Day 12
Central Park was on the agenda yesterday. It appeared to be a perfect day, kind of overcast and it looked like it wasn't going to be to hot. Boy were we wrong. It wasn't really hot but it was by far the muggiest day since we've been here. We started the day off right by taking Ian to a nice breakfast at The Kitchenette. He has been so good to us here. Then it was down to Central Park. We actually took a really nice walk through the park to get to the Loeb Boathouse where they rent bikes. They only had these little piddly cruisers left, one speed and almost falling apart but I have to say they did the trick. It took us about 40 minutes to ride around the park and it was beautiful. It was neat being in the middle of NYC in park. It was full of runners, roller bladers, bikers, boaters, roller skaters, dog walkers.....you'd think you were at Stanley Park minus the water. We stopped and took some nice pictures. The ride was actually quite a good work out. The whole park is 6 miles around.
After the park we headed down to the World Trade Center site. Alana had never been and I think its important that if you're in NYC you go to the WTC site. It was pretty glum. Not a lot to look at other than big hole but there were lots of tributes in the way of art and plaques to read and look at. It really gave us a sense of what went on that terrible day. On tv there have been a lot of specials on 9/11 I guess because of the upcoming 5 year anniversary. We didn't stick around to long. What we did find however was a store called Century 21. Oh boy, if I had more money it would be like hitting a jackpot. I have never ever seen a store with a sale like this. Up to this point we have seen a lot of cheap clothes in NYC but they are just that, cheap!! Century 21 was name brand and quality stuff on for sooooo cheap. Alana was in heaven, so much so that I think she's going to go back before we go home and look again when there aren't so many people.
We headed home, ordered some good Italian food and hung with Ian. I can't tell you how great this guy is. He really is a wonderful cat. We have been listening to his new record which sounds great. We went for drinks at TOAST and met Adam Scone there (a great Hammond B3 player) and just hung out, drank and ate! Good friends, good drinks, good food....good time!
After the park we headed down to the World Trade Center site. Alana had never been and I think its important that if you're in NYC you go to the WTC site. It was pretty glum. Not a lot to look at other than big hole but there were lots of tributes in the way of art and plaques to read and look at. It really gave us a sense of what went on that terrible day. On tv there have been a lot of specials on 9/11 I guess because of the upcoming 5 year anniversary. We didn't stick around to long. What we did find however was a store called Century 21. Oh boy, if I had more money it would be like hitting a jackpot. I have never ever seen a store with a sale like this. Up to this point we have seen a lot of cheap clothes in NYC but they are just that, cheap!! Century 21 was name brand and quality stuff on for sooooo cheap. Alana was in heaven, so much so that I think she's going to go back before we go home and look again when there aren't so many people.
We headed home, ordered some good Italian food and hung with Ian. I can't tell you how great this guy is. He really is a wonderful cat. We have been listening to his new record which sounds great. We went for drinks at TOAST and met Adam Scone there (a great Hammond B3 player) and just hung out, drank and ate! Good friends, good drinks, good food....good time!
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