New York City - Eat. Play. Eat.

If you have two days to visit New York City, what would you do?

Well, my two days? are all about eat, play, and eat...



Day 1. 

0900: (Just woke up from the lovely bed.....)What? It's alreadly 9am?!!!!  I got to be hurry up.

1020: Ah~ What a great breakfast. Now I have energy to begin my first day in New York  City :)

1045: OMG! So many people in the line! I better get the ferry ticket first.....

1100: $13 for a round trip to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island? What a great deal~

1110: The line is so long.....

1150: Still in the line :(

1220: Still.....

1240: Finally.

A beautiful day for taking a ferry trip to the Island of Liberty.



Picture took from the ferry.



Statue of Liberty.

1330: Wow~ I can't believe I am now standing in front of the Statue of liberty.....
1340: I hope my memory card still got enough space, I got so many pictures to take.

1400: I'm so hungry. Ah~ maybe a cup of coffee and some hot soup will be great.

1530: What a great trip~ Love it~

1535: It's time to get something to eat. What should I eat.....Ah! There's an Au Bon Pain there!
1610: $29 value of Metro card for unlimited ride on subway and buses; or a single trip for $2.50. Which should I pick?

1655: Subway is so convenient and fast, I guess I still have time to visit Museum of Natural History in Central park.

1710: Oh~ the museum will closed at 5:45pm. But the good news is, I am free to visit the museum from now till 5:45pm.

Please circle out the 1 similiar part in this picture :))

If you love dinosaur, level 4 will be a must-see section.

The collection of this mesuem is wonderful.
Address: 79th Street, Central Park West, New York 10024

1750: Museum of Natural History just next to the Central Park. Too bad it's getting dark, and cold at night.....Or I could have take some picture in the park.

1800: Let's go to Chinatown. I bet there's ton of delicious food there! Yummy~

1810: If I took the subway-Green Line 6, I could straight ahead to Canal Street Station, which is the station to Chinatown and Litte Italy.

1820: The subway is so crowded. Guess it's the peak time.
1850: Oh! There's so crowded in Chinatown! That "Noodle Village" looks great. Let's try!

1900: Can I have pan fried chive dumplings, noodle soup with handmade fishball, fish porrige, steamed crabmeat dumplings and spicy calamari. Please?

2000: Ah~ What a wonderful day with a great dinner. Now I should order some dessert to go :)

2040: The night of Chinatown is so beautiful. I can't believe I am now in USA, it seems more likely in Hong Kong.
2050: Ah.....follow to Mott Street from Chinatown, take about 5 minutes walk to north is Little Italy. I can smell the coffee now! Too bad I couldn't fill in anything more~ Maybe next time.

2130: Am I just been China and Italy? It seems like I was. Ho HO HO :))

2140: It's time to get back to hotel, I am kind of tired.
2145: Take the subway, of cause. Bye! Chinatown. Bye! Little Italy.

2320: zzzZZZZZzzzzZZZzzz.


 Day 2.

0850: AhhhHHHh.....Good Morning New York City.
0930: I really like this hotel, It serves great breakfast. And its location is very convenient. About 1 minute walk to subway station, 1 minute walk to Museum American Indian and 5 minutes walk to Wall Street Bull. Got to come back to this Double Tree Hotel in Stone Street, NYC next time.

0940: This is Charging Bull huh?! Amazing to see so many tourists waiting to get their picture taken with the bull.

The famous angry bronze bull of the financial markets.

Stockbrokers rub it for luck in a very private place.
Address: Broadway, New York.

1010: OK, next stop is 9/11 Memorial. If I take subway from Bowling Green Station, I can stop at Fulton Street Station, which is just two stops.

1025: There is a historical church, St.Paul's Chapel next to Fulton Street Station. I still have time to visit this church.

Bell of Hope
Address: St.Paul's Chapel 74 Trinity Place New York 10006

1040: St.Paul's Chapel opens in 1766. It now knows as "the little chapel that stood" because it survived a second brush with destruction on Sep 11,2001, when the WTC buildings collapsed just across the street. And there was no damage to the church.
It's amazing!

1100: It's coffee time! Ah~ There is a Starbucks over there!

1130: Oh! There so many people in 9/11 Memorial Preview Site! Luckly I've reserved my visitor pass online yesterday.


New WTC in construction.
Reconstruction will near completion around 2014 at which time all four sides of the Memorial will be accessible to the public.

The names of every person who died in the 2001 and 1993 attacks
are inscribed into bronze panels edging the Memorial pools.

Admission is free, but timed pass is required for entry into the 9/11 Memorial.
You can reserve a specific date and time passes online at: 911memorial.org

Address: Albany Street & Greenwich Street New York 10006

1300: Let's buy a souvenir from the 9/11 visitor center. Ah~The bookmark looks great! It could be a memorable gift for friend.

1320: Now.....I can take the subway back to Canal Street Station for lunch and..... take the subway to Times Square. OK, I have to take the note first: From Canal Station to Times Sq. Station >> remember to change the green line to yellow line in 14 St.Union Station. Great!



Can you point out where Elmo is?

1520: After a nice afternoon tea in Times Square. It's time to visit Metropolitan Museum of Art now! Let me see the map: Walk to the 42 St. A-C-E Subway Station and stop at 86 St. B-C Station. And cross the central park to the east.....and the Museum will on the right. OK! Let's do this!

1550: This is my first time to Central Park. Got to take some pictures!

Guggenheim Museum. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Address: 1071 5th Avenue (at 89th Street) West Central Park New York.

Skylight design of the interior of Guggenheim Museum

A View of Central Park



Jackie Onassis Reservoir, Central Park.




1600: $25 for the admission fee, which included same-day admission to The Cloisters museum and gardens. I don't think I have enough time to The cloisters museum and gardens, but I am sure that I can do the Metropolitan Museum.

1730: There's so many collection of Impressionism! Oh! I love Impressionism! And I do see the painting from Monet and Van Gogh! How wonderful~

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Address: 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York.



Entrance of the Museum.



One of the interior view of the Museum.

One of my favorite painting by Claude Monet.
Title: Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)

Garden at Sainte-Adresse
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Can you tell which one is Vincent Van Gogh's Wheat Field with Cypresses?

Can you tell which one is Vincent Van Gogh's La Berceuse?



Rouen Cathedral: The Portal (Sunlight), 1894
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)


1745: Ah! That's it for my two days in NYC. Of cause, got to get my dinner before I leave NYC! How can I miss dinner?!!

1930: Bye bye! See your again, my big Apple~ Chao!