Bonnie's Surprise Birthday Weekend in NYC

Nov 4-6, 2005

Much Love to Mom, Aunt Rita, Jill and Liz

Many thanks for just a girls weekend doing fun NYC things.
We got pedicures, we went to the MoMA, we went to a really cool magic show at The Waldorf Astoria, we went to The Top of the Rock, we saw Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Broadway, we shopped at a Third Avenue street fair, we did lunch and brunch, we ate Turkish, Indian and Italian food, we walked and talked and had late night cake and pastries. It was a blast and a wonderful idea and I thank you. Love, Bonnie


I couldn't resist taking photographs of the fall foliage from the plane.


Just beautiful.



Pennsylvania is a sea of yellow and orange.


New York and Western New Jersey is very red this time of year.



Ah, New York City. The pilot gave us quite a show.


Pretty nice with the morning autumn sun.


Evokes a feeling, doesn't it?



Midtown.


Downtown and Jersey City in the foreground.


New York Harbor and the Statue Liberty.



The Gothals Bridge, the River and the NJ Turnpike in the foreground.


Can you see the Verezzano Narrows Bridge?


On Sunday Nov 6, 37,000 runners will run across this bridge in the annual NYC Marathon.


Empire State Building with a nice halo effect.


Rita, Liz, Polly and Bonnie at the MoMA stand beside Matisses' Study after Dance


Jill joins the photo op.


The newly redesigned museum...


... is very open and airy.


with many windows and views.


Jill, Aunt Rita, Liz and Mom


New York at night.


One of the many entrances to Grand Central Station.


Jill on her way to the Top of the Rock.
30 Rockefeller Plaza.


Central Park in Autumn.



The Upper West Side.
and my old neighborhood.


Jill, marks the spot.


The Empire State Building in all its glory.


The Top of the Rock observation deck is only 70 stories high and provides a magnificent view of the Empire State Building.


Jersey City to the right.


The Brooklyn Bridge and the Lower East Side to the left.


The East River and Queens.


The Upper East Side.


Liz, Rita, Mom and Jill


Jill, Bonnie, Mom and Liz


Empire State Building with art deco siding.


An interesting Art Deco wall.




We have an interesting NYC Subway experience in which the B train doesn't show up for quite a while.
We can't understand the announcements (sounds like the teacher in Charlie Brown).
As it turned out the B train doesn't run on the weekends and we have to take the D to 59th St. and change to the C train to get to our destination.
We do wind up having a delicious lunch at Oceans Grill in my old hood on the Upper West Side.


Rita, Mom and Jill walk alongside the Museum of Natural History on West 81st Street.


Autumn in Central Park.






Empire State Building at night.


An ad for Delta on the side of a building which shows Las Veags among other destinations.


One last look.


Last picture on West 34th Street just outside Penn Station.

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