4th of July 2016

A smaller gathering this year with Bicky's family away...Miranda studying abroad at Oxford and her parents accompanying her to England and Xavier at Lake George with his girlfriend.

Wanted to show how difficult it can be to get that "perfect" shot...:)

Breakfast with The Beatles

Winnie won tickets to Breakfast with the Beatles...apparently an annual event hosted by Q104.3 - Classic Rock station.  It was June 26th...Winnie's birthday and they celebrate Paul's birthday (a little late) and Ringo's (a little early).  Held at The Cutting Room - offered a nice breakfast with live music covering Beatles' classics by none other than Mark Hudson of the Hudson Brothers!.  Interspersed with personal stories regarding the Beatles, it was an awesome morning! And I got a cool t-shirt!

City Pass Day 3

This last day was dedicated to museums.  Kathy wasn't available but Winnie, Connie and I visited The Met and the American Museum of Natural History ending with a pizza lunch at Big Nick's.

Obviously The Met is huge but we wanted to catch the Fashion Exhibit "Manus & Machina". City Pass allowed us one admission to their movie - America's National Parks at AMNH.

The American Museum of Natural History:

City Pass Day 2

Hard to believe that this born and bred NYC girl had never been to the Empire State Building! When I was young, Macy's was my store of choice and I had no idea that the ESB was right down the street!
So it was a no-brainer that visiting this landmark would be part of our "what-to-see" and I could check this off my bucket list.

We met up at 34th St (in front of Macy's) and entered the gorgeous art-deco lobby.  AND because of the City Pass - was allowed the VIP line.  No wait!  Woo-hoo!  Once again, we lucked out with a clear day so that we could just soak in the incredible NYC skyline.  And it is, without a doubt, pretty incredible!  Makes me very proud to be a true New Yorker.

Afterwards, we celebrated Winnie's birthday at the Tick Tock diner.  Hadn't been in awhile and they had renovated.  Very nice!

Our second stop was to Top of the Rock.  I've been to the building a number of times (Meredith Viera taped her show there) but I had never made it to the top.  From this vantage point, we could see the Empire State Building which was very cool!

At the Tick-Tock:

Top of The Rock: