Sunday, August 23, 2009

New York

At the United Nations building we didn't get to see Helen Clarke but outside Madame Tussauds we saw Samuel L Jackson in wax. The Empire State building is still tall and impressive, but not as decorative as the Chrysler Building. The Flatiron building only lives up to half its name, flat, no iron in sight. And numerous other sky scrapers, gold capped roofs, NY Library...
Time Square has everything from the Naked Cowboy to Elvis impersonators and elmo.
Chocolate madness at the Hershey's Store and the three story M&M store in Time Square.
A few souvenirs and the must have 'I love NY' T-shirts later we headed back down town to Macy's for Sarah to look for a dress, Aaron and Fraser sat at starbucks.
From there we walked back up Madison Ave through the markets that spanned from 42nd St to 57th St (Yes the markets spanned 15 blocks). After dinner we went up the Rockefeller before sunset (and the shower of rain) to get a few snap shots before the sun went down and the night lights came out. What an impressive view of the Empire St building and Central Park.
A stop in at Lindy's for a New York Cheesecake capped off yet another busy day in downtown NY.
Next stop Washington DC

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