10 July, all day.
Food day again!
Met my friend @ Katz’s Deli in the Lower East Side. That’s a big old school deli that is new again with the hottie crowd, especially on weekends. However, it was late lunchtime on a Thursday which meant it was only kind of crowded as opposed to being really crowded. Had a thin sliced pastrami with chicken noodle soup. Mmmmmm.
As far as I could tell, this was the place where the infamous deli scene in “When Harry met Sally” was filmed. Nice movie, even though it was directed by Rob Reiner.
Wandered around other parts of SoHo and TriBeCa before having to head back uptown. Found Dean and Deluca’s and had a NY Egg Cream. No egg but some cream.
Dinner was Pizza Blanca, or white pizza. NY seems like the only place you can find this thin crust pizza. Came out of the subway and had the fastest dinner in recent memory.
Went to the Great Lawn in Central Park to catch a performance of the NY Phil. Their summertime in the park series of concerts are free and attract a LOT of people. It was nice. Big. And organized. Best of all, no bums so you could enjoy the show.
Everyone stayed until the end to catch the fireworks. They were intense but brief. 5 minutes of fireworks! So short!
I would wind up walking 25 blocks back to the hotel since the MTA wasn’t running buses down 5th Avenue. Naturally, when I got back down to 58th Street, three busses show up. Maybe their bus division is secretly run by MUNI. Bleah.
But right at the entrance to Central Park, there was this really nice fountain. So i took it. A picture, that is.
Of course, these are the folks responsible for keeping New York clean! I have a healthy respect for the work they’ve done over ther past seven years…
