Weekend update: New York

Rather than taking forever to record every detail of our New York trip (or waiting for Thom to write it up, which he has conveniently done in the past), I’m just going to go quickly over the highlights in bullet outline format:

Saturday:

• lunch with Tina and RK at Havana NY (27 W. 38 St., between 5th and 6th Aves.); photo here by RK
• The Noguchi Museum and Socrates Sculpture Park
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Imperial Theatre)
• drinks at Barrage with Jon, JP, Jeff, Matt, and Mike

Sunday:

• brunch at Cafe Europa (205 W. 57 St. at 7th Ave., catty-corner from Carnegie Hall)
• Museum of Modern Art (see also yesterday’s entry)
• The Gates
• dinner at Thalia (828 8th Ave. at 50th St.)

One more thing: since we had made our plans at the last minute, it was slim pickings for accomodations in Manhattan. Thom found us a Comfort Inn in Long Island City, which turned out to be a good deal; while not in a fabulous neighborhood, it’s sort of new and reasonably priced, located one block from the Queensboro Plaza subway station, and closer to some cultural sites in Queens that we might not have visited otherwise.

I’ll be uploading more of my photos soon. All in all, a fabulous weekend. Next time, though, I’ll be sure to wear more comfortable shoes. Ouch.