Sheila's travels

Memorable Memorial Day

29th May 2006 - Memorial Day
We decided to have a leisurely day today - so a quick lox on rye at Zabar's for breakfast, then took the subway downtown for a short wander around Union Square:


(and some shoe-shopping for me at David Z:

before meeting Rosie's friends Tom and Erin Moore for lunch at the Blue Water Grill. Could have talked for hours, but Tom had to leave to get a 3-hour Yoga Massage to help sort out his back problem - ouch.

The time had come for Fifth Avenue shopping (Rosie is wearing the dress she bought at Filene's):

... so we ran around Macy's, Gap, and a few other stores for a while, then decided to walk north to face the madness at Times Square - here's the Flatiron Building:

and then on up to the Rockefeller Center, the most beautiful Mall in the world. We thought about booking to eat at the Rainbow Room, but the prices were just silly (and I wasn't really dressed for it) - so we decided to do the 'Top of the Rock' trip to get the views from the 70th floor. The elevator has a glass roof, so don't look up if you get travel-sick! I thought it was fabulous. And no queues either ;-) I took stacks of pictures - here are just a couple:

It was starting to get a little misty and we were getting hungry, so we found the Heartland Brewery just near Radio City for real American food - the best ribs I've had in a long time! Rosie had a buffalo burger (all the rage in Nepal last summer apparently) ;-). We began by sitting outside but it started raining - not for long but the waiters were anxious about the thunder and lightning so in we went.

To finish off the day, we went back by subway to Smoke where we were treated to 2 hours of great jazz followed by the best jam session I have ever heard, including spots by Mamiko Taira and the staggeringly good Dan Nimmer ... and so to bed ...

posted by Sheila T @ 3:12 pm