I'll enlarge this for you...
And here we are just off the boat in downtown Manhattan...
What a great start!
Figured out the subway and then it was off to Coney island...
The Mustang actually ate a chilli dog at Nathan's famous hot dog stand...
...while I fended off the homeless begging for change.
She then minded the bags while I rode the hurricane and the latest ride...
It was the bloke next to me who was screaming like a little girl..
He didn't want his picture taken anyway.
Not enough fibre in your diet?
Marijuana laced lollypops being offered from the sidewalk.
We went looking for a coffee and followed Google maps on a walking tour through the Bronx. Complete with shoes over the power lines, fire escape dwellers and street step sitters. We stopped at this picturesque canal but couldn't see any floating corpses. Those cement shoes must do the job....
Stick with me kid. You'll see all the highlights..
Manhattan is just jammed packed with tourists. This is the crowd waiting to get a picture at the wall street bull...
It looked like the money shot was a no go until I approached it from a different angle...
In need of a bigger glove...
Zombie squirrels!
(time for a new camera)
On our daily ferry rides in we went past the old girl twice but never really got a good photo as the zoom on the camera is still playing up...
So here is one I've magnified for you...
We haven't been to any zoos on this trip so far and the little zoo on Staten island looked cute. One of the larger exhibits...
Most of the animals kept there were sick and unable to be returned to the wild so it was more like a hospital. Others weren't real...
What's that over there?
Back into town for a night on Broadway...
Pre show lemonades. (Overpriced cordial but you got to sit down)
The line for Matilda goes around the block. Looks like it's a hit. We couldn't get decent seats here so we went to the Sondheim instead to see the Carol King musical. It has been running for three years so we managed great seats. It was a really slick show. The $80 worth of drinks (that buys you two each) led to midnight timer photos in Times Square...
About the eighth attempt.
The Mustang has been in her element getting "New York rude" with the touts. Around midnight in Times Square she admitted that, "Me, being me, is just too rude for New York rude."
Another day and the Mustang hits her straps at M&M's World. Three stories of overpriced chocolate and marketing merchandise...
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Out of control retail therapy... and this is the queue to pay for the privilege of advertising their chocolate buttons...
Smarties never stood a chance.
Grand Central Station where you can wear a clock hat.
The lone protestor yelling at the Pride marchers.
Library frescos.
Rockefeller Centre.
A Swan View landmark in Manhattan.
Actually you could see the game quite well. However with the game diminishing we took the elevator down to stand behind home plate. Most of the season ticket holders had abandoned the game by then but I still couldn't get past "security with the large ass" for a seat. This will have to do...
Just like the members bar at the WACA
The hotel we are staying at was built next to a landfill site. For years Manhattan's rubbish was barged over here. A few years back they capped the site and now there are two grassy mounds that they are turning into a park. Some of the last to go in was the rubble from the World Trade Centre. So we have a window view of ...
...the Twin Towers.
It's actually quite nice with birds and we've even seen a deer but it is fenced off and a security guard who stopped me going for a walk.
Unlike Central Park where there are thousands of mostly tourists...
We watched for quite a while and mostly saw the boats being rowed backwards using the "Scottay" method. Only one money shot for me here in a little space called Strawberry Fields...
Some little offerings...
The Mustang had been hinting at a romantic carriage ride during the lead up to our visit. I think after watching the doves going through the horse droppings, the smell and the general crassness she wasn't that keen.
They'd sold out!
Had a great burger on 34th street the headed to Madison Square Garden. The Mustang looks pretty happy in the picture but you will notice that she is drinking beer!
Something to numb the pain.
As promised here is a review of the show...
* The venue gets one star. As this age's Coliseum The Gardens should have seating that can fit normal sized people. The Mustang couldn't put her ass on the seat and her heels on the floor at the same time. I felt like I was flying Air Asia. When we gave up and danced on the steps security gave us a hard time. We eventually left during the last song. On the way down the five floors they'd shown the great forethought to turn the escalators off.
We are so lucky to be able to go to outdoor events at home.
Our last day here and the weather has turned so we went and bought a new camera! Here we are a Staten Island Pier. Love the clouds swarming around the Brooklyn bridge....
...and the place to ourselves.
"clink, clink"
"Warriors...come out to play...."
When we got back to the hotel the alarm was going off. Some steam in one of the corridors, apparently...vaping is a big thing over here.
New York's finest. They Crossfit too. They love a fad here.
New York drivers are probably the best we've seen in the country so far. They basically stick to the speed limits because the roads are so poor. Our last taxi driver even let down the image of the New York cabbie by making an unbidden trip back to the hotel to return a bag I'd left in his cab by mistake.Now we've heard a couple of "Fork U" and "Fork U Do" exchanges which have been hilarious. The clerk at the hotel won't speak to us anymore. The Mustang can't help bursting into laughter when she talks. Her accent is great. She now hides behind the desk when she sees us coming.
So, that's New York. It's been a great week all up, but there is a lot more to see....
