City Hall Park

City Hall Park at, obviously, City Hall.

I've carefully hidden a Carol in this picture. See if you can find her.

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The Boughs of Central Park

Central Park was great. A relaxing break from the big city.

Walking amongst the trees.

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Tree tunnel.

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From the Ferry

These are some pictures I took from the Ferry from Manhattan, to the Statue of Liberty, to Ellis Island, and back.

A wind-blown Carol on the Ferry, with Downtown in the background.

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Downtown Manhattan from the Ferry.

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Flag on Ellis Island, with Downtown Manhattan in the background.

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Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge from the Ferry

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The Statue of Liberty from the Ferry.

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P.S.
Carol didn't like that I just put the picture of here with her "Cousin It" hair above and insisted on all three pictures in the progression. I decided on the filmstrip format.

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The Statue of Liberty

Here are a few pictures of the Statue of Liberty. One lesson I learned is to not ask the shaky guy with thick glasses to take a picture. You'll see why below.

The Statue of Liberty from the ferry. Those little things at the base are people.

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Carol at the base.

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This is why I said it's a bad idea to ask the shaky guy with thick glasses to take a picture. I was hoping he would center us, and thus, too, the Statue. Below is the unedited result.

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Front view...

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...and back view.

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Grito de Dolores

We returned to the hotel room on September 15th to find the Empire State Building lit up in red, white and green. There were lighting fireworks somewhere, too. Turns out it was Grito de Dolores, which has become emblematic of Mexican independence.

Empire State Building and fireworks, through a double-paned window.

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Carol and Vince

Carol and Vince in the Van Gogh room. 3 good ears between them.


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Home Redecorating

We're redecorating our house. I think this piano and harp will look good in the living room.


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The Met - Jackson Pollock

Unlike Monet, Carol's doesn't dig Jackson Pollock.

If you could read her mind as I took this picture, you might have heard (in Valley Girl voice), "I don't get it..."

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Close-up of JP's signature.

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The Met - Carol Loves Monet

These are just some of the extensive collection of Monets at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Camille in the Garden of House at Argenteuil

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The Path through the Irises

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Water Lillies

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the biggest, amazingest museum I've ever been to. We spent the good part of a day there, and saw maybe 20% of it. If I lived in New York I'd visit it at least once a month.

Here are a couple of shots of the entry way from the second floor.

Stairs up to the second floor. That security guard seems to think he's Napoleon.

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The vestibule.

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Empire State Building

Here are a whole bunch of pictures from atop the Empire State Building. This map of Manhattan will give an idea of the distances of these places from the Empire State Building (center of the map).

The Manhattan Bridge (near) and Brooklyn Bridge (far) from the top of the Empire State Building.

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The Statue of Liberty from the top of the Empire State Building.

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Downtown Manhattan from the Empire State Building.

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Us at the top.

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The Empire State Building from down below.

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The Flatiron Building.

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Midtown Manhattan. The tall building near the middle is the New York Times building.

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Midtown Manhattan. The annotation shows our hotel room, near the New York Times building.

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Looking Uptown.

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Rockefeller Center and Central Park.

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The famed Chrysler Building.

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Trinity Church - Downtown Manhattan

Trinity Church was a calm respite halfway around Ground Zero. It's in the financial district near Wall St., the NYSE, and the AMEX. It's a beautiful, church, and the grounds/cemetery were calm and shaded.

The view up to Trinity Church from street level.

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The bridge over to Trinity Church from the historic Trinity Building.

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The cemetery.

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Mellow Carol in the churchyard

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It's a Hello Kitty World

We went to the Sanrio store, and also visited the Hello Kitty! section at the Toys R Us in Times Square.

Hello Kitty! plushes, attire, and bags.

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HK fashion boots.

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The lovely Carol Marol models a HK bag.

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The Sanrio storefront.

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HK Slumber party Pack

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HK Picnic Pack

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HK Marshmallow Pops

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World Trade Center - Ground Zero

We at lunch in downtown and headed off for a walk around the Ground Zero site. It was a long walk. It's a large area.

Picture from the west side of Ground Zero - you can get a feel for the scale of what happened on 9/11 in this picture.

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Another picture from the west side of Ground Zero.

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This is a monument to the 343 firefighters who lost their lives on September 11.

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Memorials to the firefighters who lost their lives on September 11.

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Memorials to the firefighters who lost their lives on September 11.

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Steel T-beam found in the rubble. It became a symbol of hope for those in NY.

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Picture from the north side of Ground Zero.

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A picture from the east side of Ground Zero.

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Another picture from the east side of Ground Zero.

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I have no patience for 9/11 "Truthers." Much as our trip to Berlin, Poland, and Budapest lessened my patience for Holocaust deniers, so our visit to Ground Zero increased my intolerance for people like this guy.

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