My gosh, one lazy morning after the other... and this was no exception! love, love, love it! This has been a great trip... we were excited to get here, and now we're excited to get home! But, don't let me get ahead of myself...
Today started with fresh Starbucks and Morning Buns. Jerry made a run bright and early for the birthday girl... Love that guy!
Eventually we started out and wanted to check out High Line. The High Line is a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side... that's about the only way I can describe it. Before we got there, those we stopped at a couple different geocaches... the last one, you see the picture with Jerry, we were trying to be sneaky as we were searching... so I was taking his pic to disguise what was going one. Was fun, cuz while we were signing the log, a couple saw us and figured out what we were doing, cuz they had the same coordinates... They were from Sweden and also were doing geocaches!
Back to our original mission, we ended up checking out the Chelsea Market on our way... It's located in the National Biscuit Company building, and in the 1890's, the ovens baked everything from Saltines to Oreos. How's that for some history... It's now filled with restaurants, some shops, like Anthropolgie... The foodie part of the complex was huge... and, I will say, it smelled really fishy to me... There were bakeries, bookstores, restaurants, florists, etc.... but, the fish... that's all I smelled. Walking by some of the tables next to the restaurants, I saw a couple plates with huge lobsters on them... aha!
We passed on through and then climbed up to the Rail Park. Really done nicely... we were darn chilly though... closer to the water, and the breeze was nippy... but, not as bad as yesterday. The walk was beautiful with lots of interesting artwork along the way. Highly recommend the jaunt through this area. Probably even more pretty in the warm weather!
Had Birthday dinner at The Smith and Nancy Pedot joined us! Fun conversation, great drinks, good food - perfect! And, to top it off, a little birthday cake!
Now, we have not been aware, but Billy Ray Cyrus is staying in this building we are in. Last week, Miley was here while we were here... and dang we missed it all! Jillian saw him tonight as he was coming home from his 8 o'clock show 'Chicago'... he has a limited run there now playing Billy, the lawyer. WooHoo
Okay, so tomorrow, we are bidding the city goodbye and heading home. Thank you, Big Apple! We enjoyed taking a bite out of you this past week!
Today started with fresh Starbucks and Morning Buns. Jerry made a run bright and early for the birthday girl... Love that guy!
Eventually we started out and wanted to check out High Line. The High Line is a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side... that's about the only way I can describe it. Before we got there, those we stopped at a couple different geocaches... the last one, you see the picture with Jerry, we were trying to be sneaky as we were searching... so I was taking his pic to disguise what was going one. Was fun, cuz while we were signing the log, a couple saw us and figured out what we were doing, cuz they had the same coordinates... They were from Sweden and also were doing geocaches!
Back to our original mission, we ended up checking out the Chelsea Market on our way... It's located in the National Biscuit Company building, and in the 1890's, the ovens baked everything from Saltines to Oreos. How's that for some history... It's now filled with restaurants, some shops, like Anthropolgie... The foodie part of the complex was huge... and, I will say, it smelled really fishy to me... There were bakeries, bookstores, restaurants, florists, etc.... but, the fish... that's all I smelled. Walking by some of the tables next to the restaurants, I saw a couple plates with huge lobsters on them... aha!
We passed on through and then climbed up to the Rail Park. Really done nicely... we were darn chilly though... closer to the water, and the breeze was nippy... but, not as bad as yesterday. The walk was beautiful with lots of interesting artwork along the way. Highly recommend the jaunt through this area. Probably even more pretty in the warm weather!
Had Birthday dinner at The Smith and Nancy Pedot joined us! Fun conversation, great drinks, good food - perfect! And, to top it off, a little birthday cake!
Now, we have not been aware, but Billy Ray Cyrus is staying in this building we are in. Last week, Miley was here while we were here... and dang we missed it all! Jillian saw him tonight as he was coming home from his 8 o'clock show 'Chicago'... he has a limited run there now playing Billy, the lawyer. WooHoo
Okay, so tomorrow, we are bidding the city goodbye and heading home. Thank you, Big Apple! We enjoyed taking a bite out of you this past week!
A very interesting fountain, coming from the ceiling!
and ending up here in the floor!
and ending up here in the floor!
Chelsea Market
These lobster's were HUGE!
These lobster's were HUGE!
Interesting artwork on the wall as we left!
what fun wooden lounges up in the park... some of them, like these, were on roller wheels that ran on the tracks!
This sign was funny... but I know, he's never too busy for anything!
A different view of a parking garage that stacks the cars... this is from above...
A different view of a parking garage that stacks the cars... this is from above...
So, that would be the Empire State Building in the distance
In person, this really looked like a person.... the picture, being one dimensional could encompass that! It was a hoot as you walked along the rail line!
Happy Birthday Celebration.... Thanks to my fam and Nancy P for joining us!
Sounds like you enjoyed a big bite of the Apple---EXCELLENT!! Have made a couple of tasty lunch stops at Chelsey Market & walked along the High Line while still being re-done. Soo glad you've had a great time!
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