Made for walkin'

Our trip up and down New York City today was on food and by subway; we traversed a pretty large section of this island.

We're staying at a nifty place on the Upper East Side called Stay the Night which is sort of like a bed and breakfast, but not at all since we don't see anyone. It's more like a non-hosted hotel, which means it costs a whole lot less than staying anywhere else on Manhattan. Plus it's awesome. If you're the New York-o-phile, you may want to avert your eyes from this picture of our awesome deck. (That's right--a full deck looking over a private courtyard.)



From our cool place we traveled very far south and set out from Union Square on foot. We covered Greenwich Village, the Meat Packing District, the cusp of SoHo, and Little Italy ... before jumping back on the subway and shooting back home in the afternoon.

We cleaned up (needed after sweating through the day) and aimed for Midtown. The Top of the Rock beckoned. Last time we summited the Empire State Building. This time it was Rockefeller Center and it was a sight.

Here's the South view.



And the North.



As dusk came, things started to get kinda hazy up top, as you can see. (Since we hadn't planned on going up to the top today, I didn't have my new digital camera with me. The pics above are from the iPhone's camera if you can believe it.)

After that, we walked to Times Square and had a drink before venturing in to "Spring Awakening," the 2007 Tony winner for Best Musical. I'll review that later in a separate post, but we had a good time at the show.

Afterward we dined on sushi and sake at Ruby Foo's, a place Aaron and Erin suggested we go. Our dining was actually quite good today. Lunch in the Meat Packing District at Florent; cupcakes from the Magnolia Bakery; gelato and tartufo at Ferrara in Little Italy; soup and sandwiches from a small take-out store in Rockefeller Center.

We're hitting up a fair number of museums tomorrow. We've also canceled our trip to Atlantic City and will instead be staying in Midtown for the last night. It didn't take too long hanging out here to realize that we could stay an extra two days if we switched our hotel for the last night from Atlantic City to New York. So we did, for just $30, and will be in NYC all day Monday and most of Tuesday before the return flight.

Looking forward to it!

Late night here ... nearly two. A review of Spring Awakening will be forthcoming.