Greenwich Village
Today we headed down to Greenwich Village to take a walking food tour. I was particularly excited to experience a tour other than my own and compare notes. Our guide was quirky, to say the least, but she was sweet and did a great job. We walked a fraction of the distance we cover on my own tour, but crammed in as many restaurants. We had pizza from a place Ben Affleck frequents (first he and I in a movie together in Boston, now possibly pizza together!?), rice balls from an Italian deli, and olive oil from OandCo to name a few. We saw the house where Monica lived on Friends and the skinniest house in NYC, a whopping 9 feet wide, 1000 sqft total, just sold for 4.2 million dollars. Holy crap!
After the tour we headed over to Washington park to check out the arch and caught a taxi back to our neighborhood here in Midtown. We took Coco for her afternoon stroll and K dropped me off to get my nails done along the way (I needed it badly!!).
We headed back to the house and got dressed so we could walk over to Times Square to catch How to Succeed in Business with…drumroll…….HARRY POTTER!!! Yep, Daniel Radcliffe himself played the main part in the show, and he was FABULOUS. I’m not even a Potter fan, and was expecting the hype to be bogus, based on the Potter fans of the world gushing at the chance to get to see him in person. I was wrong. He did a phenomenal job. Also John Larroquette, better known as Dan from Night Court, was the other main character and did a wonderful job. It was an excellent show.
Another taxi ride to the Upper East Side after the show and we found ourselves at Amber sushi, enjoying mediocre sushi (I purchased a groupon before we left for nyc). Eh, you can’t win them all I guess.
Al in all another great day in NYC.
No subway rides? I hope you’ll take it at least once on your trip. It’s fun! I recommend Nobu Sushi on 57th Street. I had the best sushi there. Miss and love you both!
Hi D!
We did a subway yesterday, just haven’t had a chance to catch up on the blog yet. It was an experience for sure. It is so filthy down there, of all of the subway systems I’ve been in, NY wins dirtiest hands down.
I wish I had gone to Nobu instead. I’ve heard nothing but amazing things about the place. Guess we’ll just have to save it for next time.
I miss you all too and hope we can get together soon. xoxo -n
Hi, You two and sure seeing the sights!!! I really liked Greenwich Village. It was fun going there with my mother, did you know she lived there as a young woman? Anyway keep on writing and we will keep on reading. Dad wants the cookie in the picture.
Love, Mom and Dad
Music: Like your visit to Abbe Road, a historic music spot of the 60′s and beyond, the Apollo Theater in NYC is another historic music spot, especially for the black culture. If you have nothing to do (like that will happen) it might be worth a visit. Dad