Day 8 & 9 - New York City

Day 8, Friday 17th October

Early start of a long day....

H wanted to bring me to his regular breakfast haunt, but on the way to HSBC to withdraw some dosh, we passed-by so many hotdog stall that I just could not resist. Besides, hotdogs from the NYC streets are a MUST, right? After the hotdog already, where can go for breakfast summore?? So didn't go. 

Let me think what we did after breakfast on this day:

1) Went to Rockefella Center

..but did not go to the Top of the Rock as I've already purchased advance tickets for the Empire State Building

2) Walked  along 5th Avenue from 38th Street all the way to Central Park 

I have never walked sooooooo much in my life. Not even when living in London! In NYC, it's walk to everywhere! Walk here. Walk there. Aduh! 

3) Walkabout inside Central Park.

Of course took picture by the lake.... :-D I tourist maaaa

4) Had lunch at The Plaza hotel.

We cannot afford to stay there but must at least go in look-see, and have a meal lah. But I tell you...the lobby also nothing to shout about. But of course, I take photo nevertheless.

5) Went to the Observation Deck on the Empire State Building

...waliow!! The queue was majorly LONG! Even with our advance-purchase tickets, we had to queue to get through security-checks, then queue for the elevators. Only bypass the ticket booth. To bypass all queues, one would have to pay extra $$$ ...think it's extra USD 20 per ticket. Queue. Queue. Queue. 

Of course H was a little ngam-ngam-chamm-chamm lah....saying this should proof that he loves me. Bleahhhh..

6) Did some shopping on 5th Avenue

....Got some discount stuff!!! Three pieces at Ann Taylor for less than USD 27 only leh.

7) Look-See at both Tiffany&Co and Cartier

....Phtui! Some salesperson at Tiffany&Co rolled her eyes and then immediately ignored me! When H was seriously considering buying something, I don't go to her lah.  

Yes. The sor-lou wanted to buy this Elsa Peretti (?) bracelet which had a few small (and I mean small!! Combine all the diamonds, still smaller than my 'pei-see' lah) which costs like USD 6K over. GILA. I could get tennis bracelets for this price in Malaysia. Sure I don't want lah. No need Tiffany&Co one, okay!

The guy over at Cartier was much nicer....Again, I thought really NOT worth it.

I know. I know... Laundryamah is going to say that I am stupid..."lou koong oi mai pei lei, just take lah!"

8) Watched Mamma Mia on Broadway...

Of course must watch the musical production on Broadway!! We had pretty good seats, which we pre-booked waaaaaay in advance. Have to say that it was FABULOUS! 

I was singing along, and H had to nudge me a couple of times to STOP SINGING. Hahhahahahah. The best part was the end, when the audience could join in with the singing and dancing. Waaa...d@mn SHIOK!....Errr...I know you all sure say SIOW...but I did tear-up during the musical. Hehhehe

And then when I came back home, I watch the MOVIE version and I tear-up too. Then H asked "did you also cry at the Musical?" and of course he said SIOW!

9) Had Dinner at Roxy's at Times Square

Portions were huge!!!! So huge that we couldn't eat the famous desserts. What a bummer!

And on Day 9, Saturday 18th November: - 

10) Ferry-Ride to Staten Island

Why?? To view the Statue of Liberty, of course! Cheapskate people don't want to pay $$ to go with the tour to Liberty Island. So took the FREE ferry to Staten Island. H tried to take a photo of me, but the Statue of Liberty was like a toothpick next to my ear! Hahahhaa

11) Visit to Wall Street

Typical Tourist...(didn't want to walk to nearby Ground Zero. Too lazy liow)

12) A short visit to Union Square

They have the weekend Farmer's Market there...would have loved to buy some of the produce!

13) Visited  Macy's  flagship store.

No lah...didn't buy anything here.

Then it was time to go back to our hotel, pick up our bags and head for JFK for our flight back to San Fransisco. On reaching the airport, had a SHOCK that our AA flight had been delayed for 3 hours. Couldn't get an earlier flight...nor could they check -in our flights all the way to Singapore. Thus, on reaching  San Fransisco, we would have to retrieve our bags and rush to the SQ counter to check-in our bags. Needless to say, we couldn't make it....even after we've informed SQ of our delay. More about this in the next post.

Some photos...

Saks, Rockefella Center, Crysler Building, Grand Central Station, Times Square @ Night

Empire State Building, Some 5th Avenue Churches, Restaurant in The Plaza

Views from Empire State Building

Grand Central Station, Roxy's 

Wall Street, Ferry to Staten Island, Statue of Liberty, Subway

Macy's, Pretty Produce @ Union Square, Wall Street

Roxy's Desserts...