New York City Day 2: If You Only Have 1 Day in NYC This Is The Way To Spend It
During this brief trip I happened upon a quote from Jennifer Cox, whom was once the head P.R. and spokeswoman for Lonely Planet, "The experience of being in New York City is like stroking a man-eating tiger: as much as it
scares the bejesus out of you, for those moments it allows you to touch it, you
know you are blessed and immortal." While it no longer scares me (on the contrary it scares me to leave it), I could not agree with her assessment more. I feel the exact same way while I am traversing through the streets. There are definitely things about it that can overwhelm me, but in the end I always feel like the luckiest woman alive when I am there.
We started our morning with brunch in a café on the Upper East Side and then took a train to Central Park. There was a storm headed in our direction, thus what should have been a very hot day, was actually a quite pleasant one due to the breeze.
Me and my brother about to enter the park.
There was not anything in particular that we wanted to see while in the park, rather we just wanted to see where the wind would take us. And man did it take us far, we must have walked about 5 miles!
My Dad and I taking a pause from our wandering. This was taken right in front of the zoo.
After we exited the park we decided to catch an afternoon movie in Times Square. This required another long walk, but walking is the best way to truly experience the City anyway. We chose 5th Avenue as the street that would lead us to our destination.
Me and a beautiful statue on 5th Avenue.
It was really important to my brother that he treat us to a nice dinner. My Dad and I used to make father-daughter trips to the City when I was a little girl and one of the restaurant's that we would always frequent was Smith & Wollensky. I knew we would each enjoy a delicious meal there, so I suggested it and that is where we ended up agreeing upon. All I can say is y-u-m-m-y!
Then it was time to get ourselves to Yankee Stadium for the final game of the series. We were so excited at the possibility of a sweep. In baseball talk that means winning every game in the series.
My Dad, me, and my brother before the start of the last game.
I like this shot of the Yankee Stadium sign.
The game started and the 60,000 fans were going wild in anticipation. I did not think it would be possible to have better seats than the previous game, but we did (thanks yet again Dad!). Take a look at the following photos. They were taken without using my zoom!
Go Jeter!!!
My brother's favorite player, A-Rod. Yes, Kate Hudson was at the game!
The entire game the Yankee's were winning and in the 7th inning a Red Sox player scored 2 runs to take the lead. Yankee fans are optimists though and we never doubted that they would somehow pull off a win.
A pensive A-rod after the Red Sox took the lead.
In the 8th inning 2 Yankee's players hit back-to-back home runs and again thy were in the lead. They even scored a couple of more runs on top of that to win the game comfortably.
The Yankee team celebrating the sweep.
As we headed back to the hotel, I felt a sadness began to creep inside me. Tomorrow I would be returning to Charlotte and leaving my heart here again. But, I was comforted by the fact that at least I have one place in this gigantic world that really feels like "home." And apparently I am not the only person head over heels in love with the City. Check out this movie that will be coming out soon. You know I will be 1st in line at the ticket counter on opening night!
What about you, what city most feels like "home?" By the way, the rematch between the Yankee's and the Red Sox in Boston is this weekend. Do you think it would be too much to ask that the Yankee's sweep the Red Sox on their turf now??
We started our morning with brunch in a café on the Upper East Side and then took a train to Central Park. There was a storm headed in our direction, thus what should have been a very hot day, was actually a quite pleasant one due to the breeze.
Me and my brother about to enter the park.
There was not anything in particular that we wanted to see while in the park, rather we just wanted to see where the wind would take us. And man did it take us far, we must have walked about 5 miles!
My Dad and I taking a pause from our wandering. This was taken right in front of the zoo.
After we exited the park we decided to catch an afternoon movie in Times Square. This required another long walk, but walking is the best way to truly experience the City anyway. We chose 5th Avenue as the street that would lead us to our destination.
Me and a beautiful statue on 5th Avenue.
It was really important to my brother that he treat us to a nice dinner. My Dad and I used to make father-daughter trips to the City when I was a little girl and one of the restaurant's that we would always frequent was Smith & Wollensky. I knew we would each enjoy a delicious meal there, so I suggested it and that is where we ended up agreeing upon. All I can say is y-u-m-m-y!
Then it was time to get ourselves to Yankee Stadium for the final game of the series. We were so excited at the possibility of a sweep. In baseball talk that means winning every game in the series.
The game started and the 60,000 fans were going wild in anticipation. I did not think it would be possible to have better seats than the previous game, but we did (thanks yet again Dad!). Take a look at the following photos. They were taken without using my zoom!
The entire game the Yankee's were winning and in the 7th inning a Red Sox player scored 2 runs to take the lead. Yankee fans are optimists though and we never doubted that they would somehow pull off a win.
In the 8th inning 2 Yankee's players hit back-to-back home runs and again thy were in the lead. They even scored a couple of more runs on top of that to win the game comfortably.
The Yankee team celebrating the sweep.
As we headed back to the hotel, I felt a sadness began to creep inside me. Tomorrow I would be returning to Charlotte and leaving my heart here again. But, I was comforted by the fact that at least I have one place in this gigantic world that really feels like "home." And apparently I am not the only person head over heels in love with the City. Check out this movie that will be coming out soon. You know I will be 1st in line at the ticket counter on opening night!
What about you, what city most feels like "home?" By the way, the rematch between the Yankee's and the Red Sox in Boston is this weekend. Do you think it would be too much to ask that the Yankee's sweep the Red Sox on their turf now??
I love New York, but not the Yankees
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