thanksgiving day
thursday morning i woke to a feeling of restlessness. here we were in nyc for thanksgiving (we usually go to connecticut to my sister's house) and so far we had no plans to walk around the city. so m and c and i decided to go ice skating and catch a bit of the parade.
we took the train to 28th street and from there walked up sixth avenue to herald square. we were excited to see the hello kitty balloon.
there the crowd got to be a bit too big, so we headed over to fifth avenue and then up to 40th street and bryant park. we passed lord and taylor's windows. we didn't stop to look today as there was a line. we figured we would visit one morning after an early skate. lord and taylor's always has beautiful windows. they're our favorite.
as we reached the rink, we saw a large elephant through the trees. it was dr. seuss' horton!
there was a short line to get in to the rink, and the zambone was cleaning the ice. but then we had a nice skate with many other families out for the day. it was actually a nice crowd, and we saw santa claus passing by along sixth avenue. he was bringing up the end of the parade.
in the evening we went to janet's for dinner. we made and carried over with us: two apple pies, candied yams, creamed celery, steamed apples and raisins, turnips, and crackers with herring, blue cheese, drunken goat cheese, gouda, and manchego. janet had a huge turkey, brussel sprouts, chestnut and wild rice stuffing, savory biscuits, baked golden potatoes, cranberry relish, two cranberry orange pies, and two pumpkin pies. it was quite a feast. afterwards, everyone wanted to get out into the crisp air for a walk.
we went to the high line and enjoyed the solitariness of a thanksgiving evening.
we also had ice cream with our pies. well, others did. i prefer mine without such a cold addition!
thursday morning i woke to a feeling of restlessness. here we were in nyc for thanksgiving (we usually go to connecticut to my sister's house) and so far we had no plans to walk around the city. so m and c and i decided to go ice skating and catch a bit of the parade.
we took the train to 28th street and from there walked up sixth avenue to herald square. we were excited to see the hello kitty balloon. 
there the crowd got to be a bit too big, so we headed over to fifth avenue and then up to 40th street and bryant park. we passed lord and taylor's windows. we didn't stop to look today as there was a line. we figured we would visit one morning after an early skate. lord and taylor's always has beautiful windows. they're our favorite.
as we reached the rink, we saw a large elephant through the trees. it was dr. seuss' horton!
there was a short line to get in to the rink, and the zambone was cleaning the ice. but then we had a nice skate with many other families out for the day. it was actually a nice crowd, and we saw santa claus passing by along sixth avenue. he was bringing up the end of the parade.
in the evening we went to janet's for dinner. we made and carried over with us: two apple pies, candied yams, creamed celery, steamed apples and raisins, turnips, and crackers with herring, blue cheese, drunken goat cheese, gouda, and manchego. janet had a huge turkey, brussel sprouts, chestnut and wild rice stuffing, savory biscuits, baked golden potatoes, cranberry relish, two cranberry orange pies, and two pumpkin pies. it was quite a feast. afterwards, everyone wanted to get out into the crisp air for a walk. 
we went to the high line and enjoyed the solitariness of a thanksgiving evening.
we also had ice cream with our pies. well, others did. i prefer mine without such a cold addition! 
Oh - wow.... THAT is the most gigantic Hello Kitty I have ever seen!
ReplyDeleteyes! it was fun to see :)
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