Farewell NYC

Our last night in NYC.  Glen and I left tennis early.  We took the 6 down to the village and walked around a bit.  Found Famous Joes pizza, Regis said it was his favorite.  Yeah, it was good.  Then went next door for some yummy gelato.  A fun last night.  Glen and I have had a wonderful time for our 25th anniversary.  It couldn't have been better.  I am a very blessed woman.  Thanks Glen, I love you very much.  

MiM

Mormon in Manhattan.  She was a delightful person.  Glen and I had lunch with her in Bloomingdale's "Forty Carrots." Yes, the froyo was awesome!  We had a great time visiting with MiM and getting to know her.  She writes such a fun blog and is just as fun in person.  Thanks MiM for taking the time to meet us.  We will keep in touch.  Let us know about West Side Story.  We hope you get it.

Thanks Brooke for setting this up, it was an enjoyable time.

Dreadlocked

Meet Antonio.  He was our waiter at the Open Club, where we eat dinner last night.  He had amazing dreads.  He gave us some pointers for Noah.  It has taken him 5 years to get them that long.  He was a nice young man, and I thought the girls might enjoy his cuteness.

Excuse me Ma'am

I heard these words yesterday at the Open. EXCUSE ME MA'AM, BUT YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL EYES.  Now I'm not agreeing that I have beautiful eyes, that's not the point here.  The point is I felt great the rest of the day.  Look what a little compliment can do.  I need to do that more often to people I know and for that matter don't know.  It feels good!

THE OPEN

We are having a great time at the Open.  We've seen Blake win an exciting 5 setter Monday night.  It got over at 1am so I was a little nervous to ride the subway home.  No worries there, we could barely move, we were packed in like cattle.  Also saw Venus, Serena, Federer, Safin, and some others on the outer courts.  It is a fun exciting atmosphere, people doing cheers, yelling and just having a good time.

We Got Soul, But...

We got soul food that is.  We went to one of our favorite wards.  It is the Harlem 1st Ward.  It has almost doubled in size since we were there 18 months ago.  The people are amazing and hymn singing is so vibrant and alive, like they really mean what they are singing.  Truly felt the spirit there.  Well back to the soul food.  Right down the street from the church is the famous Sylvia's Restaurant.  Oh my GOODNESS!  Everyone should experience Waffles and Fried Chicken.  Maple syrup over the whole thing, picking up the chicken, sticky mess and oh sooo good!  Maybe one of the best meals I've ever had so enjoyable to eat.  Had a beautiful waitress, Tamisha, so friendly and helpful.  

Then we saw the musical In The Heights.  It was great.  Fun up to date music, good story line and a nice upbeat feeling.  Wonderful!  

From there we walked around Little Italy and had pasta for dinner.  (I am walking all over this city so I think I'm ok. I hope.)  Met a really nice couple at dinner from Long Island.  It is so great to meet new people and fined out about them.  There's alot of good people in this big world of ours.  

Isn't She Lovely

Isn't she lovely? Lady Liberty that is.  Glen and I got up early and were on the first boat to the Statue of Liberty and then Ellis Island.  It was a beautiful visit there, perfect weather for a boat ride.  From there we stopped at Canal Street to buy some purses. I heard that you need to go into the back room to find the good stuff.  Started following a girl to a shop a few streets away and then into the back room.  Thank goodness Glen was with me.  It was a little freaky as she locked us in this room.  She really was not happy when I didn't like anything that she had.  Then we had to wait til it was all clear to come out.  Found another back room that felt safer and bought a few purses for the girls.  Canal street was an experience for us.  After Canal we went to Greenwich village for brunch, then back down to Spring Street (Little Italy) to find this rice pudding store.  

During the evening we went to see Young Frankenstein,  not something we would recommend, just wasn't very good.  Time Square was crazy as ever.  It was a fun full day.