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When we got back out into it....yowza. Baby, it's cold outside. Feels like 20's. I brought only a light jacket, but I do have headband, gloves and many layers. But still.
Janet and I found our way with help of GPS on her smart phone to the Hotel Edison on 45th street near Times Square. Like the block right next to Times Square. Cool.
Our hotel is old, but the beds are comfy. There are 4 of us in a room that is narrow, but we fit just fine. Me and Janet, Mom and Donna. We are on the 15th floor. Our hotel is on the block next to a fire station, so there are a bunch of sirens quite frequently.
When we got to the hotel and met up with Mom and Janet, we went out to find breakfast because it was still quite early. We went two doors (well, to the corner the other way away from Time Square) down to a deli called "Carve" and had a BIG breakfast. Their pastries are very tempting, but we had omelets and toast, breakfast sandwiches. They we came back to the room to regroup and plant what and where we should go and do while we're here. We went to the visitor's center and bought tickets for the "Hop-on-Hop-off" bus. Janet and I had taken a red-eye, so we were tired and needed a nap. Donna and I visited, Janet and Mom rested and I read through all the pamphlets on things to do and made a "List."
We had an early dinner/late lunch and wandered to 9th Avenue to see how many we'd have to choose from. Very many. All kinds. Mom is having a hard time walking because of her bum hip. We were wanting pizza, actually. We checked on a couple of those places and picked one that had lots of choices. It was good. We had garlic knots, too, and I ate more of those than anyone else. (I carried Tic Tacs with me the rest of the day) We wandered into a souvenir shop, too. It was just so cold that we needed to get back inside after walking around a bit. So cold. But it's fun to visit in the cozy room, too. We stopped at a cookie place to grab some treats on our way back to our room.
Friday night was the big night for our play! "Hello Dolly" with Bette Midler. So good. Shubert Theater. Very old theater, full full house of a very VERY enthusiastic audience. David Hyde Pierce was the other lead and the whole company was excellent. We did have balcony seats that were only three rows from the very tip tip top of the theater. Really cool old place. It opened in 1913. The actors covered a microphone glitch toward the end very well. And there was an "after the show" plea for money and donations for "Broadway Cares," which included a brief auction. It was really entertaining.
The three of us walked through Times Square on the way back, took some photos. Froze our fannies off and headed back to our room to find Mom sound asleep and cozy in her jammies.
It was an old hotel. The tub was old, had been refinished a time or two, perhaps. Kind of ugly, but I only showered there.
View from the toilet.
Above the toilet. Tissue dispenser has a rasor blade disposal slot. I wonder how many people look at that little thing and have no clue what it is. Did you?
The tile was very familiar. I do believe Mike used quite a few of those same deco tiles.
Later in the day, this area behind the glass shield would be filled with pizzas, beautiful ones, and very frsh. We were warching them get started while we ate.
Relaxing in our roomon Friday morning.
Hello Dolly at the Theatre.
The view from our building/room window. Below me is 47th street, I believe. Avenue? I have forgotten already. (Updating with photos on Dec 13, so it's been a minute)
Mom teying to take a photo with a phone. Us old folks are funny trying tomuse those new-fangles techno gadgets.
Pizza, New York Style!
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