New York—Day 3

Woke up at the Marriot Marquis on Times Square and ran 10 miles in Central Park. It was beautiful—great weather! Ran around the Jackie Onassis reservoir and had a great view of the Manhattan Skyline.




{Note: Click image to see a larger panoramic shot of the reservoir}

Got back and lifted a few weights in the fitness center at the motel.

Took a shower and planned to meet Carl at the Museum of Natural History but jumped on the wrong subway and it took me over 1 hour to meet him. We had about 1 hour by the time I got there because we had to go back and meet Cindi for lunch. Carl and I went to see the mineral exhibit and then the African peoples/animals exhibit.

We jumped on the subway and met Cindi at the motel. Checked out there and then walked to “John’s Shanghai” for some Chinese food.

From there, Carl took us to the Hudson Hotel to drop our bags and then dropped us at Brittany’s hotel (Skyline). We waited for a bit, but then walked back to Times Square to go to TKTS and try and get tickets a show. No luck there—we were trying to get Hairspray or Mama Mia. I could’ve got Spamalot or Young Frankenstein, but the girls did not want to go.

By this time, we were close to the 5:30 performance so we had to jump the subway and get to her performance. We got there—it was a retirement home and about 20 old folks showed up. There was not a lot of area for the kids to perform, but they did pretty well all things considered.

We then went back via cab to Times Square and went to the Hard Rock restaurant there. The music was loud and pretty obnoxious. It would have been nice if the colume was down a bit. Maybe I am just getting old!

Brit and Cindi continued to shop but headed back to the Hudson Hotel due to the early morning schedule. I had a 7 a.m. departure from JFK the following morning.