We were in Manhattan and Brooklyn for only 27 hours over the weekend but I took in enough visual, auditory, and emotional data to feed me for months, maybe years.
The reason for the trip was quite sad--a memorial service that Doug describes very well right here. But along with all that sadness came some joy, since we got to spend the night with our daughter and her fiance Sean (see how I worked that in oh-so-casually?) in their "new" apartment in Brooklyn. Saturday was the day that massive and ultimately destructive snow storm moved up the east coast. The top shot was taken on the 65th Street Transverse Road as we cabbed across Central Park from the memorial service on the West Side to the reception on the East Side. Looks like rain but it was actually a nasty snow-sleet mix. Bottom two shots were taken the next day in Brooklyn (Prospect Heights) as we walked to the subway to get back into Manhattan before we headed back to DC.
Robert and James, my grandkittens, were even more sweet than Becca told us. I love my girls (Georgette and Lucy) but a lifetime of cats tells me that boy kitties are simply more lovey-dovey to their humans than girl kitties. What's up with that?
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I've noticed that about boy kitties and girl kitties. My next one is definitely going to be male!
Oh, I love NYC, although not in icky weather. I go in fall and spring and hope for the best. :) I'm glad that the visit went well, in spite of the sad reason for it. Congrats on your daughter's engagement!! We have a nasty girl kitty. I'd heard that boy cats are friendlier too.
Prospect Heights is my old neighborhood!! I lived on Plaza St. and Vanderbilt. Loved it there - so close to everything, the park, library, museum, Botanical Garden, Slope. Your daughter will love it! Sorry we didn't have better weather for you. Our power was out for 4 days - what a nightmare.
I already told you how much I like these pics, Pam, especially the first one from inside the taxi. I've gazed at it several times, finding the clarity and focus of the raindrops on the windshield, the bright colors of the taxis and red lights, and the gray skies and buildings just wonderful.
I think nearly everybody would be able to see NYC immediately (though nothing really identifies the city).
And speaking of cities, Annapolis it is. Mid-December?
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