{"id":867,"date":"2009-10-07T00:12:45","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T07:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregbaker.ca\/blog\/?p=867"},"modified":"2009-10-07T00:12:45","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T07:12:45","slug":"manhattan-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gregbaker.ca\/blog\/2009\/10\/07\/manhattan-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m going to update on the Manhattan part of our trip.  I&#8217;ll leave it to Kat to talk about the wedding and Poughkeepsie.<\/p>\n<h4>Manhattan Part 1<\/h4>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/gregbaker.ca\/gallery2\/2009\/ny\/manhattan-1\/\">Manhattan Part 1 pictures<\/a>] We got to New York City early on the red-eye.  We managed to get early check-in to the hotel, which was awesome.  After a bit of a nap, we hit the city, ready to go.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our first stop was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnh.org\/\">American Museum of Natural History<\/a>.  This was chosen as the one big tourist stop.  I spent my entire childhood being dragged around to museums and thinking &#8220;I thought they were supposed to have dinosaurs at museums.&#8221;  Finally, I got to go to a museum with dinosaurs.  Even though I&#8217;m not eight anymore, it was pretty aweseme.<\/li>\n<li>We took the subway to the museum, which is right beside Central Park.  Subway: check.  Central Park: check.<\/li>\n<li>We pretty much walked from Columbus Circle around Midtown for the rest of the afternoon: Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, the TV studios there, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moma.org\/\">MoMA<\/a> store, the theatre district, Times Square.<\/li>\n<li>After a little rest back at the hotel, we went out to see things at night.  How bright is Times Square at night? I was shooting up to a full stop <strong>over<\/strong> my camera&#8217;s meter to get things to look right.<\/li>\n<li>Somewhere in there, we found some pizza and hot dogs in the local style.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The next morning, we went out to grab a bagel, and had a leisurely walk to Penn Station to get the train to Poughkeepsie.<\/p>\n<h4>Manhattan Part 2<\/h4>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/gregbaker.ca\/gallery2\/2009\/ny\/manhattan-2\/\">Manhattan Part 2 pictures<\/a>] On the way back, we had a nice long layover in Manhattan: our train got in at about 3:00 and our flight wasn&#8217;t until 10:30.  We managed to check our bags at Penn Station and get a few more hours in the city:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We started at the Empire State Building.  It was a clear day, so it was a nice view of the city.<\/li>\n<li>The big reason for going back out: we went to the NY Public Library which had the original Pooh and Piglet stuffed animals.  (It was closed for part 1.)  Kat has always been a big Piglet fan (&#8220;He&#8217;s little, like me.&#8221;) so this was definitely a highlight. <\/li>\n<li>On the walk back to Penn Station, we happened by a White Castle.  Summary: I can&#8217;t imagine why anyone would drive overnight to get White Castle.  Maybe being stoned helps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I had my handheld GPS in my camera bag and on for most of the walking.  So, I can offer <a href='http:\/\/gregbaker.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/manhattan.kml'>our tracks in Google Earth<\/a> for your viewing pleasure.  Keep in mind the error inherent in the GPS, particularly when surrounded by tall buildings: we weren&#8217;t walking around as spastically as it looks.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, I think we got as much as we could have done without ever entering &#8220;death march&#8221; territory.  Excellent trip.  Next time, we&#8217;d stay at the south end of the island: Chinatown and Little Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m going to update on the Manhattan part of our trip. I&#8217;ll leave it to Kat to talk about the wedding and Poughkeepsie. Manhattan Part 1 [Manhattan Part 1 pictures] We got to New York City early on the red-eye. We managed to get early check-in to the hotel, which was awesome. 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