For those of you who watch the news, we were nowhere near Times Square for the abandoned cooler incident today. We were focused on taking pictures in Central Park and wondering about the hovering helicopters.......................
The day started out with breakfast at a little place called good enough to eat on the Upper West Side.
Breakfast included a BLT omelette, fresh squeezed orange juice and home-style biscuits with strawberry butter.
After breakfast, we strolled through some of the neighborhood streets before heading back down to Midtown and the Museum of Modern Art.
We arrived at MoMA just in time to use our City Pass tickets to cut the line for the 10:30 AM opening.
A highlight of the MoMA visit was a special exhibition of prints by Picasso---Themes and Variations, featuring pieces from the MoMA collection.
After a delicious lunch on the fly at a Madison Avenue deli, we headed up 5th Avenue to meet up for our Photo Walk-About tour of Central Park---sort of a walking tour and photography lesson rolled into one! Above is a photo from the tour.
We also got a second chance at photographing the "Imagine" memorial, this time complete with flowers and a John Lennon impersonator!
We had to hot foot it back to the apartment after the tour, but we did manage to make it to our 6:30 PM reservation way Downtown at La Esquina on time. We entered at the taqueria pictured above, found the man with the clipboard and were ushered downstairs past the kitchen to a wonderful subterranean dining room. We ordered margaritas.
The Salade de la Casa and the Costillas de Puerco were amazing! No room for dessert!
The bar at La Esquina.
On the way back Uptown, we got a shot of the night lighting scheme on the Empire State Building. The colors change according to the "season" or the "reason". Tonight it was "Blue,Blue,Blue", in honor of the Police Memorial Week Kick-Off.
After the Photo-Op, we got back on the subway and headed Uptown to Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle for a Manhattan in Manhattan.The bar is named for Ludwig Bemelmans, the illustrator of the Madeline books of my childhood, and the bar is decorated with his artwork--- from murals to lampshades. We got the Manhattans and a musical performance by the Laston Harris Trio---a little Cole Porter, a little Steven Sondheim..................
As if that wasn't enough, Glenn got his first NYC Taxi ride back to Times Square. He says he'd rather take the subway---do you believe that!?
As if that wasn't enough, Glenn got his first NYC Taxi ride back to Times Square. He says he'd rather take the subway---do you believe that!?
Wow - what a full day. Lots of eating opportunities. Great pix. What a way to end the evening with Manhattans in Manhattan, Steven Sondheim and taxi home. You are getting a taste of everything. Loved the ESB lights. Barbara
ReplyDeleteSure sounds like another fun filled day. The Picasso special print exhibition must have been exciting to see. How cool to see the Imagine memorial all decked out in flowers! The Bar at the Carlyle sounds like it was stimulating visually, aurally and orally! Marvlous photos and that's pretty wild that Glenn prefers the subway to taxi's.
ReplyDeleteJust reading about all the stuff you're doing brings back so many great memories of last Oct! Great pictures!
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