New York City Part I

Well we stayed in Lily Dale until about 6:00 pm on Tuesday. Then we decided we'd head over most of the way to NYC. I figured we'd just find a nice hotel and settle in for night, no problem. We saw some, but ended up going past the exit. The next hotel that was mentioned was closed. We drove and drove and drove. We were in the mountains and everything advertised was either a campground or a resort. We didn't even know how far off the highway they'd be. I was beginning to think we'd have to drive all night. But then we came to a town called Liberty. Praise the heavens, there was a Days Inn. And it was only about 11:00 pm. That seems late to me for my usual schedule but was a far cry from "driving all night".

The next morning, after our complementary continental breakfast, we headed on for New York City. We jumped onto 9 and followed that through the city. We went through places like Harlem. It would' ve been faster to take the highway, but not as colorful.

We made just a couple of wrong turns going down that way. One of them got me within shooting distance of a Mimosa tree. The picture's a bit blurry, but they have the most beautiful pink flowers.

You knew I couldn't resist a picture with a flower. You might want to click on it to get a bit more of a look at the flower.

Then we headed to the Theater District. It's where all the Broadway and Off-Broadway shows are. We stayed at the Hotel Edison on 47th just off Times Square. We stayed there the last time we were in town and knew there was a parking place a half block up where we could dump the car during our stay.

The Hotel Edison was built in 1931 which was during the Art Deco era. Anyone who knows me knows that I looooove Art Deco. Here are some shots of the hotel.

This was the entrance.


This is the lobby.


A side shot of the lobby.


This is the lamp over the entrance.


Here are some shots of the room. This bed was over 6' long. Ichabod finally got a good night's sleep.




The next day we went to the Museum of Modern Art, MOMA. Thanks to Torrie we had free tickets and were able to skip a very, very long line and get straight in. Torrie, I don't care that you hate everything, I blove you!

Here are is a very long batch of pictures from MOMA.








I've been wanting to buy one of these Noguchi tables for years.





After 3 1/2 hours at MOMA we went over to Rockefeller Center because they had more Art Deco stuff there.
I'm mad that this one came out blurred. I really wanted that picture of Wisdom.





I got yelled at for taking this one, but that Art Deco railing was too cool to miss.



We got tickets to see "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf" that night. Kathleen Turner was playing in it. The whole thing is fantastic. It's just one set and four people. The dialogue carries the whole thing.

I'm going to break here. This is going to take forever for people to load with all these pictures. And I have more pictures. Remember, you all asked for pictures. :-)