Today started early, up before 5:00 a.m., Pam up at 5:30. Peggy took us to the airport and everything went great. No problems with any flights, bags arrived with us, and we made it to the Marriott Marquis about 4:00 p.m. We took an overpriced limo ride in a Town Car from a Pakistani National who has been in NYC for 27 Years. On the plane ride from DFW, we sat by a 20-year-old young Olympic hopeful from Long Island, Suffolk County. He had been gone from home for 2 months training for the 121 lb class Greko with Brandon Slay and others. His name is Brandon Escobar. He will hopefully make the olympics in London next year.
After check in, we went exploring, up Broadway to 50th and then over past the Avenue of Americas to Rockefeller Center. Shopped at SAK. Yeah, right!! Too rich for our blood. We are more American Eagle and Aeropostle, which we shopped for the boys. We did shop in the NBC store and a few other places. We looked at a lot of places, like Swatches, Oakley, Hershey and M and M shops.
Our first taste of New York was at a pizzeria called Famiglia. We each had a slice of pizza, and it WAS fantastic. Wow! Later, we ate at the Hard Rock Cafe on Times Square. We split a 1400 calorie burger and fries. Finally, we went to Juniors Bakery across the street from the hotel. Pam got a carrot cheescake and I got something called a black and white cookie, both of which are fabulous. Right now, I'm finishing the evening standing in a Starbucks on Times Square watching a lot of late night action. Reminds me of Vegas, with the pseudo daytime coming from all the lights and giant TV monitors.
Tomorrw, we plan to take the 1 train to Battery Park from 42nd street and catch the Staten Island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty. Then, we'll go to China Town and Little Italy. We'll get back in time for dinner at 5:00 at Bond 45 and then Lion King at 7:00 pm. for our 25th Anniversary.
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