The Good Ole Days
This morning Holly called the David Letterman show and was placed as number 15-17 for standby tickets for her, Laurel and myself. We had to be there at 6pm so we wanted to get started early this morning.
Holly and I got up and went to Central Park. She wanted to see the Alice in Wonderland statue so we stopped there and then walked around. We saw a group of artists painting a woman and a statue of Hans Christian Anderson. We also went by the Bethesda Fountain (the one from One Fine Day) and took pictures there again, too. We caught the bus and headed to FAO Schwartz and the Apple store. We danced on the piano from BIG and walked around.
Laurel met up with us and we walked to Rockefeller Center where Holly and I went to Top of the Rock, which is the observation deck at the top of Rockefeller Center. Laurel didn't want to go so she waited below as we went up. It was a quick trip but I would definitely recommend the view from
Top of the Rock over Empire State Building. You can actually see Central park and you get a better overall view of the whole city. On our visit we also learned that this picture of the construction workers eating lunch on a beam is from the building of Rockefeller Center.
Afterwards we went down to Little Italy for lunch at Da Nico but got distracted by all the vendors on Canal Street. We ended up looking at the vendor shops and by the time we got to Da Nico it was almost 4:30pm. Their dinner prices started at 4pm and were way more expensive. We didn't have time really to sit down for dinner before we had to be at Letterman, so we sat down long enough to decide to leave. We walked up to Rice to Riches to get some rice pudding and then headed up to 50th to get in line for standby tickets. We hadn't eaten so I walked across the street for a Jamba Juice, just to find out shortly thereafter that there were no standby tickets available for the night so we couldn't go.
It was ok because it was Mormon Night at the Mets game, so we did a little more shopping, including souvenirs and Old Navy before we caught the train out to the Mets game. The Mets played the Cincinnati Reds and lost.
After the game, Holly and I met up with Mike Martin, a friend from high school. I hadn't seen Mike for about 9 years and Holly hadn't seen him for about 5, maybe more. We met up with him in Bryant Park and then headed over to Dave & Busters for drinks and dessert. It was so good to see Mike again and although he doesn't entirely look the same it was comforting to know he is the same. He's actually doing PR at some fashion place in New York while he continues to look for acting work. It was fun reminiscing about high school and some of our fun memories.
It was a great day and we're getting up again early in the morning to be down to Canal Street early. The shuttle is supposed to pick Holly up at 12:30pm so we've got to be out early to make it back in time.
-mk
Holly and I got up and went to Central Park. She wanted to see the Alice in Wonderland statue so we stopped there and then walked around. We saw a group of artists painting a woman and a statue of Hans Christian Anderson. We also went by the Bethesda Fountain (the one from One Fine Day) and took pictures there again, too. We caught the bus and headed to FAO Schwartz and the Apple store. We danced on the piano from BIG and walked around.
Laurel met up with us and we walked to Rockefeller Center where Holly and I went to Top of the Rock, which is the observation deck at the top of Rockefeller Center. Laurel didn't want to go so she waited below as we went up. It was a quick trip but I would definitely recommend the view from
Top of the Rock over Empire State Building. You can actually see Central park and you get a better overall view of the whole city. On our visit we also learned that this picture of the construction workers eating lunch on a beam is from the building of Rockefeller Center. Afterwards we went down to Little Italy for lunch at Da Nico but got distracted by all the vendors on Canal Street. We ended up looking at the vendor shops and by the time we got to Da Nico it was almost 4:30pm. Their dinner prices started at 4pm and were way more expensive. We didn't have time really to sit down for dinner before we had to be at Letterman, so we sat down long enough to decide to leave. We walked up to Rice to Riches to get some rice pudding and then headed up to 50th to get in line for standby tickets. We hadn't eaten so I walked across the street for a Jamba Juice, just to find out shortly thereafter that there were no standby tickets available for the night so we couldn't go.
It was ok because it was Mormon Night at the Mets game, so we did a little more shopping, including souvenirs and Old Navy before we caught the train out to the Mets game. The Mets played the Cincinnati Reds and lost.
After the game, Holly and I met up with Mike Martin, a friend from high school. I hadn't seen Mike for about 9 years and Holly hadn't seen him for about 5, maybe more. We met up with him in Bryant Park and then headed over to Dave & Busters for drinks and dessert. It was so good to see Mike again and although he doesn't entirely look the same it was comforting to know he is the same. He's actually doing PR at some fashion place in New York while he continues to look for acting work. It was fun reminiscing about high school and some of our fun memories.
It was a great day and we're getting up again early in the morning to be down to Canal Street early. The shuttle is supposed to pick Holly up at 12:30pm so we've got to be out early to make it back in time.
-mk
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