Friday, December 15
- Flew Porter Air from Toronto to Newark
- Fly PD 125 - Seat 7A
- Ate lunch at Big Nick's Pizza Burger Joint, 78 West 71 Street, New York, NY 10023: $11.00
- Slice of Big Nick's Pizza
- Diet Coke
- Visited the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024: $21.00
- Saw The Vietnam War: 1945 – 1975
- Saw Mapping America's Road from Revolution to Independence
- Michael lead a docent tour
- Shopped at Argosy Book Store, 116 E 59th St, New York, NY 10022: $42.19
- It is an okay but not great bookstore
- Half-price basement sale was great
- Ate supper at Benash Delicatessen, 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10019:
- NY Deli Sandwich: $19.00
- Triple Chocolate Cheese Cake: $12.00
- Visited The Morgan Library & Museum,225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
- Saw Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection
- The highlight was this amazing Degas
- Shopped at The Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
- Now you need to spend $100 to get a free tote bag
- Slept at Westside YMCA, 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY 10023: $177.50
- Ate breakfast at Bouchon Bakery, The Shops at Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019
- Ham and Cheese Baguette: $9.95
- Visited The Met Cloisters, 99 Margaret Corbin Dr, New York, NY 10040: $25
- Spent two hours and saw everything
- Audio Guide was great: $7
- A highlight was the Annunciation Triptych in the Merode Room
- Well worth a visit but not sure I will ever return
- Ate lunch at Sylvia's Restaurant, 328 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10027
- Lemonade: $4.50
- Chitterlings with collard greens and black-eye peas
- Slept at Westside YMCA, 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY 10023: $177.50
- Attended Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, 5th Ave, New York, NY 10022
- Visited St. Patrick's Cathedral's Gift Shop, 15 East 51st Street, New York, NY 10022
- Bought an Amazon Echo for Dad at Amazon store
- Ate lunch at the Fraunces Tavern, 54 Pearl Street, NY, NY 10004
- Jefferson's Cobb Salad: $19.00
- Ommegang Nirvana IPA: $8.00
- Wrasslers Stout: $8.00
- Visited the Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, NY, NY 10004
- Matthew lead a very informative tour
- Made a quick visit to St. Paul's Chapel, 209 Broadway, New York, NY 10007
- Ate supper with Richard and Lisa at Rouge, 757 6th Ave, New York, NY 10010
- Visited The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028
- Permanent Collection:
- Room 830: Picasso
- Room 808: Turner
- The Pass at St Gotthard (1842)
- Lucernce from the Lake (1846)
- Room 819: Monet
- Room 632: Vermeer
- Room 634 & 637: Rembrandt
- Room 958: Luca Carlevaris (looks like Canaletto)
- Saw David Hockney
- LOVED IT!
- He was very creative and innovative
- Photography: The view of a "paralyzed cyclops"
- Saw Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer
- This was super crowded and not that enjoyable
- Check out the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History online to read and see more about the Met's collection
- Shopped at The Met Shop: $87.03
- Cloisters: Medieval Art & Architecture: $24.95
- Monet In Normandy: $14.98
- David Hockney: $40.00
- Slept at Westside YMCA, 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY 10023: $177.50
- Ate supper at the Burger & Lobster, 39 West 19th St, New York, NY 10011
- Slept at Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan Chelsea
- Attended 2017 MLB.com Holiday Party, Slate, 54 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10010
- Returned to The Strand Bookstore
- Returned Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862
- Purchased deodorant at CVS Pharmacy, 750 6th Avenue, New York, NY
- Slept at Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan Chelsea
- Worked in my hotel room
- Ate takeaway from Johny's Lunchette
- Took a Minuteman Limo to Newark Airport
- Flew from Newark to Toronto on PD 134 - Seat 11A
