Day 4

So, I have to back up to the way Day 3 turned out. After Rick, Deb and Ashley arrived we walked 4 blocks over to my friend Debbie's house to give her some keys she had left at the apartment. They have a beautiful Brownstone which they have owned and renovated in the last 10 years. It is one of the last single family brownstones in the city. We ended up giving our family a tour of the home, drinking wine and ordering kosher pizza from up the block. What a great evening talking with people who have lived here for so long. They told us about how 9/11 affected them and it was like reliving it ourselves.
Day 4 was another busy (walking) day. We spent many hours exploring Central Park, brunch at the Boathouse, more exploring and then off to 5th Ave. After having fun window shopping in many high end stores we walked down to Rockefeller Center. We then made it our mission to find a famous cupcake bakery called Crumbs, which turned out to being just north of Times Square. Lunch at the Stage Deli was made more fun with a wonderfully grouchy waitress, who wasn't a day younger than 75. We then traveled north to see Carnegie Hall. I hit the Gap and Rose Shoes while the guys were trying to figure out why there were police in full riot gear in front of the Russian Tea Room. They were told it was a show of force for the holiday weekend.
My brother and Jeanne came in from the Island and we took a cabride over to 61st and Third to a fabulous old world Italian restaurant called Isle of Capri. Thought we were back in time in Italy, and the food was marvelous. We needed to walked off our heavy meal so we started exploring the East side. We were amazed that there was a Home Depot in the middle of the city. We then jumped on the subway to go see Times Square and left Beefy and Jeaane as they went to Penn Station to head back to the Island. The night ended with a couple of icecream cones and a walk home. Til tomorrow!!