Thursday 19 December 2019

USA 2019/2020 1 NYC 1 thu - sun 22 Dec


NYC (cont)

Thursday 19 Dec 2019 - Sun 23 Dec


Thurs 19
Not warm. 
Breakfast in the east village with Izzy, Richard, Michelle and Jules








 A walk to Parsons - mostly all closed 


New York public library - hello Winnie the Pooh and buddies. The great hall. 












42nd St markets
LD buys a shirt (definitely the right size but it isnt).
A souvenir - Dalek from motorcycle parts - what says NYC more?









Grand Central
Pics in the great hall then a snack



Drew tired and sore back so home go D and Z


L & A to west village
Stroll the streets - time at “extinction”. Skeletons, fossils, boiled sweets with scorpion inside.  Gross. 







Dinner - wholefoods?


Fri 20
American museum of natural history
The sequoia slice.  2 men 13 days. Why?







L & D to planeh-arium.   Bone marrow anyone?






Central Park 
Skipping ice
Pic of the conservatory - Natalie and Micah got married here. 





























Walked the old hood - Wyckoff #22 and the mosaic house.  Smith street diner but no more bagel world 









Dinner with Christiane and Marco, grown up lanky Cully and black belt equestrian Isla
Dinner at their friends new bar.  So full, no dessert.  
Menu included.......soooooooooo much

















Sat 21
The MET
We were the only people there



The paintings - Hamilton, Washington crossing the Delaware, hovenden’s john Brown images
And more
And more 
  











Never enough time 
Egyptian mummys and dioramas










A bit of a stroll



















Zozo went to Chelsea
We all went to "dinner" at “stardust” diner
Aspiring broadway talent waiters sing song
A bit of conga 
Not a lot of cleaning
Food - poor to inedible
Too hot for Lozza to handle.  Meet you outside. 









Bag count? Not so much





Sunday 22
Zoe and Drew go uptown to collect backpack from diner 


L and A on the M15 bus to half price tix at Southbank.  Back and forth what’s app. What to see?   No Hadestown or beetle juice. Matinee vs evening? Zoe NEEDS to shop so


















Matinee L and D to Derryn Brown












Drew takes subway to york at Brooklyn then walks to the promenade to meet L and A who are delayed because 1/4 way along bridge to Brooklyn LD wonders “where is my backpack”.  Sigh.  Brain atrophy.  

Quick meal at shake something just near Grimaldi and then walk the magnificent Brooklyn bridge back to manhattan and off to matinee.  

Evening All to “the play that goes wrong”. Can’t remember laughing so much.  List dog, door that won’t close then won’t open, vase that’s a notebook, a corpse with a hand that gets trodden on and more and more .

Finally a late night meal at Eaterly - super high quality Italian. Wasnt simple to find. 23rd ish west of Madison.   

A walk to the subway with lights camera and action.
















Monday 23
Drew HAS to see the Statue so its a very early start for Drewie and Reeester as they do the return Staten Island Ferry trip.













Penn station - gotta be a better train boarding system. Bags stored at the back. Seats only right at the front.  Then once moving, let’s go get the bags!
7hr trip to Charlottesville











Things we heard on NYC sidewalks / subways:


And it was hard to disconnect.

your father is very a hard man to please when it comes to food

Thing is I don’t think she gave you an ultimatum 

Think we should go to Quebec City?

Now that’s what I call real science

Squirrels are friend shaped

If you don’t want it I would be happy to take it

You want me to keep an eye out for Zach? 
No I want you to work out how we get back. 
Oh

Guy on the subway - talking loudly.
I love three things.
Three things
.....
.....
I love cheese the most, women next and then Jesus!

(Saw not heard) Changing a poopy diaper in a Houston St coffee shop!

I mean basically if anyone is gonna have a kiddish it’s him

He does not know how to play

And my grandfather Alfred… It was really awkward because I didn’t really want to move out

Station manager Joe is on duty as well



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