Vacation in NYC II

Next we went downtown. Went to Wall St. and the WTC site. We were really disappointed in that. For one thing, it was all wrapped up in tarps so you can't look in, and if you do manage to get a peek, a worker comes to run you off. Second, it's been 9 years already; why is it still a hole in the ground? The concept drawings for the memorial sit look great; I hope they'll get on the stick already!!! Here are a couple pix of the site and memorial(s).



The above Left is a night shot, through the fence.



















Next, went to South St. Seaport. If u go there, eat at Cabana; you won't be sorry.

We got tickets to RACE, a new play with James Spader, who did not disappoint. :)  Before that, we had a really excellent dinner of apps at DERVISH Turkish restaurant. Yogurt soup- WHO KNEW??? Yum.  We did not have reservations, had about an hour, maybe a little less, before curtain, and they seated us immediately.  (No picture available - it was too dark.)

After the play, we went to Rockefeller Center to check out the skating. Again, too late for food, but we did manage to raid the M&M store...

Y'all, really -- $12.99/lb and any color you could possibly want.

DAY 3: Colder'n the oft- mentioned witch's body part encased in brass lingerie. At least twice as cold. I WISH I were kidding. The high was about 21F, wind chill in single digits, no lie. And that was the high. Unbelievably cold. So cold, my eyes watered every time we went outside. DAMN cold. (Did I mention it was a little chilly!?!)

Anyway, we got a late start, so we had lunch @ a Turkish place off Columbus Circle. I had a fairly good plate, with little lamb/beef meatballs and rice. My better half, unfortunately, had THE Godawfulest nasty dis-friggin-gusting thing either of us has ever seen on a plate!  O M G it was gross.  It was, basically, a stuffed baked potato. It had black olives, pickle chunks, corn, red cabbage, and what was billed as "beef sausage" but was more akin to an Oscar Meyer wiener. All that, while a very odd combination, would have been (marginally) edible. However - and this was the dealbreaker - on top of all, they had taken a squirt bottle of ketchup and one of mayo, and drowned the whole thing in red and white squiggles. Trust me, y'all do NOT wanna try this @ home. G tried to lift off the squiggles, and then gave up and just dug down underneath all the crapola to get at the potato. Wouldn't let me send it back, either. We do have a pic of this monstrosity; will post l8r.

Next, we went to the Museum of Art and Design. They have two really great shows on now; one is cut paper art, some of which is amazing- and the other is the Madeline Albright pin collection. That woman must need a jewelry secretary, I swear. Gorgeous stuff!!! Caught a bus up to the Natural History Museum, but the place was SO unbelievably crowded, there were 2 lines out the door. So we tried the Met, but it was the same. We went in through the education annex to the gift shop to look around, and also checked out the Greek and Italian statues and other artifacts. Never knew those amphorae were so big!!!

Caught the bus back downtown during rush hour - what a mess that was. Takes some brass to drive a bus in NYC, especially during rush hour. The bus was CRAMMED to the gills. We got off and found Ted's Montana Grill, where we had bison for dinner. After dinner we went to Maxie's for dessert - cheesecake. MMMmmmmmmmm. It was faboo!!

Ok, my thumbs are aching, so I have to finish l8r.