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Sammy & Steven Guy's adventures in New York City - August & September, 2022

09/23/2022

Sammy teaching the youngsters how to drink...

09/22/2022

...another Broadway Show. Hope Hugh doesn't recognise me. I didn't tell him we were in town.

09/22/2022

Great Diner right on Broadway at Times Square. Old music, great American style burger 🍔.

Dinner before "The Music Man".

09/22/2022

Before W & N we met up with Jenique for a beer or ten. On the way out we ran into these blokes in their long johns...

09/22/2022

So I didn't want to keep drinking but Sam made me go to W & N. We ran into this motley crew who adopted us like we we were two homeless old folks.

09/20/2022

The Freaks of Times Square.

09/19/2022

18th September, Magic day on the water, and free beer for operating the winches... Thinking of you Simon.

09/18/2022

Peaceful.

09/18/2022

Quick salad before a sail...

09/17/2022

Ben was the pilot; Sam was the most nervous. Expensive but very worth it. They said it was 15 minutes, but it was closer to 25.

09/17/2022

Wow!

Check the menu!

Edaname Dumplings, Lucky Noodles but the steak was sensational.

09/16/2022

She finally found a man she is happy with.

The display and the ride up was worth the money even before the view from the top.

We stayed on the 86th floor for about 2 hours watching the sun go down and the lights around us come on. It is one of those places you could keep coming back to.

09/15/2022

THE BEST $4.00 EVER!
From Roosevelt Island we caught the ferry south along the East River to Wall Street.

Just check the photos...

09/15/2022

So, Plan B. Roosevelt Island is in the middle of the East River and was named after the great wartime president. To get to the Island the second most senic route is by the Tramway. These Americans don't know what a tram looks like, thy call a gondolier a tram.

Roosevelt had contracted Polio in the 20s and had been confined to a wheel chair. However, throughout his terms in public office, he was a great supporter of disabled.

The island had been utilised in his programs for the disabled and also homed a smallpox hospital until a vaccine could be produced.

The hospital was abandoned in the 1950s and as you can see is completely overgrown.

The rest of the island has since been developed and has 14000 residents.

09/15/2022

THE MET IS CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS.

(Just in case you were wondering!!!)

On the way we wandered off course (my sense of direction let us down again) but accidentally found a Banksy on a wall in 79th Street.

09/12/2022

Finally found the rooftop bar overlooking Times Square

09/12/2022

...and then we were here.

This was in the list of dive bars I had before we left Australia. I didn't remember until I saw the pig out the front.

The hotdogs 🌭 were free as long as we bought beer...

I now brace myself for the highly unexpected an unpredictable comments about the photos...

09/12/2022

Finally - Sunshine and the real Times Square. We were very underwhelmed when we went to Times Square last week. It was small, didn't look like the Times Square from TV.

Now we know why! Sam got us to the wrong place.

So here we are in the real Times Square.

Bought tickets to Chicago from TKTS and the were CHEAP.

Then one of show spruikers told us of a bar with great hot dogs - Rudy's

09/10/2022

Waiting for the start...

He came on at about 8:20 and was on stage until 10:50. Below is the set list. Billy played a tribute to Queen Elizabeth who had passed a few days before and then later played a tribute to Sir Elton John.

I was surprised how strong his voice is considering his age. His song book was sensational but the seats were very small.

Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
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Pressure
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Rule, Britannia!
(Thomas Arne cover) (Instrumental in honor of Queen Elizabeth.)
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Everybody Loves You Now
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Vienna
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Running on Ice
(Extract)
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The Entertainer
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An Innocent Man
(Intro tease of ‘I’m Too Sexy’… more )
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Don't Ask Me Why
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Root Beer Rag
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Big Man on Mulberry Street
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Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
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The Downeaster Alexa
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New York State of Mind
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Allentown
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My Life
(With “Ode to Joy” intro)
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She's Always a Woman
(Syd Ruggles, daughter of… more )
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Sometimes a Fantasy
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Only the Good Die Young
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Your Song / The Bitch Is Back / Goodbye Yellow Brick Road / Ruby Tuesday
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The River of Dreams
(with ‘Dancing in the Street’… more )
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Nessun dorma
(Giacomo Puccini cover) (Sung by Michael Delguidice)
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Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
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Piano Man
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Encore:
We Didn't Start the Fire
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Uptown Girl
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It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
(With “Be Bop a Lula” intro)
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Big Shot
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You May Be Right
(With interlude of Rock And…

