On Friday, September 26, Bill and I, along with 6 of our oldest and dearest friends, boarded a plane to New York City. We were visiting the big city to attend a wedding. Jared, the son of our other old friends, and his beautiful bride, Kim. Weather caused a 2 hour delay, but, when you are laughing and having fun, time passes very quickly!
We all were on Midwest Airlines. Did you know that they do not have breakfast on breakfast flights? Well, that is bad enough, but, they only serve their famous warm chocolate chip cookies after noon. So we didn't have cookies! We all realized that we probably would not starve over the weekend.
We got to NYC and found our way to baggage claim. Good 'ole Mikey found transportation for us all. Our bags came very quickly and we loaded the van. The driver was great. We took his card and we promised we would call him for our return trip.
The hotel was located pretty well. Across from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station.
Our rooms were........well, adequate, and that is being kind. I did mention to Bill that I was thankful to be on antibiotics for bronchitis as the air-conditioning unit was well......questionable. Think 'Legionaires Disease.' Old hotel and small rooms that needed a major face-lift. Thank God we we had been switched to the 'upgraded' rooms! I don't want to think of what the basic rooms would have been like!
We dropped off our luggage and headed out for the beginning of our adventure!
Because we didn't have those cookies, we were all pretty darn hungry by then.
Lindy's diner was right there in the hotel lobby so that is where we had lunch.
Stomachs full for the moment, we headed out to the street.
Walking.........walking...........smelled something yummy cooking on an outdoor grill. We needed to check it out, of course. Chicken Mexican style corn with the cream and cheese. Also, noticed a lot of activity down this street. "What is going on" we asked a guy eating a bowl of the corn. "They are filming the TV show Ugly Betty" he told us. Well.....down the street we went. We were tourists, remember. Got to see some of the action. 'No flash photography' and 'be quiet' on the set we were told. Well, we were actually able to control ourselves long enough to see them film a bit. 'Be Quiet' is not something we are really good at........Sorry, Betty.
So now, at least 20 mins. had passed. Where are all the hot dog vendors? All that walking helps to work up a 'powerful appetite'. Scouted out and found a place to watch the Packer game on Sunday. Cheeseheads have priorities. Finally found the hot dog guy. He was selling 'fashion hot dogs'. We wondered what made them 'fashion' dogs? Well, I decided that the difference in Wisconsin hot dogs and fashion hot dogs in NYC must of course be 'lipstick'!
Dogs eaten and we are walking again. We ended up on Times Square looking for the same day ticket place. Found it at the Marriott hotel, in the back. Mikey found a good spot for us on the 8th floor. It is a bar called the View. What a VIEW it turned out to be! All 8 of us sitting at a prime table at the window overlooking Times Square. Mikey was narrating to us what he was seeing as he looked across the street at Virgin Records and connecting business offices. We all seemed to get interested in what he was saying and all found the office where, instead of going home, one couple decided to put in a little overtime. For the next 8 mins., we all watched in surprise as 2 people proceeded to have SEX!! They did turn the lights out, but, those were the most DETAILED shadows we had ever seen! Lights back on, quick hug, coats on.....light back off. Home for the weekend! Yikes. Yes, we timed it.........it was 8 mins. start to finish. Well, the show sort of made up for the $110.00 dollars that it cost us for 8 drinks!
Back to the street. We were seeing Grease on Broadway but had time to kill so found another bar to spend some time. Grease was really good and we all enjoyed the music. Ace Young, former American Idol did a great job. He is pretty darn easy on the eyes, too!
Walked back towards our hotel. We found a bar on a side street that we didn't look too crowded so thought we would check it out. Sorta funnny, the door was locked so we had to wait for the bouncer to let us in. That didn't seem too friendly or too good for business, I thought. 'Why is your door locked?' I asked the bartender. 'We just kicked out 3 drunks and we don't want them to come back in". Oh. So now, we were watching the baseball game on TV with one eye and the drunks on the street, that wouldn't go away, with the other eye. Well, one drunk must have had a lot to drink because he decided to make the phone booth his own personal urinal. They went away then and the door was unlocked.
Day one in New York. What a city!
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