My mom and I went into the city yesterday. We had a wonderful time. The weather was sunny as we left the Port Authority.
Across the street, the new NY Times building.
We walked a few blocks to Times Square and got on the 1 train bound for Christopher Street.
Our destination was the IFC film center in Greenwich Village to see Trouble the Water, this incredible film about Hurricane Katrina by this family that bought a video camera the day before the storm and didn’t have the means to get out of the city.
After we got out of the movie, we walked up Avenue of the Americas looking for a cute place to have lunch. This was a branch of the NY Public Library.
We happened upon a cute French restaurant where we had sandwiches, coffee, and crème brûlée.
After we finished lunch, we continued walking up 6th Avenue, stopping at street vendors and shops.
This was that all wholesale florist store that had all sorts of cool stuff for my mom’s classroom.
All through our walk, we saw the Empire State Building through the avenues.
The architecture is just amazing.
I loved this building.
We began to approach the Times Square area, and had to take some touristy pictures.
My new MySpace pic:
We went into the Times Square shops and found some pretty cool stuff:
I got a NYC subway sign and a shirt with all the stops (I <3 mass transit systems, if you don't know).
I also took some videos of the area:
Here’s us in the subway:
After we’d shopped adequately, we shuffled on home:
A wonderful day in NYC. Too bad I leave in the wee hours Sunday morning.
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