New York City - Part 8 - Final Day - Dinner/Time's Square/Home

Here I am, the last post from my trip to NYC. I know it's taken me a while but stuff just seems to get in the way and my creativeness and motivation leaves me. We walked from Ground Zero to the South Street Seaport in search of dinner and more sight seeing. We found a wonderful Cuban restaurant with a beautiful view of the seaport on the balcony. We ordered White sangrias that were delicious along with several Cuban dishes. We had a very nice meal for our final evening together in the city.

After dinner, we made our way to Time's Square. I have to admit to being completely overwhelmed by the people and the Square itself. It was beautiful and mesmerizing. I didn't want to leave. I think I stood and looked up at it all while turning for a good ten minutes. LOL I'm sure I didn't look like a tourist at all. The last pic down there is the plane that I flew in from Charlotte to Chattanooga. It was essentially a bus with wings. Although, I think a bus would have had more room. :-)


So, that pretty much wraps up the trip. It was a blast and I met some wonderful and nice ladies. J and I plan on returning back to NYC next year and visiting Zee again. I can't wait.

South Street Seaport

Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg bridges (in order)

White Sangrias at the Cabana Cuban restaurant

Arroz con pollo at the Cabana

Zeewriter's meal at the Cabana - ropa vieja and plantains

View of harbor from our outside seating at the Cabana

Time's Square

Time's Square

Time's Square

Time's Square

My bus with wings that I flew on from Charlotte to Chattanooga.

New York City - Part 7 - Final Day - Walk to Ground Zero

After visiting the Statue of Liberty, we all took a walk through NYC to Ground Zero. It was a beautiful day that day, and to be honest, the entire weekend's weather was almost perfect. Below are some pictures from our walk to and of Ground Zero.

The was the coolest thing. This is a guy painted and dressed up like an army man toy.

This is Wall Street

The New York Stock Exchange

Trinity Church

Ground Zero

As you can see, they are still working on the site and from what the plans showed, it's going to be very nice when it's finished. I'm not sure how long I just stood there and stared, but I was really in awe of the site and what it has represented to us and our nation as a whole. I really never in my dreams thought that I would get to see it, and I am so very grateful to my girls for allowing this trip to happen. Love ya.

Next, post will be the remainder of our final full day in NYC. :-)

New York City - Part 6 - Final Day - Statue of Liberty

So, our last day in NYC. We met up with Zee and headed on over to the Statue of Liberty. It was pretty amazing. We took a boat over to the island and was able to see her up close and personal. We weren't allowed to go inside which was a little disappointing, but all in all it was pretty amazing. Here are some of our pics.

The cruise boat to the island.

The Park


New York side view from boat.



New York side view from boat.

New Jersey side view from boat.
Me and my girls. :-)

Next, will be our walk through NYC to Ground Zero.

New York City - Part 4 - Central Park & American Museum of Natural History

After we left the Met, we cross through Central Park to the American Museum of Natural History. I never realized how big Central Park is in reality. I mean I've seen it on film, but it's just huge. Anyway, not too much to say so here are my pics. Enjoy!!

Central Park

Belvedere Castle

American Museum of Natural History

Theodore Roosevelt

Example of how brain processes vision











Sensory Homunculus






Easter Island Statue












T-Rex

So, there you have it. Not very exciting, but I had a blast. Got to see a few exhibits from the movie, Night at the Museum, which my kids loved. Anyway, next post will be about our night of debauchery(as Zee calls it). LMAO.


Oh, and Leo, Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer and couturier. There's the link for you. :-)

New York City - Part 3 - The Met

Here we are to day two. Day two will have to be split up into several posts. We started out fairly early, because we had so much to see and do and, primarily, we wanted to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty display was a big draw and we wanted to get there before the crowds. Let me tell you-the Met is HUGE. lol I've never seen anything like it.

We made into the Alexander McQueen exhibit, however there were no cameras allowed. I did purchase the book after I got home and received it this week. Below is a pic of the book and my favorite outfit of the collection.

After we spent some time at this exhibit, our group went to the Egyptian exhibit. I believe I was more exited about this exhibit then any of the others. Below are some pics that I took.

LOL, I got fussed at by the security guard after this picture with the sphynx, because I was touching it. Oops!

So, this wraps up first part of day two. Next, will be Central Park and maybe the Natural Museum of History. Enjoy!! :-)

New York City - Part 2

Well, here is Part 2. J and I arrive, finally find each other in the airport and begin our adventure into New York City. Now, we flew into Newark in New Jersey, so we had to make our way to Zee. Zee had instructed us to take this train and that train, honestly it just all went over my head and I was totally dependent on J to get me there. lol After, several phone calls to Zee and only getting off the train once at the wrong spot(that was a little scarey) we make to NYC and to Zee. :) This is the train that we rode from NJ to NYC. My first train ride. We had to stand and I almost fell several times, but we made it.

When we arrived and climbed out of the train station, with all our luggage, this is the first site I see. Yea, I had no idea what Zee was telling me and I think I ran over somebody. I can't remember anything but thinking "OH MY GOD!!"

After I stood and stared at the very, very tall buildings, we walked over to the Republic for lunch. J and I got to meet @greenabsinthia, @scribeninja and @Vio_laine. This is what I had and I can't remember what it was, but is was delicious.

From there, Zee took us to our apartment we were renting to unpack and rest a bit. Later, we took the subway(another first for me) to the Highline where we met up with @tydestra. It was amazing. This was the view from it and it was getting dark so I didn't get very many good pics, but I included the Wiki site for it. It is an amazing addition to NYC. **@zeewriter has informed me that this is 14 Street, also known as the meat packing district *snort***

The last two pics were the Empire State building.

We stopped off at New York Burger, Co. The food was great and I had a Brooklyn Lager to go along with it.

So, I think that wraps up Friday in NYC. At this point in the evening, J and I had had virtually no sleep in 2 days and we all decided to call it a night because we made plans to hit the museums in the morning. Hope to get Part 3 up soon. It kindof took me all day to get this post done so not sure when. lol