Another weekend. Another visitor. My cousin, Luke, came from Illinois for an extended weekend. Weather-wise, he hit the jackpot. Warm and sunny all weekend. And today as he leaves it's returned to gray, rainy and chilly.
The Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island are still closed, so we took the Staten Island Ferry. On the way back to Manhattan, appeared as if the US Coast Guard was escorting us. They did eventually leave our side, but not until right at the end.
We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge just so we could have Grimaldi's for lunch. I don't think Luke knew he was in this picture. Grimaldi's is the white building in the background below the Brooklyn Bridge. You can't really see it, but the line is well out the door. We waited in that line, and it was well worth it!
George Washington at Federal Hall.
The Occupy Movement, the last two going strong. On the steps of Federal Hall.
Luke and I at the Top of the Rock, looking North. We got in line to go up shortly before sunset, went up, and then waited for the city to light up as the sun disappeared.
Two sun sunset of Tatooine!
Looking North. Central Park. Hudson River on L with GW Bridge in the distance. Looking towards the Bronx.
Looking South towards Lower Manhattan/ Downtown. Empire State Building.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Temple of Dendur.
Wasn't expecting this when I saw it. Kind of freaked me out. So thought I'd share it...of course! :)
Some of these heads were labeled "woman" and others "goddess". There is no signifying artifact that I could tell that would label a random head as one or the other. So if you come across a random head how would you tell if it's a woman's head or a goddess' head? Apparently there's a difference. Luke came up with, perhaps where it was excavated makes a difference, as a reason.
Museum Mile, The Met is on the Left.
Riding Bikes in Central Park. Pausing for a picture at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. Looking East.
Pausing on the other side of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. Looking West.
I told Luke that his jacket made it look like he was wearing a cape! Batman?
"Look Ma! No Hands!!"
Hasta!
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