Big City, Bright Lights

Last week Meg came to visit ME in Long Island.  Ok, not really just me, her fiance Spencer is out here too, so she may have come to visit him also.

We were brave & decided to drive to Manhattan. Two out-of-town girls driving in the big apple....Yikes! Let me just tell you, NYC is a chaotic mess of traffic and pedestrians. I don't know how I managed to not hit another car or person, but luckily we survived and made it to Time Square.

I loved seeing all the jumbo screens & looking at all the billboards of broadways I hope to see one day.
And the SHOPPING. Oh the shopping! 34th Street, Broadway, Fashion Ave, 5th Ave....glorious.
We also walked over to the Rockefeller Plaza.

And I made friends with these nice ladies from Korea.

After non-stop shopping, walking and eating some amazing pizza, we headed back to the car. We walked several blocks in the wrong direction but finally made it to the truck just as the sun was setting. Here we are braving the crazy city night traffic. We survived. But next time I go to the city, I'm making Dave drive!

Unbroken

Read this book.
Best book I've read in a long time.

Inside Cover: "On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plan's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began on of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.
     The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini.  In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling and fleeing his home to ride the rails.  As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become and airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown..."
  

Central Park

I already posted this a few days ago, but I logged onto blogger today and the post had disappeared. Weird. So I'm posting again.

On Mother's Day Dave & I drove into the City.  We started out at the Metropolitan Museum.  We didn't take the tour, but I'm hoping to do that on another day.

Our first and most crucial stop: Food.  So what better than a hot dog from the street vendor. 

After walking on 5th Ave for a few blocks, we found an entrance into Central Park. 

The Belvedere Castle.

View from the base of the castle overlooking the turtle pond and great lawn. 

We had so much fun wandering through the park. Perfect way to spend our Sunday together.