonder most of the Manhattanites we saw were thin!
We took the Amtrak train to NY. We arrived at 5 pm on Tuesday and walked the 9 blocks to
Dupuy's Landing, our home-away-from-home, a second-floor apartment on 22nd Street in Chelsea. Chelsea was a great location...lots of interesting restaurants! And dogs everywhere! I counted 12 dogs in two blocks as we walked to dinner one night.
After dinner, we got a late-night snack from Breadstix Cafe to take back to the apartment. Chocolate Cheesecake for me, a cannoli for Rob. Both were very good.
Wednesday was an early get-up because we had a long walk down Hudson River Park to Battery Park to catch the ferry to see
Lady Liberty. Tip: If you go, leave your pocket knife at home...none are allowed on Liberty Island but I don't recall reading that in the literature. Somewhere in New York there is a huge pile of discarded pocket knives! We spent most of the day at the Statue and the museum on Ellis Island. Here's Rob in the great hall.
On Thursday we made a pilgrimage to
Mood Fabric (fabric store for Project Runway, the best reality show ever! Go Mondo!). It's crammed full of fabric. My grandmother, who sewed nearly every item of clothing she wore, would have been overwhelmed, yet ready to right dive into all the choices. I bought a souvenir for myself that will be part of a necklace someday and one for my brother that will be incorporated in a Christmas present.
After Mood, we walked to Greenwich Village for a
walking food tour. The food was good but what really impressed me were the graphics in Murray's Cheese Shop. Words in red and yellow used as graphic elements on the wall, signage, packaging, etc. -- very nice!
Thursday night we went to the
Upright Citizen's Brigade (within walking distance from our apartment) to see the Colbert Show Writers do improv (
they all have improv in their background. It was really good and the shows are cheap! Thursday was $5 a ticket and we went back on Friday for $10. Can't beat that!
Friday morning we took another long trek...this time through Times Square, Central Park and a visit to the
Cooper-Hewitt design museum. They just happened to have a show about sustainable ("green") design -- one of Rob's interests -- and admission was free because of the construction.
Times Square was crowded and it was only about 10 am. I snapped a photo of us on Forever 21's
big screen. There we are right below the top part of the 2 (Rob's in the orange vest.)
I tested my new camera's wide screen setting on our walk home through Central Park.
Saturday morning we had a nice breakfast and headed back to Penn Station for the trip home. It was a fast, fun trip!
*Lots of good food found its way to my tummy. Here's where we went and what I had...
Thai Chicken and Shrimp Salad -- Cherry tomatoes, Cucumber, Mint, Basil, Tangerines Pineapple, Cilantro, Jalapeno Chile, Peanuts, Thai Dressing washed down with the best wheat beer I've ever had.
Food Tour Wednesday
These are some of the places we stopped for a quick taste:
and this place looked good but we didn’t stop there:
Dinner Wednesday: Spice at 9th and 22nd (there was another right down the block!) 6 o’clock Train Spicy Fried Rice -- Chili pepper with egg, bell pepper, onion & sweet basil - YUM!!
Dinner Thursday: Pars Grillhouse (Persian)
Lunch on Friday: Centolire
