This fine friday in the city, we had a typical upper west side Grays Papaya (2 hotdogs and a drink for $3.50) lunch sitting outside and then got on the train to head to the Staten Island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge and some new waterfall art installations.
(Please note that the photos don’t necessarily go with the words written above them. I wanted to include several from our ferry ride and we dropped the ball a little on pictures of our other activites.)
Then we walked up from the South Ferry to the Wall Street bull and the New York Stock Exhange.
We did a little shopping at the fabulous Fishs Eddy (which has signed a deal to move back to the upper west side! and should be opening in February) and wandered through union square (outdoor market/shops).
Then we headed home for a Malaysian feast. Duck rolls, roti canai, spicy shrimp and vegetables, green curry with chicken, chicken and veggies in a pepper sauce and the best part=coconut rice! There was good food and there was a lot of it. You can’t go wrong with that equation.
After dinner, mom and dad and I headed to see Spamalot on Broadway. It was great and one I hadn’t yet seen. I’m pretty sure mom enjoyed it as I heard her distinctive cackle at least twice.
On the walk home we stopped at mom’s favorite place in new york, Fairway Market. Who knew the grocery store would be the high point of the trip? She liked it so much that she volunteered to go out by herself into new york city to get some toilet paper. Impressive. She made it out and excluding a small problem getting back into our building, she made it back uneventfully. Way to go, mom!
Tomorrow is Rockefeller center and an bbq with friends…
