On Friday morning, my grandparents and parents flew up to the Big Apple to visit me. This was the first time that my grandparents, who have visited all 50 US states, had ever been to NY City. I picked them up at JFK and brought them over to a hotel near my apartment. Actually, the hotel is really just a house in a residential area which has converted its rooms into hotel rooms. On Friday, we visited Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park, the American Stock Exchange, the site of the World Trade Center 9/11 attack...
...Trinity Church and its cemetery with the graves of Robert Fulton & Alexander Hamilton (of VP Aaron Burr duel fame), Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange, and Federal Hall, the first US capitol where Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789. Federal Hall contains the stone Washington stood and the Bible he put his hand on during the ceremony. On Saturday, we saw St. Patrick's Cathedral, 5th Avenue shopping district, Rockefeller Plaza, the NBC tour with a view of the studios where Dateline NBC, Nightly News with Brian Williams, and Saturday Night Live are filmed. For a few minutes, we actually got to see the SNL crew rehearse the show that aired tonight. 
After leaving NBC, we ate Thai food at Bangkok House on Restaurant Row (46th St), and then visited Yankee Stadium and Times Square. I don't have a car here, so we've ridden a bus and lots of subways - the 3, B, D, E, M, Q, R - and done lots of walking! I've been working them pretty hard. My grandparents, are after all 82 and 79 years old! But they are holding up pretty well, depsite all the stairs in the subways that they aren't used to climbing. They'll be here until Tuesday -- so we'll have more to see!
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Brooklyn Hillbillies!
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3 comments:
wow, you've got so many visitors to your new home in NY;-)--Must be exciting,huh?!
You also got to see the crew rehearsals in the NBC--sounds fun;-) Mr. Green looks like a broadcaster sitting in front of the desk;-) Saw you wear your cotton coat in the photo--has it already become very cold in NY?
You were too bad to make your grandparents climb so many stairs, but I really admire their energy;-) I would be satisfied if I could be only half like them when I was in my eighties;-)
It sounds like NY city has a lot of things to see;-) Hope you and your family have a great time together;-)
Happy Halloween!! I guess you can celebrate it together--must be more fun;-) Trick or Treat?
Bonjour! Wow it seems that you really did a lot! can't imagine doing so much in one's eighty's. Your grandparents are two tough senior citizens! We should give them a thumb-up. And one to you too. It's a big responsibilty to take all four of them around NY city I guess. Anyway, I am really happy for you guys.How nice it is to have a family trip in NY in this beautiful season.Have a good time!
Are you ready to get more visitors? I want to see Big Apple.
Happy Halloween! It's great to have family around.
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