From: casarollnotes.blogspot.com
Tim and Linda Bunyan
NEW YORK
8/10
– 8/17/2017 at Liberty Harbor RV PARK
We have arrived to celebrate Tim’s 61st
birthday in The Crown! Of Liberty!!!
Yes, we have ticketed reservations to go all the way to the visitor’s top.
We explore the area abutted to Liberty Harbor with a view of the Goldman Sachs building in: NJ!
Manhattan is peeking up from behind; and the Liberty is to our right view.
We are in an RV park: alongside Liberty Harbor and the marina in a mix of paved and gravel RV park with water and electricity……in heaven!
10 minutes ride on the Ferry from New Jersey to Manhattan for a bike ride up the West Side along the Hudson River--no charge.
Ferry Terminal
We found the ferry dock at our doorstep and the PATH (NJ Subway) is just a short walk to Jersey City……the nice Jersey City! Sweet, mid-town feel with street venues every evening and a few blocks closed to traffic….and we found appropriate words for Tim’s birthday at the ice cream place “Start every day like it is your birthday” signage.
Yes, we have ticketed reservations to go all the way to the visitor’s top.
We explore the area abutted to Liberty Harbor with a view of the Goldman Sachs building in: NJ!
Manhattan is peeking up from behind; and the Liberty is to our right view.
We are in an RV park: alongside Liberty Harbor and the marina in a mix of paved and gravel RV park with water and electricity……in heaven!
Ferry Terminal
We found the ferry dock at our doorstep and the PATH (NJ Subway) is just a short walk to Jersey City……the nice Jersey City! Sweet, mid-town feel with street venues every evening and a few blocks closed to traffic….and we found appropriate words for Tim’s birthday at the ice cream place “Start every day like it is your birthday” signage.
8/11 NEW YORK: First day out of the gate we boarded the
yellow Liberty Harbor ferry with our bikes and rode 15 miles RT up the West
side of Manhattan, past the multi-colored flags of the waterfront at
Chelsey, and
the High Line community, waterfront bench areas, and cafes to 72nd thru traffic and entered the sublime Central Park:
Bike Ride 2017 to:
CENTRAL PARK
Imagine being in a state of relaxation and calm, surrounded by green in Manhattan.
We walked some and ate our bagged lunch on a park bench. We watched the horse-drawn buggies, mothers with strollers, foreigners, and young people, and bikes, and joggers
spend their day in a worthy cause.
Outside of Central Park, within the City, the Modern Art Museum: Guggenheim Museum
Post Office Building and they park their delivery trucks on top of their Post Office!
Along the Hudson River on the Bike Trail.......and Classic Car Club venue
TIMES SQUARE
8/12 We made our way on the PATH and Metro using our charge card at the vending machine and made our way thru revolving gates and waited in the plugged areas of the subway station.
The Metro did get us to Times Square on a Saturday……which is as an obscure scene from a nightclub in Star Wars movie.
Center of Times Square: Everything safe and sound!
We visited Laura Osnes starring in
Broadway Show: "Bandstand".
The Broadway show: Bandstand was very moving and delightful. We had good seats and the theatre was small and classic.
Best of all we visited with Laura. She is the Star of the show and is the granddaughter of my childhood Pastor. My brother, Mike, was able to get us in contact with Laura.
We found (one of my favorite hangouts) Sardis after the show and it was filled with interesting people in respite from the activity outside. This is a historic, comforting retreat in the bar.
For old time sake, for each famous star pictured on the wall, raised a glass to their honor.
Chelsey, and
the High Line community, waterfront bench areas, and cafes to 72nd thru traffic and entered the sublime Central Park:
Bike Ride 2017 to:
CENTRAL PARK
Imagine being in a state of relaxation and calm, surrounded by green in Manhattan.
