New York, New York...It's a Wonderful Town

It was a very short trip, but it was still traveling!

Susan and I flew to New York after we finished 

Bible Study Fellowship last Wednesday.

Feelin' the love!

We took a taxi from LaGuardia to our hotel.

The Arthouse at 77th and Broadway

It was a gorgeous day in NYC

Photo Cred: Susannah McCaskill

One of the advantages of our hotel was that it was connected

to a lovely Italian restaurant, Serafina.

We conveniently ate at Serafina both nights I was there!

Susannah and Nick joined us the first night, and 

Madeline the second!

We neglected to take many pics (out of practice) but

here I am with Susannah and Nick walking across the

street after dinner to get cream puffs for dessert.

Bummer...they were closed.

So Susannah walked to Insomnia Cookies and got us

this "warm" deliciousness!

Here we are...Nick had to go home and work!

Lovely areas to sit and visit and eat cookies in the hotel!

Thursday morning and we're walking in New York!

We walked to a very special restaurant, Sarabeth's.

I am so cool when I'm with this group!!!

And I got to see my Madeline! 

The lights of my life. 

That's Maddie on the left and Susie on the right.

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We got the perfect window table!

Okay, here goes. Maddie taught me a new phrase--

very appropoś for me:

"The camera eats first!" 

Madeline's avacado toast

Susannah's popovers and the best orange juice ever

Susan's and my crab benedict

Now Susannah had to leave us. She had to go work!

It was pouring rain so

we jumped in an Uber and headed for the 

Museum of Natural History.

I had never been and unbelievable to Susan had never

 seen "Night at the Museum," which was filmed there.

Now I have! I watched the movie last night!

Here we three are with Dum-Dum!

For Sarah Lynn Festger, who loves giraffes

Elephants are truly gigantic

Teddy was so good in the movie!

I was pretty proud of this shot. I got the whole thing!

Dinner at Serafina again with Maddie

Our profiteroles for dessert!

And then it was Friday. Highlight of the day? 

Seeing Susannah's and Nick's new apartment.

It is so New York, right across the street from Central Park.

They have it decorated so appealingly and attractively!

Lots of beautiful wedding gifts displayed and used!

This is her total counter space! What a memory this will be.

They do absolutely great with their space and LOVE it.

And each other. They so obviously love each other!

Nick was there working!

We had to be kinda quiet, not so easy for us!

We walked a short distance to a food stand. They all got 

breakfast croissants. I got the world's biggest doughnut!

We walked across to Central Park!

This is the bridge leading to the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Reservoir. If you enlarge it you can see a man under the

bridge playing a musical instrument. There is often a band

playing there because of the excellent acoustics.

Again, if you enlarge there are beautiful flowers there.

The girls and the city from Central Park West!

This empty church is right next to Sus and Nick's apartment.

The back windows of their bedroom look on stained glass

windows in the church. Pretty cool.

This is a shared patio area. Pictures taken from the street.

Time for me to catch a flight home.

LaGuardia was deserted.

And my flight was at 4:30 in the afternoon!

A lot of steps for me!

A lot of miles!

I'll tell you more about what's happening with my 

New York girls soon.

It's complicated, and I'm out of practice with this blogging.

Too bad my Fitbit doesn't show how long it's taken me

to get all these pics from my little 3 day trip on here!