Day #25- Saturday

Saturday morning we got up and had brunch at our next door restaurant, Cafe Cluny. As always, it was F-A-B-A-L-O-U-S! Lindsay got the brioche french toast... YUM!

Megan got the sandwich, which had a fried egg, avocado, bacon, and tomato:

Scott got corned beef hash with poached eggs:

And I got the eggs florentine:

This was a highly satisfying brunch. And also a highly humorous one. First of all, our waiter was from England, and could not understand a word I was saying, him with his highly proper British accent, and me with my southern hick accent. And, I am getting sick and have a sore throat/raspy voice, so that added to the situation. When he came by to take our order, he asked if we were ready, and I said "I can't decide!" He thought I said "I want a salad". So he said, "ok, the salad", and then to clarify, said again "you'll have the salad?" Then I said "no, I can't decide" and then he said "no, you hate salad?" and then I said "No, I can't decide- I can't decide on what to order!"

He still looked confused, so Lindsay, in her non-KY accent, had to translate and tell him that I couldn't decide on what to order yet, and to come back in a few minutes. The whole thing was pretty funny actually. Then, when we finally ordered and got our food, all us girls whipped out our iphones and started taking pictures of all our food, and passing our phones around so we could get pictures of everyone else's food. Between the communication difficulties and the frenzied photo session over our food, the waiter probably all thought we were crazy!

And he would be right in assuming that :-)

After brunch, Lindsay had to leave, so we walked her to the MegaBus stop. We had so much fun

with her and were sad to see her go. But, she had to get home to her babies, so we said our goodbyes and left.

The 3 of us walked over to Herald Square, which is where the world's largest Macy's is located. It's on 34th street (yes, thus the movie Miracle on 34th Street) and takes up an entire city block. It is also the world's largest department store- so you can just imagine how massive this place is. We just walked past it as it would surely have taken the entire rest of the day to browse through here.

As we walked along, Scott (aka Mr. Tour Guide) pointed out all the points of interest/famous landmarks to Megan.

In front of the Waldorf Astoria

In front of Rockefeller Center

In front of Central Park

We stopped at Patsy's for lunch

It was saucy and delicious! This is by far my #1 favorite NYC pizza place. Megan loved it too!

We decided to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET). Scott split up from us because he wanted to look at paintings, and Megan and I wanted to look at ancient Egyptian and Roman artifacts. I think I've finally figured out why I don't love museums- because we always look at paintings. They are ok, but I get bored with them. I really like looking at ancient artifacts, figurines, dishes.. all the little tools and devices that were made by hand thousands of years ago. That is really interesting to me!

For example, look at this:

These are dice, with a little barrel to roll them with. Does this not look just like our dice today? This is an ancient Yahtzee game, created B.C.! Isn't that neat?

Here are some other shots of things we thought were interesting:

Ornate and carefully created vases and bowls

Cute little figurines. So precise! To think, these were carved out of stone, by hand!

These little figurine heads- so detailed!

Ancient Egyptian jewelry- so neat! I always love looking at joo-rey!

How cute and ornate is this little knife and spoon!?!

Megan in front of a medieval troop of knights and horses

After a long day of walking around we went back to the apartment, exhausted. But, there is never any downtime in NYC, so we got ready for dinner. We had reservations for Morimoto, which is a fabulous restaurant owned by one of my favorite Iron Chefs. Scott and I have been here a few years ago, so we knew this place had good food and a really cool atmosphere. We had an amazing dinner and loved the experience.

I have to add this in- check out the bathrooms at Morimoto:

Isn't that too cool? It looks like a long, flowered hallway behind the toilet. Pretty neat optical illusion! And, the seats are heated. Can't beat that!

After our delicious dinner, we walked back home and went to bed. Another exhausting yet fulfilling day in NYC!