Thursday, October 22, 2009

An illustrated journey through (select) New York sites

Of all the wondrous and unique diversions in New York (Chinatown? Broadway? Harlem?), Andrew chose to tour... an aircraft carrier museum permanently docked in the New York harbor.

We saved money by staying in a small room. Here Andrew demonstrates that he can touch three wall at once, while I stand in the four square feet of space at the end of the bed. There wasn't enough room for both of us to stand up at the same time in the room.
This door panel from the Metropolitan Art Museum represents Science. I was quite taken with such a stunning and, above all, female representation of my chosen field.
On our first day we walked the Brooklyn bridge. Cheap and fun entertainment.
We had pleasant enough food, but nothing remarkable. This was my fault, because I didn't have enough time to do research before we left. I did get to participate in one new food trend - frozen yogurt. (Cupcakes are soooo out.) The new frozen yogurt is not like the stuff you and I remember from the 90's; it's full-fat, quite tart, and the toppings include really perfect fruit and dark chocolate. I'd recommend it.

5 comments:

Gill - UK said...

What a small room! Andrew didn't even need to stretch his arms to connect with the walls. But if it was clean - and it looked clean - it allowed you to spend more on visiting the sites. It might have been more luxurious in a pent house suite, but I imagine they are much the same wherever you visit.
More photographs please.

stef said...

That room is hilarious. But a great deal if all you plan on doing is sleeping in it. Was it pinkberry yogurt?

Anonymous said...

Sted, it was red mango, but it was definitely the same kind of thing as pinkberry. Have you tried it?

Dad said...

Now that you have mastered the NY small room, you can move on to Tokyo.

And looking at the neck and shoulders of Ms. Science, I'd say she had a sex change operation.

Anonymous said...

Where was your room located? Were you in Manhattan? Looks like a great time! Stacey