SUMMER 2010
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Checked into the Waldorf Astoria in New York city on Thursday. Beautiful hotel that I could not do justice with my photos so have a link if you want to see it. Just copy and paste this link into your browser and you will see all the pics.

http://www.waldorfnewyork.com/photo-gallery/waldorfastoria.cfm?LinkToGo=waldorfastoria1

We stayed in a room that is like # 29. So fast forward to that and after that it is all the pics of the spa.

This is this is the lobby with the beautiful
ornate clock as the center piece.
Our room. Very spacious and of course Jim is already doing business. He really needs to at these prices.
I am showing him that he has work space so no time will be lost even though we are on vacation

We were on our way out and I was going to take a picture of Jim but someone came along and took one of us both waiting for the elevator.

This is the clock in the lobby. My picture can't do it justice.. It was a rare moment that I got this picture without people in it.

This is a picture from the net showing more of the design of the clock. It has all the founding fathers on the face as well as many famous quotes and the Statue Of Liberty on the top.
It chimes every 15 minutes on the quarter hour
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Thursday night went to see A Little Night Music staring Bernadette Peters. It was great and we were 2nd row center orchestra. You could see them sweat!

Took these just as Bernadette and Elaine Stitch were taking their final bows. Guess with the low lighting the shutter speed was slower than the bows so I got everything in motion.

Seeing the sights of NYC on top of the tour bus. the famous Apollo theatre where many stars got their start. Some of the more famous includes Jerry Seinfeld

Friday morning went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and that was so spectacular
We only walked around for 4 hours and did not see everything. It was over whelming.

There was a roof top garden of bamboo at the Met. You could walk among the stalks and hear beautiful sounds from the bamboo as people passed.

Looking down into one of the courtyards

The halls connecting each section were enormous.

Different view of same hall

Caught Jim when he was not looking at the camera. There was so much to look at that you did not know where to look next. Fabulous!

Of course Jim loved all the bronze statues.

Across from the Met we saw this old style building butted next to a modern building.

Outside of the Met was an authentic NYC hot dog stand and Jim could not resist.

Central Park. Lots of trees for a cement city. We were pleasantly surprised that there were so many trees growing throughout the city.

No visit to NYC would be complete without a carriage ride through Central Park. Guess we'll just have to come back again since we missed it

Friday night went on a dinner cruise on the Hudson River. As we got to the Stature of Liberty it was just getting dark so we saw it during the day and also saw the Stature of Liberty at night on the return trip. It was gorgeous all lit up but could not get a picture in the dark.


This yacht was parked in the harbor where we took our dinner cruise. It was named Major D. Never saw anyone on it or around it so they must be seeing the sights too.
     


Saturday morning took a tour bus and saw a lot of the sights of the city including
the Empire State Building and Ground Zero.
The New Years Ball on top of the building
straight ahead in Times Square
The famous Stage Delicatessen. We were going to eat there but the line was too long so we opted for some place a lot quicker. We were on a schedule and had to get to our
next Broadway show.

The red sign on the left on the short building is NBC where the David Letterman show tapes. We did not go inside as it was early in the day and there was no taping


The Empire State Building as seen from the top of our tour bus. It is again, sadly, the
tallest building in NYC

One of the beautiful architectural buildings in the city. the architect that designed this and many other buildings in the area had a sense of humor. The figure you see at the top looks like someone ready to jump but it is just a statute. There were several buildings with statues on the top and the first time you saw them you had to look twice to make sure what you were seeing. After all the buildings were quite high and the statue could have been misinterpreted as I am sure a lot of people do on first glance.

Spent some time in Times Square on Thursday afternoon. What a sight! Haven't seen that many people in one place since Hong Kong.

This was a sculpture outside of one of the twin towers. They moved it to this site near the Staten Island Ferry dock in it's original damaged state.

Saturday afternoon went to see Jersey Boys at the August Wilson Theatre. Fantastic. The music was so great and the lead man sounded just like Frankie Valli.

Took another stroll through Times Square still just as crowed as it was on Thursday. We settled on a restaurant for dinner because we still have another play to see tonight.

Saturday night after a quick dinner we went to see CHICAGO at the Ambassador Theatre. The play was almost like the movie but it was nice to see it on stage. John O'Hurley played Billy Flynn

Times Square at night. Jim was mesmerized by all the signs.
Sunday morning we finished our bus tour through a different part of the city.

After the tour we toured the Guggenheim Museum for a couple of hours. Way too modern for our taste but the architecture of the building is art itself.


Then it was show time again. Sunday afternoon we saw Wicked which is a take off on The Wizard of Oz only from the witches point of view. It was a large production with moving objects, lights and people coming from every part of the theatre. Quite an extravaganza.

This is the curtain for Wicked. Before the show started. That looked like some type of flying monster and it was lit up. The kids in the audience loved it.
Again a quick dinner at a Thai restaurant in the theatre district and then off to see Billy Elliot. There were mostly children in the play but what talent they were. Set in the 80's during the coal miners strike in Britain. The story was about a young boy, about 11, motherless, and his desire to be a ballet dancer. That didn't sit well with his coal miner father and brother. Beautiful music and fabulous dancing from all. A great night at the theatre.
 
Dropped into bed about midnight completely exhausted but had a great time in the Big Apple.
Saw 5 shows, went on a dinner cruise on the Hudson river, took 2 tour bus trips, visited 2 museums and spent lots of time in times Square.
All in 3 1/2 days. Whew!
Looking forward to leaving tomorrow. Do we have enough money left for the tolls out of town? Hmmmmmmm

 

More later.
 
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