NYC

Submarine style room!

I am in New York City for a trip to celebrate our 50th birthdays with my high school friends Craig and Tanya. I arrived yesterday (Tanya gets in today) and we had a beautiful day with great weather!  I met up with Craig in Brooklyn where he is staying with other friends, and we walked around there for a bit, and then went into Manhattan.  We went to Little Island, the artificial islands that they have created -- it's really cool and has some nice views!  Then we walked on the High Line, the elevated park that they made on the old railroad tracks.  It was also beautiful, with lots of flowers and native grasses.  

We also went by Washington Square Park where the chess players are -- too bad James wasn't there!  I was not actually playing chess, just for the record. :)

We then made a quick stop at the AKC Dog Museum (really just the gift shop, as we didn't want to pay the admission fee just to go in for half an hour and see paintings of dogs), and then a quick photo stop at the library -- I even had my library card with me! (Anyone who lives in the state of New York can get a NY Public Library card.)

Library Lion

We met up with Craig's friends for dinner back in Brooklyn (yes, we spent a lot of time on the subway yesterday) at Emily BK, which is a pizza place that supposedly has one of the best burgers in NY. It was indeed very tasty!  Then back up to Times Square where our hotel is located. All in all a great day!

Library Way sidewalk

The High Line

View from Little Island

Little Island

Subway art

Just arranging the pieces

Craig at his favorite pasta shop

Quite a variety of cream cheeses!

 

Library card visit