We walked some and ate our bagged lunch on a park bench. We watched the horse-drawn buggies, mothers with strollers, foreigners, and young people, and bikes, and joggers
spend their day in a worthy cause.Outside of Central Park, within the City, the Modern Art Museum: Guggenheim Museum
Some of the Buildings of NYC
Post Office Building and they park their delivery trucks on top of their Post Office!
Of Course, in New York!!
Along the Hudson River on the Bike Trail.......and Classic Car Club venue
TIMES SQUARE
8/12 We made our way on the PATH and Metro using our charge card at the vending machine and made our way thru revolving gates and waited in the plugged areas of the subway station.
The Metro did get us to Times Square on a Saturday……which is as an obscure scene from a nightclub in Star Wars movie.
Center of Times Square: Everything safe and sound!
We visited Laura Osnes starring in
Broadway Show: "Bandstand".
The Broadway show: Bandstand was very moving and delightful. We had good seats and the theatre was small and classic.
Best of all we visited with Laura. She is the Star of the show and is the granddaughter of my childhood Pastor. My brother, Mike, was able to get us in contact with Laura.
We found (one of my favorite hangouts) Sardis after the show and it was filled with interesting people in respite from the activity outside. This is a historic, comforting retreat in the bar.
For old time sake, for each famous star pictured on the wall, raised a glass to their honor.
8/13 We rested at Liberty Park, a Day On The Green: Listening to
Cuban Orchestra, located next to our RV Park!
8/14/2017 Tim's Birthday
Since Tim had reserved tickets to The Crown…we could go where few go! It is quite a
personal, rewarding experience.
We stayed in the Crown as long as we wanted and there were docents there to allow us to photo thru the crown to the Lady Tablet which has July 4, 1776 written.
ELLIS ISLAND NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION
What a joy to be there and see the insides of
the building and the painstaking details for refurbishing each fold and copper inlays.
Truly a work of art by an Engineer!
We spent the day in awe and found it perfect in place to honor Tim’s birthday! Here’s to Engineers…. that made things that people come to witness forever.....
Made his mark!
DAY at LIBERTY PARK ON-THE-GREEN:
One short bike ride from our RV Park!
8/15
Greenwich Village needs to be attended as it comprises a section on Manhattan set aside in its history and forming ... as it is today.
Washington Square Park is a refuge area here.
Tribute to George Washington as Commander General and First President of the United States.
The founding fathers are truly remarkable, dedicated people that persevered for years for what they believed.
8/16 Hell’s Kitchen
Visited Tim’s friend, Neil Kirkwood, from music and boy scouts in
Santa Rosa days since 1st Grade.
Neil Kirkwood grew up next door to Vanette and Nat up in the neighborhood on the Hyland Drive. Neil has married his high school sweetheart, Eve.
Neil Kirkwood grew up next door to Vanette and Nat up in the neighborhood on the Hyland Drive. Neil has married his high school sweetheart, Eve.
Neil has lived in NY since he and his wife arrived after graduating from college with a music degree.He owns an apartment just around the corner from PufCha, the café we met. He is a Conductor, writer, musical instructor. They have just purchased a house upstate (south of Albany). Neil has a music studio at Times Square…. we all nodded an agreement: he’s hit the big time!
We walked to Rockefeller Center and took notice of all the buildings surrounding the Center. Only an Engineer would know the notice of all the surrounding buildings contracted by Rockefeller. Grand Central is undergoing renovation; yet, still grand in an old way.
And so, too: Sax 5th Avenue.
ST PATRICK's CATHEDRAL-Neo-Gothic-style
Walk on Bleecker Street, a bright yellow store that houses the famous Molly's Cupcake in the West Village.
Private New York University (NYU) centered in Manhattan, this campus in Greenwich Village
8/17/2017 Checked out of Liberty Harbor RV Park to continue our 2017 Travel Tour for a remaining couple of months to: Mystic, Connecticut, and then on making our way to:
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and we've decided to include: Bar Harbor, Maine in our
2017 Travel Tour!
