Last of the NYC Pics

The day we arrived, Gretchen and I ate lunch at a little restaurant across the street from our hotel. The waitress brought this for us while we were waiting for our meals to arrive. I thought it was sour cream for dipping the pickles but Gretchen tasted it before we left and it was mayo. Someone told me later it was to put on our sandwiches. My BLT could have used it - who knew?

What's up with the armed guards outside St. Patrick's Cathedral?

St. Patrick's Cathedral. New York does have some amazing architecture. I spent most of our 4 days there looking skyward like some slack-jawed yokel who had never seen anything taller than a 2 story office building.

You know I had to take a picture of this for my boy! The store was under construction or I possibly would have bought him something, feeling as generous as I was. (Until I saw the prices, more likely. I think A & F is ridiculously overpriced so I can only image what NY prices would be!) He had to settle for a New York skyline shotglass for his collection. His collection now totals 2. Last summer he wanted to buy one on the ferry that took us from NY to Vermont. Naturally, I assumed this meant he was on a slippery slope to becoming an alcoholic. He's not.

This is the giant keyboard at FAO Schwartz, like in the movie Big. Gretchen bought the softest kitty imaginable. She pretended it was her Ana, sleeping with her at night. She even let me borrow the kitty for moments at a time, which made me all the more homesick for Venus and Verona.

These are paper lanterns hung in the trees at Tavern on the Green, which we saw when walking through Central Park.

These are glass globes, covered with little lights, also at Tavern on the Green. To see these lit would almost be worth being in Central Park at night. Almost.