We got up and grabbed something to eat at a local cafe. One thing that we learned in the city on a couple of different occasions is that they don't know what salsa is. I had ordered an omelet and asked them if I could get some salsa. The girl said, "Salsa? What's that?" I turned to the other girl and said, "Do you have salsa?" She said that they only have hot sauce and ketchup. The next morning when we were at breakfast, Harmon asked the waiter if he could get some salsa. The waiter said, "What's salsa?" Harmon said, "Never mind." Strange. Or maybe we are the strange ones... Anyway, the day before when we went to the Empire State Building, some people on the way down showed us these pictures that they had bought at the gift shop. Harmon loved them and really wanted some. We decided to walk back to the Empire State Building and pick some up. It wasn't so easy. After proving to the manager with our digital camera that we had been there the night before, he let Harmon go back up to the gift shop and buy them. We took a taxi back to Ashley's place, but this time as he pulled up, I thought to myself, "Wow. Ashley lives in a nice residential area." It's amazing how spending a day in the city changed my perspective. We decided to head toward Rockefeller Center and 5th Avenue. We got a little sidetracked by Central Park.
This place that is a tribute to John Lenon is right by Ashley's house. She says that every day someone comes and places flowers like this around it. Funny. I couldn't resist taking a picture.
We decided to rent some bikes (on Sunny's recommendation) and ride around Central Park. We loved it and would suggest it to anyone visiting. It was a great way to get a feel for the size of the park and see all that it has to offer.
Ashley with her mad photography skills was able to get some photos while riding her bike...
After our lovely ride through Central Park, we were starving and decided to make our way to Rockefller Center and grab something to eat. We stopped at a couple of places but nothing looked great. Harmon was starting to get grumpy (he gets that way when he is hungry), so we said the next place we came to we would eat at no matter what. That place happened to be Carnegie Deli. We were seated at a table and took a look at the menu, only to discover that a sandwich was $24 and you had to pay $4 if you wanted to split a sandwich! Harmon was committed though. We asked the server what she recommended and then asked her how the beef brisket sandwich was. She said, "Good. If you like beef." We couldn't help but laugh - we didn't really understand her comment. We decided that three of us would split the beef brisket and the rueben. A few minutes later we got our beef brisket sandwich, which consisted of two very small, thin pieces of bread and a whole cow! There was not one condiment on the sandwich. So, that's what she meant by "Good. If you like beef." The rueben was about the same. The three of us couldn't finish the sandwiches and I don't think I've ever laughed so hard over lunch. We did, however, finish off lunch with "the best cheesecake EVER!" We took the subway back to Ashley's - which was Harmon's first subway experience. He was pretty impressed.
Harmon and I took the train (all by ourselves and didn't get lost) to go to the Yankees game at their new stadium. We had a great time and really enjoyed it. Even though we are not Yankee fans, we were glad we went.
We had great seats. This was our view...
We took the subway back and stopped at Magnolia's Bakery by Ashley's house for some yummy dessert. It's a good thing you do so much walking so you don't feel guilty about eating. It was another great day.
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