Sarah came into town for the long weekend. On Friday Sandy and Terry had Angelo, Charles, Esther, Mikie, Mrs. C., Sandy's sister and brother in law (Ruth and Ira), and Sarah, and me over for dinner. It was an amazing dinner. Sandy grilled Lamb and Beef Tenderloin and Esther brought amazing pastries from the Grand Central Market.
I love Angelo. He has the funniest stories. Angelo grew up on Long Island and went to Massapequa High School (which I have been told the students refer to as Mazzo Pizza High, since most students were Jewish or Italian). Case in point, Angelo was a class mate of Jerry Seinfeld and Joey Buttafuco (talk about the long and short of it) and Alec Baldwin's father was his gym teacher.
Saturday, Sarah and I headed over to the Central Park Zoo. I had never been there before. It is amazing that it is smaller then the John Ball Zoo (in Grand Rapids) and yet oh so much more entertaining. They have a rain forest room with exotic birds and monkeys, sea lions, a polar bear, penguins, and much more then you would expect. After the zoo, we went for a walk on the Upper East Side and had chocolate drinks at Voges.
We later met Esther and Michael way up at the tip of Manhattan. We went to the Cloisters which are part of the Met. The cloisters are remnants of different monasteries and cloisters housed in a beautiful castle at Fort Tyron Park. When you are there it feels as though the city were miles away, when in reality you haven't actually left it.
That evening Sarah and I saw the show The 39 Steps which was a spoof of Alfred Hitchcock films. It was great and amazing how four actors played over 100 roles between them. After the show we went...where else...Bar Centrale.
Okay so we are about the only people there at first because we got out of our show by 10. Then Cliff Saunders who was one of the actors in the show comes in and sits at the table across from us. Then Marisa Tomei comes in, later Mel Brooks comes in, then Frank Langella, then Edward Norton, and finally Patti LuPone. We ended being the only non-celebrity table. At one point Marisa Tomei looked at Sarah like she felt she should have known her but her look changed quickly when she realized that she did not.
Sunday Sarah and I went down to the South Street Seaport for Fleet Week. This is when the USO docks in NYC. Sarah did get her picture taken with some sailors. We then went through China Town and over to the Lower East Side. I did something very touristy that I have always wanted to do. (When I have out of town guests I justify doing touristy things). I went to Gus's Pickles which is the store they use in the film Crossing Delancey. I then made Sarah take a picture of me crossing Delancey street.
We then went up to Little Italy and where there was a street fair. We had the best lunch special and town as far as I am concerned a beer and giant piece of pizza for 6 bucks. We then went over to SoHo for some shopping at Pearl River Mart and some window shopping at Bloomingdales.
Later we met up with Esther and Michael in Brooklyn Heights. Michael's daughter Jennifer is studying in NYC for the summer. Michael and Esther took the three of us and Jennifer's roomate Emily out for dinner at this cute French place.
All in all it was a fantastic weekend.
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