New York in a nutshell

Since Donald isn't going to ever get to it:

Friday after we got settled into the hotel, we took the hotel shuttle in to Times Square, and gawked like the tourists we were. We happily wandered, and got a bite to eat, then eventually took the subway south. We got off, and walked until we found the restaurant in Chinatown where we were meeting Victor for the 11pm dinner with theatre folks. We had a great time there and ate all manner of good food. Then Victor drove us back to our hotel, and we slept.

Saturday, Donald and Jon and I took the shuttle in again, got bagels from a little shop, and took the subway even more south, to the South Seaport TKTS. We bought tickets for that evening's performance of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and then walked to the WTC site. On the way Donald and I got Dunkin Donuts, which we approved of heartily. Then we met up with 2 of Jon's local friends, and walked to Battery Park, where we looked in the general direction of the Statue of Liberty. After wandering in any direction but the right one, we located a subway station and went back up to midtown, where we walked and walked more. I eventually got cranky from the walking, and we stopped and got something to eat. Somewhat rested, we walked more, and went through Central Park, ehich was very pretty and FULL of people. Then more walking, to Lincoln Center. After a reception, we got rained on some and took the subway back to Times Square to see our play. It was very good (and the lead actor, won a Tony the following week.) Afterwards, we got pizza from a little shop (SO good. *drool*) and Victor kindly drove us back to hotel again.

Sunday, Donald and I struck out on our own. Shuttle again, bagel, then walked all the way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bad idea, but we didn't realize how far it was. Depite our tired feet, the museum was awesome, and we only got to see a little bit of it. We stayed about 3.5 hours, then walked to Lincoln Center again, to help take down UMKC people's portfolio exhibits. After that we went to a Japanese place for dinner (tempura and tonkatsu, *drool*) in a small group, and had a very nice time. Then we walked to Times Square, and had some cheesecake and bought some t-shirts. More walking and wandering, a potty break at the Trump Tower, (cleanest bathroom we'd been in) walk back to Lincoln Center where Jon's car was, and he drove us back to hotel.

Monday morning, we had breakfast at the hotel, and Jon and Jen kindly dropped us off at the airport. We were back in KC by the afternoon. The trip was a success, and we muchly enjoyed it. Looking forward to going back next year.

That is all! More detail available upon request. :D (whew)