NYC - Day 3

Day three was a nice treat for everyone. Aunt Carolyn volunteered to spend the day with the boys while hubby and I headed into the city for exploring. We had decided the evening before we just wanted to walk around the city and check things out and maybe also cross the Brooklyn Bridge. When we woke up that morning, it was raining and had been for several hours. We debated on taking our exploring inside to a museum but fortunately by the time we made it the city, the rain had stopped and the sun was peaking through. The trip to Manhattan from Aunt Carolyn’s consists of 90 minute train ride (with a transfer at Babylon) to Penn Station. Carolyn had given me a book with points of interest in the various neighborhoods. We did A LOT of walking – through Chelsea…




Through Greenwich Village…

Here we ate at Patsy’s Pizzeria where they seated us in a table at the window overlooking the activity on the street.

Through NYU…

Through Soho…

Through Chinatown…

Through the Lower East Side and the Civic area…

Finally, we made it to the Brooklyn Bridge! As we began our trek over the bridge, it was really neat to see the different views of the Manhattan skyline as well as Brooklyn. The bridge spans over one mile long and was pretty busy with walkers and bikers. We stopped often to take pictures and read the various plaques.

And finally, we made it across the bridge…



Once we arrived in Brooklyn, we decided to grab a drink and take a break. We found a café close to the bridge, ordered some drinks and dessert, and copped a squat on a grassy lawn of an apartment building next to the café. In deciding on what to do next, we were informed that we were sitting on private property (we also noticed a car parked at the building that had a license plate for “Supreme Court 1”). Cutting our rest short, we found the subway and headed back to Manhattan.

The night before, hubby and I had decided to see a show while in the city so we purchased tickets to Avenue Q. We took the subway from Brooklyn to 42nd Street and found the box office so we could pick up our tickets. After that, we walked around the Theater District and through Times Square and then headed over to 9th Avenue. We were tired from all the walking and decided to get a drink at a pub and then find a place for dinner. We found a cute little trattoria where hubby had lobster ravioli and I enjoyed chicken parmigiana.

After dinner, we headed to the theater for the show. Mike and I had been wanting to see Avenue Q since our last visit to Las Vegas. I used to do puppeteering when I worked in social work (I did puppet shows for children about recognizing signs of sexual abuse) so I was definitely interested in how puppets would be incorporated into a broadway show. And hubby was attracted to the “adult Sesame Street” theme. I won’t say a lot about the show. It definitely was adult, it definitely had a Sesame Street theme, and it was funny. It wasn’t thought provoking but it’s always nice to laugh. It definitely was a one of the kind show.

After dinner, we scampered to Penn Station, hoping to catch the 10:30 train back to Sayville, knowing we would have to wait a full hour before the next train. While we made the train, we realized we were on the wrong one and had missed our transfer in Babylon which caused us to wait for the later train, putting in Sayville the same time as if we’d had taken the 11:30 train. But after the day of walking, walking, and more walking, we didn’t mind the rest too much!