Chillin’ in NYC – Day 4

This morning I was on my own for awhile – what with it being a workday and all. I didn’t end up planning well, though, since the Met is apparently closed on Monday. Instead, I explored, and ended up doing a fair bit of walking. I grabbed a cupcake at the famous Magnolia Bakery – thank you SNL! – and then wandered through a bit of Central Park. It’s gigantic though, and I barely scratched the surface.

Once on the east side of the park, I started walking down 5th Avenue. I was tempted to walk through the zoo, but didn’t really feel like paying admission. Perhaps another time. Continuing down, I found the Plaza Hotel, where Mariah Carey was apparently shooting a music video, and a crowd of people was standing around trying to catch a glimpse of her. How terribly exciting. I kept going, and made it down to Saks Fifth Avenue and the Rockefeller Center. Saw the space where the skating rink goes, and stared up at the giant tower.

I continued over to the United Nations. I meant to go on a tour, but the next one was almost 2 hours later, and by that point I was kind of tired and dehydrated, so I did what little exploring I could do on my own, and headed back to my friends to relax for a little ’til she was done with work.

When she returned, we decided to take the Staten Island Ferry to get a closer view of the Statue of Liberty and to grab some Italian. In front of the ferry terminal there was a little breakdancing performance.

Once the performance was over, we did get onto the ferry, and I got my first close(r)-up look at the statue:

We enjoyed our dinner (and garlic bread!) at the local vegan-friendly, gluten-free friendly, corn-free friendly, option-friendly Italian place, grabbed the ferry back and called it a night. Good times.