Evening Report

After a short rest back at our hotel room, we scampered downtown to join the Times Squares' for an A2/C1 dance (Thanks to deege for the idea). We were a little late but were warmly received. The fact they didn't have enough dancers for a square until we showed up probably had something to do with it.

It was a fun evening of Advanced dancing (two of our number didn't dance C1); it was a tight square, experienced and worked well together.


Jeff M. and David F. arrived from DC around 10:30 PM, about the time we were returning to the hotel. After a quick costume change, we were off for dinner at Heartland in the Empire State Building two blocks away from our hotel. Good food although a little steeply priced.

Tomorrow: More shopping, lunch with stormecho & Patrick and being touristy around town.

Evening Report

After a short rest back at our hotel room, we scampered downtown to join the Times Squares' for an A2/C1 dance (Thanks to deege for the idea). We were a little late but were warmly received. The fact they didn't have enough dancers for a square until we showed up probably had something to do with it.

It was a fun evening of Advanced dancing (two of our number didn't dance C1); it was a tight square, experienced and worked well together.


Jeff M. and David F. arrived from DC around 10:30 PM, about the time we were returning to the hotel. After a quick costume change, we were off for dinner at Heartland in the Empire State Building two blocks away from our hotel. Good food although a little steeply priced.

Tomorrow: More shopping, lunch with stormecho & Patrick and being touristy around town.

NYC, Day 2

The morning started a little later than we planned, largely 'cause we needed the sleep. (Actually, I still could have used another two hours of sleep, but I can catch up on snoozing when we get home.)

Here's the view of the Empire State Building from our hotel room, taken while waiting for the guys to finish dressing:


We had a very nice brunch with stormecho & Patrick at Florent:


On advice from our brunch locals, we walked a while hopped the subway down to Delancy so kent4str could visit a particular gluten-free bakery. At a separate bakery, Jeff found cupcakes and proceeded to embarrass us all on the street:


And then we walked. And walked. And walked. And walked. I can't even estimate how many miles we trekked, but that was --for me, at least-- the entire point of the trip to NYC in the first place. We collapsed in our hotel room, barely able to get our shoes off. I wasn't planning to nap but we all dozed off for at least two hours.

Our feet and legs still hurting, we opted for dinner at a restaurant as near to our hotel as possible. Indeed, we landed at a Korean restaurant immediately next door to the hotel entrance. Having had Koren food only once prior, I was a bit of a novice but we had a great time.

Before & After:


In search of dessert, we trekked up 6th Avenue towards Times Square. I would have been content with a restaurant with perhaps cake or pie on the menu but we finally ended at Cold Stone Creamery where we could utilize some gift cards on hand.


We're drifting off to sleep very shortly. Tomorrow, we check out of the hotel and hopefully meet up with bearfuz and placeintheheart for lunch before heading home.

NYC, Day 2

The morning started a little later than we planned, largely 'cause we needed the sleep. (Actually, I still could have used another two hours of sleep, but I can catch up on snoozing when we get home.)

Here's the view of the Empire State Building from our hotel room, taken while waiting for the guys to finish dressing:


We had a very nice brunch with stormecho & Patrick at Florent:


On advice from our brunch locals, we walked a while hopped the subway down to Delancy so kent4str could visit a particular gluten-free bakery. At a separate bakery, Jeff found cupcakes and proceeded to embarrass us all on the street:


And then we walked. And walked. And walked. And walked. I can't even estimate how many miles we trekked, but that was --for me, at least-- the entire point of the trip to NYC in the first place. We collapsed in our hotel room, barely able to get our shoes off. I wasn't planning to nap but we all dozed off for at least two hours.

Our feet and legs still hurting, we opted for dinner at a restaurant as near to our hotel as possible. Indeed, we landed at a Korean restaurant immediately next door to the hotel entrance. Having had Koren food only once prior, I was a bit of a novice but we had a great time.

Before & After:


In search of dessert, we trekked up 6th Avenue towards Times Square. I would have been content with a restaurant with perhaps cake or pie on the menu but we finally ended at Cold Stone Creamery where we could utilize some gift cards on hand.


We're drifting off to sleep very shortly. Tomorrow, we check out of the hotel and hopefully meet up with bearfuz and placeintheheart for lunch before heading home.