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A New York Weekend |
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A New York Weekend |
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A brief time in the Big Apple
When the opportunity presents itself, I hate to turn it down. My best friend called and said he had tickets to a show. All I had to do was fly to New York. Simple enough, sure, but that would mean spending a bunch of money on a plane ticket and working out a lot of complicated logistics. So I did! It's always great to go out and spend time with Bret, and this brief trip was no exception. In the first weekend in June (2012) we managed to fit in a huge amount of great food, entertainment, and enjoyment in a very short period of time. This page of photos really tells only a small part of the story, but it's here to start the conversation. Have a look, and ask a few questions.
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| Radio City Music Hall | Rockefeller Center |
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| An old rail line converted into a park | Interesting art on the Highline | Elevated and green |
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| The Brooklyn Bridge from City Hall Park |
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Outside New York's City Center |
Kristin Chenoweth on stage during the Saturday night performance |
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| Lombardi's, the first pizzeria in America |
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Grant's Tomb |
The President and Mrs. Grant's open crypt |
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The Asch building was the site of a horrific fire in 1911. 146 workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Now the building is used by NYU. |
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A statue of George Washington on Wall Street and one of Mayor LaGuardia near Washington Square |
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| Passing through Times Square | St. Patrick's Cathedral at night | 6th Avenue street fair on Saturday morning |
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City Hall Park |
Looking up 10th Avenue from the Highline |
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| Tourism is alive and well on Wall Street |
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| Pastrami on rye at Katz's Deli. It doesn't get any better than this. | I'm serious! It is SOOOOOO good! |
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| The first bite is always the best | Well worth the wait |
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| Intense competition in Chinatown | A smiling Frenchie out for a walk |
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| Names surrounding the south pool | A new tower rises at Ground Zero |
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| The south pool at the new 9/11 memorial | More names |
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| Park on the pier near Fulton Street |
We got back to Point Pleasant Beach late
on Saturday night and spent the next two days relaxing. The weather was hit and
miss, but we enjoyed the time immensely just the same. Beth put on a great
birthday party, we partook of some exquisite Spanish spirits, feasted on some of
Frankie's finest Buffalo chicken strips, devoured a couple of Hoffman's
delicious "small" cones, and sat out the worst of the storms
conversing on the front porch like friendly folks are apt do in small town
America. It was perfect.
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| An early morning rainbow in Point Pleasant Beach | Near the PPB police station |
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| A little quiet time in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. The calm before the storm. |
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| Sunrise over Point Pleasant Beach |
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| Time to celebrate |
