Sunday, June 18, 2006
An anniversary in New York
I was being sent on a business trip over my 2nd year anniversary... not good. But to make up for it, we decided to fly down to New York city the weekend prior. I've always enjoyed NYC ever
since my first visit with Phil when we were 14. That was pre-gentrification of much of Manhattan so it was a bit rougher around the edges back then... but still there is something special about that city.
Janet and I stayed in Midtown East at the recently rennovated Grand Hyatt at the impressive Grand Central station and right next to the beautiful art deco Chrysler building.
We met up with Joanne, our resident culinary expert in town, at an excellent lunch location on 18th St, the Petite Abeille [map]. After a very good soup and sandwich, we walked through the now hip Chelsea area and enjoyed some of the quirky shops.
By Joanne's recommendation, Janet and I enjoyed a wonderful anniversary dinner at L'impero [map]. This restaurant is a bit of a hidden gem tucked on a small road above 42nd St just west of the United Nations.
Back in 2002, I had made a trip to NYC with some friends and one of the few disappointments was missing a trip inside the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as it had been temporarily relocated to Queens while the building was being rennovated. So this time, Janet and I arrived at the MoMa at the moment it opened at 10:30am and enjoyed the sights and textures of the collection. The building itself is bright and warm, and allows visitors to easily flow from one exhibit to another. It is an impressive collection from Monets to Picasso, to examples of everyday industrial design from iPods to Vespas. We literally flew through the museum taking only about 2 hours to fly through much of the 630,000 square-feet.
After a quick ride south on the 6 train, we met with Joanne at Danal [map] where I had some pretty fantastic croissant french toast and coffee. For the rest of the afternoon, we simply took in the various neighbourhoods by foot walking to Union Square and down into SoHo for some window shopping. We met up with my friend Bomina who took us through Chinatown and Little Italy and eventually down to the Brooklyn Bridge.
For the evening we decided to head over to the Rockefeller Center observation deck and had a quick (and average) meal at Sushi Zen.
Sunday was a quick morning of sightseeing and enjoying the insides of Grand Central Station and the iconic Chyrsler Building.
since my first visit with Phil when we were 14. That was pre-gentrification of much of Manhattan so it was a bit rougher around the edges back then... but still there is something special about that city.Janet and I stayed in Midtown East at the recently rennovated Grand Hyatt at the impressive Grand Central station and right next to the beautiful art deco Chrysler building.
We met up with Joanne, our resident culinary expert in town, at an excellent lunch location on 18th St, the Petite Abeille [map]. After a very good soup and sandwich, we walked through the now hip Chelsea area and enjoyed some of the quirky shops.
By Joanne's recommendation, Janet and I enjoyed a wonderful anniversary dinner at L'impero [map]. This restaurant is a bit of a hidden gem tucked on a small road above 42nd St just west of the United Nations.
Back in 2002, I had made a trip to NYC with some friends and one of the few disappointments was missing a trip inside the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as it had been temporarily relocated to Queens while the building was being rennovated. So this time, Janet and I arrived at the MoMa at the moment it opened at 10:30am and enjoyed the sights and textures of the collection. The building itself is bright and warm, and allows visitors to easily flow from one exhibit to another. It is an impressive collection from Monets to Picasso, to examples of everyday industrial design from iPods to Vespas. We literally flew through the museum taking only about 2 hours to fly through much of the 630,000 square-feet.After a quick ride south on the 6 train, we met with Joanne at Danal [map] where I had some pretty fantastic croissant french toast and coffee. For the rest of the afternoon, we simply took in the various neighbourhoods by foot walking to Union Square and down into SoHo for some window shopping. We met up with my friend Bomina who took us through Chinatown and Little Italy and eventually down to the Brooklyn Bridge.
For the evening we decided to head over to the Rockefeller Center observation deck and had a quick (and average) meal at Sushi Zen.
Sunday was a quick morning of sightseeing and enjoying the insides of Grand Central Station and the iconic Chyrsler Building.
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