{"id":377,"date":"2005-10-15T21:11:42","date_gmt":"2005-10-15T21:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=377"},"modified":"2005-10-15T21:11:42","modified_gmt":"2005-10-15T21:11:42","slug":"loose_in_manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/loose_in_manhattan\/","title":{"rendered":"Loose in Manhattan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a New York lunch.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/nylunch.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/nylunch.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/nylunch-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>White pizza, yay!  <\/em><br \/>\nAfter lunch, I farted around Grand Central on my way to Bryant Park and Nat Sherman&#8217;s.  I had a short cigar and learned wisdom from George, one of the guys who works upstairs.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/parkdoggie.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/parkdoggie.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/parkdoggie-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Bryant Park Doggie!<\/em><br \/>\nThen it was off to Brooklyn.  That&#8217;s a big deal for me since I don&#8217;t usually leave the island&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/brooklynbridge.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/brooklynbridge.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/brooklynbridge-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWalked across the Brooklyn Bridge where there was a wedding party exchanging vows and a BD photography session on the middle of the bridge.  Didn&#8217;t get pix of THAT though&#8230;<br \/>\nI DID get a picture of the sun setting behind the buildings of Manhattan.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/harborshot.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/harborshot.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/harborshot-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>New York Harbor with Lady Liberty on the center left<\/em><br \/>\nNow that&#8217;s artsy-fartsy!!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/welcometo.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/welcometo.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/welcometo-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>welcome to Brooklyn, now go home!<\/em><br \/>\nOnce you cross the bridge, take the stairs on the left, go down and hang another left.  Cross the street.  Congrats, you&#8217;re in DUMBO, latest area of gentrification in NYC&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/manhattanbridge.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/manhattanbridge.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/manhattanbridge-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>A view of the Manhattan Bridge from DUMBO<\/em><br \/>\nDUMBO is the name of the district under the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.  There&#8217;s a lotta art and expensive condos there.  I thought the condos looked better than the art.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/katzsdeli.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/katzsdeli.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/katzsdeli-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Katz&#8217;s<\/em><br \/>\nDinner time and nothing beats a big ass pastrami sandwich from Katz&#8217;s Deli, home of the &#8220;when Harry met Sally&#8221; orgasm scene.<br \/>\nWhen you enter the place, you are given a ticket.  DON&#8217;T LOSE IT otw, it costs US$50 to get out!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/katzsdeli3.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/katzsdeli3.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/katzsdeli3-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBig tender juicy pastrami sandwich, yum!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/katzsdeli2.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/katzsdeli2.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/katzsdeli2-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOn the way home, some words of advice<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/advice.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/advice.html','popup','width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/advice-thumb.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand edible advertising!  The two-storey tall Cup Noodles!  That&#8217;s a lotta MSG&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/beegcupramen.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/beegcupramen.html','popup','width=480,height=640,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.walking-ixus.net\/blog\/photos\/beegcupramen-thumb.jpg?resize=240%2C320\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a New York lunch. White pizza, yay! After lunch, I farted around Grand Central on my way to Bryant Park and Nat Sherman&#8217;s. I had a short cigar and learned wisdom from George, one of the guys who works upstairs. Bryant Park Doggie! Then it was off to Brooklyn. That&#8217;s a big deal &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/loose_in_manhattan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Loose in Manhattan!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domestic-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2mgIi-65","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}