New York City - Day Two

So Katie and I headed back into NYC today.  This time we got off in Harlem, took the subway to Lexington and 96th Street, walked across to Fifth Avenue to our first goal - The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

My sock LOVED the Met.

Look!  Proof that the Egyptians were knitting thousands of years ago.  This is totally unbelieveable!

Here's a close-up of the 3,000 year-old-sock.  They had Turbo Addis back then?  Who knew!

After The Met, Katie and I meandered through Central Park, stopping at the Boat House for a simply scrumptious lunch.  Afterwards, we continued west to Strawberry Fields and out of the park, up to the Museum of Natural History.  We enjoyed the dinosaurs, mammals and the planetarium movie in this treasure trove of all things wonderful.  If you're trying to remember what's in this museum, just watch Night at the Museum - this is the museum from that film.

After the museum, we hitched a ride in the best mode of tourist transportation around - a rickshaw.

We rode through Central Park then got off at The Plaza Hotel at 59th Street so we could stroll down Fifth Avenue and stare at all the spectacular window displays.  We stopped at the perfect store for tall young ladies and did some serious damage for Katie.

 

Here we are back in Westport, off the train, standing by the Saugatuck River enjoying our amazing adventure.  Sorry there were no more knitting pictures, but a 3,000 year old sock can only do so much in one day.

Comments

[Renna]

I loved the humorous commentary of your day! ;-Þ

[Betsy]

It always amazes me how much a child can look so much like an aunt or uncle. She's just a younger version of you! Does she knit?

[Marcia Cooke]

A week ago and you might have run into my husband and two of his oldest friends: they did a Manhattan Day, and also visited the Museum of Natural History, among other things. He called me from in front of Tiffany to find out what size I was.....snort.