Out of the ashes, an even better vacation has arisen!
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If he went to the Astros, the Cardinals would know about it.
Satisfied?And I think the OP needs to change the name of this thread...
The view directly across the street as I exit the hotel...
I said I would visit the Hess Triangle before I went near Times Square, and I did...
I need clip-on sunglasses specifically for browline glasses. I don't think anyone makes them anymore...
Lunch at Fuku. This is the chicken sammich everyone is talking about. Oh man is it good. Add some of their Ssam Korean chili sauce and it's even BETTER. (sauce available at $7.50 a bottle. I need to buy some on Friday before I go home.)
I had to truncate my visit to the Transit museum as my phone was going into the red. Once it's charged up again I'm headed back out for pizza and the Roosevelt Island tram. Skipping Seth Meyers. It's too late for me to make it in time, and I'd be quite hangry by the time it was over if I did go. Oh well.
I can tell how ecstatic you are in every picture.Obligatory Top of the Rock selfie...
Leaving the Manhattan station of the Roosevelt Island Tram after dark...
The selfie from Citi Field last night was "near comatose".
Come to the top of the rock in the next 30 minutes if u want an ass kicking.
Unisphere at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. I think everyone is familiar with those two items in the background.
Times Square. Yay. Can we go now, please?
THIS is why I was anywhere near Times Square this morning. The cubano from Margon. Yum.
(Got to talking to one of the line cooks about how so much sandwich was such a bargain, especially in Times Square. I wound up sending him to check out Fuku (that chicken sandwich posted earlier.) He was happy.
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No new marquee for Stephen Colbert yet...
Sideshows by the Seashore, Coney Island.
Can't get any egg creamier than getting one at Coney Island. This was from Tom's Coney Island.
The Parachute Drop Tower. The ride closed in 1964, but the tower was too expansive to move or demolish. While they were still trying to figure out what to do with it, it was designated an Historic Landmark.
Times Square. Yay. Can we go now, please?
THIS is why I was anywhere near Times Square this morning. The cubano from Margon. Yum.
(Got to talking to one of the line cooks about how so much sandwich was such a bargain, especially in Times Square. I wound up sending him to check out Fuku (that chicken sandwich posted earlier.) He was happy.
)No new marquee for Stephen Colbert yet...
Sideshows by the Seashore, Coney Island.
Can't get any egg creamier than getting one at Coney Island. This was from Tom's Coney Island.
The Parachute Drop Tower. The ride closed in 1964, but the tower was too expansive to move or demolish. While they were still trying to figure out what to do with it, it was designated an Historic Landmark.
First off, the repairs to mom's car to get it up and running were just new tires and a new battery. Around $500 all told.
Since I wasn't so far out today, I was able to avoid the subway burnout.
From the Staten Island Ferry just after leaving the Manhattan side.
I think we all know this gracious Lady...
Doo-wop guys doing Stand By Me on the Staten Island side of the ferry.
@twitchmoss said check out the Strand bookstore. It was on the way to the subway at Union Square. I wish I had more money and a hotel in midtown. sigh.
Union Square. There was a farmers market on the opposite side of the square not shown in the photo. Distracted me for nearly an hour.
The City Reliquary. A tiny as all get out museum in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Those hipsters. They have a different word for EVERYTHING. They even call a fishbowl a "schooner".
(That's a Narragansett Lager. PBR is just too mainstream for Williamsburg. This was at Rocka Rolla on Metropolitain in Williamsburg. Girl tending bar was cute and a little flighty. She said she was originally from LA.)
And finally a better picture of the Unisphere from the main promenade.
Next is hopefully dinner at Raclette in the East Village. If not, maybe more pizza. I'll figure it out. Tomorrow morning is the return trip home. It's about an hour from the hotel to the Amtrak waiting room at Penn Station.
Since I wasn't so far out today, I was able to avoid the subway burnout.
From the Staten Island Ferry just after leaving the Manhattan side.
I think we all know this gracious Lady...
Doo-wop guys doing Stand By Me on the Staten Island side of the ferry.
@twitchmoss said check out the Strand bookstore. It was on the way to the subway at Union Square. I wish I had more money and a hotel in midtown. sigh.
Union Square. There was a farmers market on the opposite side of the square not shown in the photo. Distracted me for nearly an hour.
The City Reliquary. A tiny as all get out museum in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Those hipsters. They have a different word for EVERYTHING. They even call a fishbowl a "schooner".
(That's a Narragansett Lager. PBR is just too mainstream for Williamsburg.
This was at Rocka Rolla on Metropolitain in Williamsburg. Girl tending bar was cute and a little flighty. She said she was originally from LA.)And finally a better picture of the Unisphere from the main promenade.
Next is hopefully dinner at Raclette in the East Village. If not, maybe more pizza. I'll figure it out. Tomorrow morning is the return trip home. It's about an hour from the hotel to the Amtrak waiting room at Penn Station.
You're more likely to have your wallet emptied than be murdered these days. Usually voluntarily.
This. It took a good deal of self control to keep funds in my bank account. [emoji1]
Really, I got none of the rude New Yorker trope. What I mostly got was "hey, how are ya! Glad you could make it!" Go in treating people with respect, and you get the same in return.
I've been to the USA three times now, last time combined with Canada, and, as a tourist, while I quite often felt people were milking me for all my money, the only place I've ever been treated impolitely/rudely was, contrary to all stereotypes, Montreal.
Well, it is the most European of all our big cities.
Come to Halifax! We'll take care of you!
What?! He's front of house! No front of house pretty boys allowed!
What'd you expect from France-Lite?*
*Ironically, when I was in Europe, the French were easily the most polite. Austrians/Hungarians can generally fuck off.