ANYWAY - we escaped, rode the subway all the way downtown and bought tickets for "Fiddler on the Roof" at the South Street TKTS booth. Then took a leisurely walk along the East River to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.
What an incredibly beautiful day.
We took the ride to see the Statue of Liberty but the views of downtown including the new Freedom Tower were awesome too.
Then " SHE" came into view.
And for the few of you who don't know, the ferry is still FREE. On the wait to return, I found Island Soft Pretzel Stop. Carol wanted one with no salt. When I pointed to the one left the clerk said, "That one's stale. Buy two with salt and knock it off of one." I did.
$1.00 each !
We sure aren't in Manhattan, Toto.
Subway back to Times Square, people watching, chilling at Marriott and dinner at Junior's. Yeah, I know. We're boring and predictable. But it works for us.
This is a picture of Fiddler set from the second row !
Another great show and a late night walk across Manhattan.
The Empire State Building in Red, White and Blue.
Gee, they lit it up with Penn State colors, too. Somebody must have known I was in town !
We started our last full day in The City with another wonderful breakfast at The Comfort Diner. Next stop, The Metropolitan Museum of Art on 5th Avenue. We walked a few blocks downtown from the subway exit looking for Pale Male but did not see any hawks.
We spent about 3 hours in the Met and came away feeling that we hadn't made a dent in seeing it. But the things we did see were incredible. Here's just a small sampling.
And a couple of special ones for our friends -
Ann Weaver and Cindy Alley.
1840's and 1850's quilts.
For my Old Timey music friends - Wikipedia says the dulcimer evolved from European instruments that have "been traced back to 1700." But here's what looks like one to me from the 1300's.
And for my friend Dan Keeley, some Medieval "sheet music."
Dan, when will we hear some "traditional" Church music transcribed on a 4 line staff?
After WAY too short a visit we walked across Central Park and took the subway back to Times Square to get our tickets. "CATS" still only had blocked views so I asked about "Kinky Boots". Good seats available so I bought them. THEN Carol reminded me that "Beautiful The Carole King Musical" was also available. I had forgotten that. Gee, music by Carole King or music by Cindi Lauper. It didn't take long to make THAT decision. In spite of signs everywhere saying "NO REFUNDS. NO RETURNS. ALL SALES FINAL" when the clerk saw the look on my face he reversed the first credit card charge and sold us the "Beautiful" tickets.
All five shows were wonderful but we definitely saved the best for last.
One more time walking across town. Saturday morning checkout, our last breakfast at The Comfort Diner. Said goodby to the staff who were treating us like regulars by now.
The train trip home was uneventful and right on schedule --- until Charlottesville. The conductor announced, "The NWS has issued a Flash Flood warning for this region. NS requires us to slow to 40 MPH." So the one hour trip to Lynchburg took two hours instead. And, of course, there was NO rain.
I'd like to end this with a NJ sunset. But that's hard to do from the East Side. And besides, we were in a theater at sunset every single night ! So I'll end with a picture I took on 45th St. of the "Back to the Future" DeLorean. Yeah Yeah I know - it's probably a replica. But still cool.
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