Wanderlust: Day 4

Day 4 – Last night we made a booking, on the concierge’s recommendation, at an Italian restaurant, La Masserie for 10pm – their next available booking. It was about 9pm so we wandered up to the restaurant stopping at Hurley’s Saloon located opposite for a pre-dinner drink. At 10pm the restaurant was still packed not only with lots of couples but also lots of families with young children! Food good and service excellent….the tipping guide is 10% for any service, 15% for good service and 18% for excellent service and I must admit, the service, no matter if you are dining or drinking, is always great! We wandered home after 11pm and there are people everywhere! New York really is a place that never sleeps J

The weather has been unseasonably mild – around 19 degrees Celsius yesterday. Gordy is very disappointed L Today it’s raining lightly as we wander up to Radio City to pick up our tickets for tonight’s “Rockettes” show. Five shows today and they are ALL sold out! We continue down 6^th to the park and then back along 5^th, stopping at the Peninsula for a drink. Unbelievable shopping! Gucci has a children’s shop where you can buy a dinner suit for your two year old! Prada, Tiffany’s, Ferragamo, Louis Vuitton ….you name it! New York is alive… so many characters …people singing, playing instruments or just drumming on plastic buckets and saucepan lids to make music ….smells, sounds, visually … it’s hard not to be caught up.

I still have the dreaded lurgy and Gordy is still trying to catch up on sleep so we go back to the hotel for a rest.

The Rockette Show was great!