We had a lazy morning again, which goes against all of my German genes. However, Rob has taught me the art of taking it easy, and I have to admit that we have accomplished a lot. And, I haven't ended up in the hospital like I did last time!!!
After lunch, we took the subway to Rockefeller Center. We showed the girl the gold statue outside, and the spot where the Christmas Tree is. Our destination today was to meet up with Cathy's friend, Kevin, who is the video producer for MSNBC's website. Kevin was going to give us a tour.
Rob and I did the official tour on our honeymoon. We saw some of the same things this time,but it was nice to see them privately, and with the kids! Kevin took us to the Saturday Night Live set, to the MSNBC news desk, and my favorite - the NBC nightly news desk, where Brian Williams hosts the news every night. That's the one that I have TIVOed. There was no one in his studio except the cameraman, who took a shine to the girls. Cathy and I grew up in tv studios with my dad's career, but the girls had not been in a studio. They enjoyed the teleprompter, and the cameraman played with them and pretended that he was shooting footage of them.
We weren't supposed to take pictures in there, but the cameraman let us anyway. Each of the girls got to sit at Brian Williams' desk, so I took pictures of them.
After that tour, we took the girls to the American Girl store again. They had some spending money left, and I had also promised them that they could pick an outfit that matched their dolls. They spent a lot of time figuring out how to spend their money most wisely, and which outfit to pick. In the end, they each chose pajamas that match their dolls. It fit their personalities, too. Claire chose old-fashioned pajamas with lace trim and light blue ribbons. Gina chose a groovy purple pajama set from the doll from the 1970s.
Then, we were hungry! We found our way to the Blue Flowers deli, which was a place that Rob and I discovered on our honeymoon. It was so good and so inexpensive. All of us ate for $30, which included two smoothies!
Next, we decided to try Shake Shack in Madison Park. We had never been to that part of town before, but we were having fun exploring. We walked from 50th to 23rd! Mary Teresa kept up VERY well. This is the kid that likes to go running with Rob.
Danny Boome had recommended Shake Shack, and said that they were the best burgers in town. And, hey, if a guy with his own cooking show says it's good, it must be good!
And, he was right. The burgers reminded us of In 'n' Out, a California burger chain which we LOVE. I also had a dark chocolate shake, which was lovely. We enjoyed this little park, and the chance to sit down.
Across from the park was the Flatiron building. It is a triangular building which is six feet wide at its most narrow point. Because of its shape, it looks two dimensional from certain angles. It was very cool!
On the same block was a Home Depot. We needed to stop in so that Rob could pick up parts to fix Cathy and Brennan's toilet and dishwasher. This was a three story Home Depot. We really enjoyed the tile section - it had way more choice than we'd ever seen. Rob and I were particularly drooling over some stainless steel subway tiles that would look great as a blacksplash in a kitchen.....
Finally, we made our way towards the St. Padro Pio shrine, which Rob really wanted to visit. On our way, we ran in to a shrine to St. Anthony de Padua. We stopped and prayed there. He is one of the patrons of our business since he is the patron saint of San Antonio.
The St. Padre Pio shrine turned out to be closed for the day, though. So, we decided that we just need to come back.
And that sums up the trip. We did so much, had such great experiences, but even in ten days, we couldn't see it all. I guess we will just need to plan a return trip.
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