New York City… day 3… part 6… Day at the museum…

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The title is a play on the fact that the Natural History Museum in New York City is where they shot a lot of the scenes from the movie Night At The Museum, and the follow up movies. We didn’t spend a day there. Just a few minutes.

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Yes, I am still doing posts about our 3-and-a-half-day adventure in New York. Our daughter… the older one… had to work our last day there. We had a lot to see, but she suggested we at least go into the lobby of the museum.

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So we did.

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Who doesn’t like dinosaurs?

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There is a weird statue out front.

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I will get to that in a minute.

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Because… dinosaurs!

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That is the baby, standing by mom’s leg.

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Okay, about that statue. Out past it, you can see Central Park, where we are heading next, but what is up with that horse’s tail?

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I suppose that is a Native American.

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And on the other side is… uh… that guy.

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And in between is Teddy Roosevelt, riding a horse, leading the others to… or away… from… something?

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It is that time of year again, time to look forward to a visit from Christmas Ninja!!!

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New York City… day 3… part 5… The Dakota, where John Lennon lived and died…

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John Lennon lived there. He also died there. The Dakota is right by Central Park, and we wanted to see it. It is a moving and sad place to be.

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Before that, but after the Empire State Building adventure, we met our daughter, Jessica, for lunch. I told you she works near the Empire State Building, right?

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I am eating a salami bagel sandwich… because… New York!

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That is my action subway stance. I learned that on the BART… Bay Area Rapid Transit… when I was growing up. Also, I was a sailor, so I can stand on a moving deck.

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Do not try this the first time you are on a subway, or BART. Hang onto something. If you do try it, and if someone is taking your photo, for gosh sakes, suck in your gut!

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Also, is it a good idea to smile near the place where a legend was shot?

 

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Probably not.

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Okay, back soon with more New York adventures.

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Oh, Mr. Eric Idle, you are so silly…

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Is tRump about to get fired?

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Hey, a person can dream.

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New York City… day 3… part 4… There be dragons… and stuff: Random street scenes…

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I like dragons. And art. And weirdly decorative railings.

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This railing is actually beside a very interesting and moving building, which I will get to in the next post.

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We have reached almost the middle of the third day of our 3-and-a-half-day trip to New York.

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My wife and I were doing the tourist thing while our daughter and son-in-law had to work. Jessica works close to the Empire State Building.

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One of my best friends growing up was named John Sullivan. He died.

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We took yet another subway ride to another part of Manhattan.

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I never did see a subway rat, but I saw a subway pigeon.

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I took some shots as we passed another train. You can see my reflection.

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Who is she texting?

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People, going about their lives.

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A quaint little street.

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Wait until you see the colors of the trees in Central Park!

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Flowers.

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These dragons seemed to be a theme in this area.

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Okay, back in a bit.

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But, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, this still ain’t no travel blog… part 1…

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No, this is where you go to see mirror-image-moon-eyed-tree-rainbow-monsters!

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New York City… day 3… part 3… I know, it’s the Empire State Building… again… but I swear, these are the last pictures I took there, and I used the zoom lens in some of them… so… yeah…

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See. Now you can tell that is the Lady Liberty.

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And that there is the ball they drop on New Year’s Eve.

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That is just scary.

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But we will be moving on soon, and this is the last day of the 3-and-a-half-day trip.

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Central Park. We are going to be all up in that park’s business.

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I think that is a famous building. Is that the Chrysler Building? Somebody should Google that.

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Ha, I snuck the Brooklyn Bridge in again! Is snuck a word? It is now. I added it to the dictionary.

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Yup.

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There’s that confounded bridge. Again.

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And some other bridge.

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It looks like it is trying to be the Golden Gate Bridge. You wish, bridge!

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Fancy floor logo.

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Gratuitous self-promotion!

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Okay, bye, nice building.

 

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New York City… day 3… part 2… the Empire State Building… again…

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I know.

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You have already seen the Empire State Building.

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You have probably either been to this building, or never will go there.

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So why should you care?

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Maybe you don’t.

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But this is sort of what I do.

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Share my life.

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Maybe I am too good at sharing.

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Or else I suck at it.

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Either way…

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Here we are…

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Or here I am, at least.

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New York City… day 3… part 2… the Empire State Building Strikes Back!

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Oh yeah.

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I am way up there.

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These are just the pictures I took with my phone.

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I will try not to post all the photos I took of the view with my camera.

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Ain’t nobody got time for that.

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But it was a heck of a view.

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Just keep away from the big monkey.

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No… not that big monkey. He is friendly.

 

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Just give him a banana and pat him on the head.

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Okay, see ya soon.

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