New York - Day 5
After the late night, we slept in until almost noon. Matt was a trooper and actually got up first with Ange lagging the most. We started off our day with the Empire State Building. Matt and I paid extra to go up to the 102nd floor. Hardly anyone does it, so it was nice. It's enclosed up there, so it was warm and there was no pressure to move so you got to stare out and really take in the city. Angela stayed on the 86th floor. She also got a baby surprise on the elevator ride up to the observation level. She had been playing with the baby in front of us while in line and once we got into the elevator, he decided to lunge for her. She held him the rest of the way up and partway down the hall until she was able to give him back to his mom.
We also did the New York Skyride, which made me feel like we were back at Universal Studios. It was a little bit like the Star Wars ride at Disneyland in that you sat in a car and flew over NY while Kevin Bacon told you what the buildings were. Very odd and totally wouldn't have done it if it wasn't included in our NY Pass.
We couldn't find a White Castle for Matt, so we ended up hoping on the Metro and going to Grand Central Station. We grabbed some Mexican at the Food Court and it was probably the worst meal we have in NY. Even it wasn't bad; I was just spoiled by that point.
I'm a little unclear about the timeline for the next few events but we went back to Dylan's for more ice cream, picked up our free gift at Bloomingdale's (keychain, woo), and went to the Guggenheim museum (half of it was closed to put in a Frank Lloyd Write exhibit). We also did Rockefeller Center, the Nintendo Store (where Matt geeked our for a bit), hit a Greek food cart called Kwik Meal where I had a super yummy lamb gyro, which we ate in Bryant Park. From there we walked past the set up for "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" on our way to the other side of the block where the NY Public Library is located. We got there just as they were kicking everyone out so we didn't get to go in but I did take a few pictures of the outside.
After that it was back on the Subway to go eat at Katz's Delicatessen, which was a Jewish Deli. It's kind of a crazy place. You get a ticket as you walk in the door and that's your running tab. Everytime you go to the counter to get more food they change the total on the back and then you pay as you leave. I had some yummy potato pancakes and a slice of cheesecake.
Unfortunately, we had to call it an early night so we could go back to the apartment and pack. Angela and I also watched "Chuck". Chuck and Sarah finally got to make out! Man, I hope that show gets picked up for a third season. I'm going to be soo sad if it doesn't.