More Manhattan

My stay in NYC has come to an end which is going to be a blessing for my pocketbook and waistline but is a shame as the city is a very fun and exciting place to be. Over the Easter weekend, Bron had some time off work so I had a private tour guide for a few days.

Friday we were good little girls and went to a Methodist service which I found almost theatrical with it's mood pipe organ and cross-carrying re-enactments. The weather was wonderful so we spent plenty of time walking the streets and enjoying the start of spring. Saturday we went to the top of the Rockefeller Building where there are great views of Central Park to the north and the Empire State to the south. The afternoon was again spent taking in some sunshine on a friend's rooftop followed by a cultural evening when Bron went to see La Traviata at the opera house and I went with another girl to see a friend of hers in a play. This guy is studying Latin at Columbia University and the Latin department had teamed up with the Drama department to perform a Roman play that had been translated into a current day Brooklyn redlight district setting and also set to music. The highlight was a rap in latin performed by hookers and pimps. After the theater we met up with Bron and Andrew (who I stayed with in DC) and his brother, Luke for some NY bar action and didn't make it to bed until 4am. Sunday started with a trip to a Catholic service which left me feeling fairly unchristian as the crowds were huge and sacreligious. When I went up to get communion some cheeky bastard stole my seat - may lightning strike him down! Good humour soon returned with a big Easter afternoon brunch with 20 of Bron's friends followed by a nanna nap and then dinner at Pete's Tavern (the place Miranda and Steve get engaged over a beer in Sex and the City). Monday, after breakfast at Balthazar, we were back to being real tourists and went to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Lady Liberty is big and green and I have to say a bit pudgy but she gets a magnificent veiw of Manhattan. Ellis Island is a deserted immigration processing area that has been turned into a very interesting museum. If you have rellies who emigrated to the USA, chances are they passed through Ellis Island. Monday night dinner was possibly the world's best pork buns at Bron's local asian joint.

On Tuesday morning I packed my bags, folded up the couch and headed back to DC where the weather is warmer and the spring in full swing. I did a vehicle change and continued on to Wilmington, North Carolina where new adventures await.