Accompanied Debs to Lincoln Center and waited around while she attended the Marc Jacobs fashion week show. It was cool to see the fountain the Glee cast danced around on in the ‘New York’ episode!
Metropolitan Opera House
David H. Koch Theater
Avery Fisher Hall
people heading to the fashion show
I had a very unromantic Valentine’s Day dinner with Debs and her work friend in New York. We had the Valentine’s prix fixe at The National, the restaurant in our hotel building. The red velvet cheesecake was a little strange, otherwise the food was good. We couldn’t even finish half the porterhouse steak though. It was huge!
cauliflower soup with caviar and lemon cream
porterhouse for two with arugula, creamy spinach & heirloom potatoes
chocolate tart with ginger caramel & cinnamon gelato
red velvet cheesecake with pecans & white chocolate sorbet
yoghurt panna cotta with pomegranate & grapefruit sorbet
The National
557 Lexington Ave (at 50th St)
New York, NY 10022
I emerged from Central Park, found myself on 5th Ave and headed for FAO Schwarz, the legendary toy company. It was pretty amazing.
books being sold outdoors
what's the word on the street?
Apple: open 24/7 every day
gigantic stuffed animals in FAO Schwarz
schweetz for my sweet!
plush nerds
make your own muppet
in case you didn't get to see the real thing
morbid Barbie foosball
the Big piano
After the Guggenheim, I walked through Central Park for hours. I started at 89th St and made my way down to the exit at 59th. Central Park is so big and it’s so beautiful even in winter when most of the trees have no leaves.
the Reservoir
the Obelisk
Greywacke Arch
King Jagiello
Belvedere Castle
a bench
Strawberry Fields
Bow Bridge
Angel of Waters
Bethesda Terrace
Bandshell
bubble man
Jim Henson's bench
Shakespeare
Valentine's Day in Central Park
The Dairy
Wollman Rink
Gapstow Bridge
The Guggenheim was in the midst of an installation when I visited and only the first 2 floors were open to visitors. So instead of using my CityPASS for that, I decided to buy a ticket (price reduced to $6 due to the installation) and save the pass for the Top of the Rock instead. I think the building is pretty cool and I wish I’d been able to walk all the way up on the ramp and back down again!
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street)
New York, NY 10128-0173
After abandoning my place in (the very long) line the day before, I made it to the first ferry of the day at 9.30am for Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The weather could have been better but at least the queue was relatively short at that time.
Again, this was part of the CityPASS and consists of one ferry ride to and from Battery Park, with stops at Liberty Island and Ellis Island, and admission to Ellis Island Immigration Museum. If you don’t want to go to Liberty Island and Ellis Island, you can choose to do a Circle Line Cruise instead.
The Statue of Liberty is under renovation until October 2012 so there’s no entrance to the statue’s crown, pedestal, or museum. It was still nice to be able to get a close look at the famous Statue of Liberty. I enjoyed the Ellis Island Immigration Museum and I think the building has been restored very meaningfully.
the huddled masses on the ferry
Liberty Island
the Lady
waiting to board the ferry for Ellis Island
Ellis Island
the Great Hall
pictures of the conditions faced by immigrants
the restored Dormitory Room
comparing the past and present Great Hall
I went to take a picture with the LOVE sculpture in NY to add to my collection of LOVE pictures. It’s located at 55th and 6th. After that, I went by the Halal Guys food stand at 53rd and 6th to pack lamb platters for dinner. Very yummy!
LOVE in New York
I ♥ NY!
Halal Guys
yummy lamb platter