Sunday morning, we woke up and headed over to the TKTS booth
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171938
where the statue of George M. Cohan
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171939
inspired Red forgot his last name to tell us that he was the most famous scalper, written up in the Washington Post, and that we would be lucky to get tickets to anything but Proof -- which was the show we wanted.
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171940
While we waited in line, New York's finest came by to pick up garbage
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171941
in front of Times Square
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171942
while we caught this philosophy from Rob Lowe
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171943
and watched the umbrella room man
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171944
head to work. The Coca Cola sign
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171945
stood guard as did Father Duffy
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171946
and the McDonald's
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171947
promised veggie burgers but we didn't check them out.
Once we had the tickets, we walked past the Allen Iverson shirt
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171948
to Gustavino's, the lunch restaurant
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171949
where they greeted us with these rolls
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171950
as we pondered the menu.
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171951
Suzanne seemed happy
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171952
especially once her Bloody Mary
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171953
arrived to the amusement of the waitress
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171954
who had never thought that someone might want to take pictures of the smoked salmon with caviar sandwich
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171955
and French toast
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171956
that she brought us. The coffee
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171957
tasted good from the silver serving piece
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171958
and creamer.
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171959
We passed on dessert
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171960
but I did want to record the trough in the men's room
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171961
which is fairly unique in my life. We recorded the 59th
Street Bridge
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171962
which made us feel groovy and marched on. On the way back across town, we saw the church with the Irish flag (what could be more appropriate on March 17)
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171963
and this man
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171964
who proposed to save us. Down the street was the marquee for the play
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171965
but we had to stop at Medieval Times
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171966
before we could enter.
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171967
Dinner Sunday night was at Hongwei, a unique eating experience
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171968
with their drink menu
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171969
We began with porridge
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171970
accompanied by this Korean beer
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171971
and followed by ginseng salad.
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171972
At this point in the meal, the neighbors offered to take our picture, so I took theirs.
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171973
They seemed amused that we would take pictures of our food but what could you expect from a group of epidemiologists. Back to eating, the next course was stuffed persimmons with vegetable cake that was delicious (according to Suzanne).
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171974
The next appetizer was pancakes with assorted vegetables
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171975
and sauce (a la moo shu ... ). Then came the grilled tofu
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171976
and steamboat soup
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171977
fit for an emperor with walnut and dried cherries in it. The main courses were grilled root (or something)
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171978
and stuffed portobello
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171979
accompanied by kim che served both spiced (on the right) and unspiced
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171980
and multigrain rice.
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171981
This sign in the bathroom described the meal ( eating is holy )
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171982
and then there was the collection sign.
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171983
On the way back to the hotel, we walked past the set for the Today show
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171984
and decided not to come back to see Al Roker the next morning. The skaters
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171985
were active as we headed onward.
This sign
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171986
told the story of New York and of our weekend together as Suzanne tried to find the Algonquin
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171987
and this billboard
../../../Sabbat/03.16-18.02NewYork//P3171988
offered an opinion about HP + Compaq.