New York Day 4

Our last full day started a little slower. It was a rainy morning and we were pretty tired from the last few days, so we slept in. Once we got up and moving we grabbed a quick bite to eat and started our day. We ran an errand for our daughter Jessica and ended up around Penn Station. We went into Penn Station because Lisa wanted a cupcake from Magnolia Bakery. While we were in there, we saw there was a K-Mart inside. I was surprised to see it, but even more surprised by the size of it. It was 3 stories, one at ground level, and 2 below ground, and each floor was pretty big.

New York Day 3

I thought we walked a lot yesterday. Today was even more, over 21,000 steps and 8.2 miles all over Manhattan. We started a day with a food tour in Chelsea Market. The Foods of New York food tour was a great introduction to everything about Chelsea Market. It is the old Nabisco factory where the Oreo was created. It now has shopping and food throughout. It is also the home of the MLB Network and more importantly, the Food Network. The foods you see on Iron Chef and Chopped are all sourced from the Chelsea Market. We had everything from steak tartare to aged cheddar cheese, to cupcakes.

After the Chelsea Market, we went to one of the places I really wanted to see in New York, the High Line Park. The High Line is a park that has been made from the old, abandoned, elevated train tracks that run on the western part of Manhattan. Instead of tearing them down, they turned it into a beautiful urban park in the sky. What a great way to change how people think about places and spaces! It runs for over a mile and during the summer will have performers and artisans along the way. I definitely recommend a visit and wish we could have explored more of it.