09/08/2022

When the Americans do something, they do it very well. There are two reflecting ponds where each of the towers stood. Surrounded by names of the persons lost in the disaster, the water comes out on the top level like glass and then cascades over the edges. Collected in the large pool below, the water moves to the centre and falls into the vault below.

The whole scene is overlooked by the glass tower which rises to the height of the original buildings.

Very moving.

09/08/2022

Katz's Deli is a New York institution. Founded in 1888, yes, 134 years ago, serving arguably the best pastrami sandwich in the city. Mr Abbott strongly suggested I should attend, and attend we did.

The sandwiches are huge and as we have done nothing but eat for the last 10 days, we split a sandwich. When you walk through the door every person is given a ticket (See photos), all the service areas tick off what you have ordered and when you finish, you pay as you are leaving.

You then go to one of the lines of cutters. Etiquette requires that you know what you want before you get to the cutter or the people behind will let you know...

Each of the framed photos are various celebrities that have eaten there. We were eating under Leonardo deCaprio and Meg Ryan.

09/06/2022

I may have a competitor. She can't resist a man with a guitar!!!

09/06/2022

What a collection.

09/05/2022

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan was the 1963 breakthrough album for Dylan which came out in 1963 before either of us were born. Tracks included Blowin' in the Wind and Hard Rains Gonna Fall.

Credit to photographer Fiona.

09/05/2022

...Fiona I will remind you of this in years to come...

09/04/2022

Another Sunday in the park.

What a place to people watch...

09/03/2022

and DUMBO - Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.

Sam, Fiona and I walked the Brooklyn Bridge and then walked down into the area known as DUMBO. There was a flea market directly under the Manhattan Bridge. We walked back towards the Brooklyn Bridge into the redeveloped waterfront.

The weather is great which unfortunately means crowds. The views back over the Manhattan Skyline from both the Brooklyn Bridge and DUMBO are sensational.

09/02/2022

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Before W & N we met up with Jenique for a beer or ten. On the way out we ran into these blokes in their long johns...

Puppy in the Friends Fountain...

Abraham Boyd busking at Bethesda Terrace, Central Park NYC

30th August - Central Park At the park we found a spot for Sam to read a book but no reading, we both had a nap (Sam tells me I was snoring but I didn't hear it myself). Walked down The Mall to Bethesda Terrace where Abraham Boyd was in the tunnel busking / singing. The acoustics were startling. What a voice! Taking the subway home, we came out at 14th Street and I saw a blonde lady meeting her husband. It looked like she had just come back from a trip and were trying to take a selfie. I just walked over and asked if they wanted me to take it, which I did, she recognised I was Australian, said she had been to Oz before. We exchanged greeting and we left. As we were walking away, Sam told me that she was from the TV series Law & Order - SVU, KellI Giddish. Of course I had no idea and was oblivious and hence, no photos. Went home for a shower and rest then out to the Corner Bistro for a quiet nibble.

Saturday, 27th August So after waking at about 6:00, went back to sleep about 20 minutes later and slept through to 1:19 pm, must have really needed it. Got to the High Line at about 2:30. Before going further, stopped at Hectors Café & Diner which is right under the High Line. Tourist trap right under the Highline, not a fan, but we needed feeding and watering. The High Line – What a great walk. Built in 1934 it was for transport of meat, dairy and produce to and from the waterside to the Meatpacking District and beyond. The highline is about 2 km of elevated train tracks running north / south along the West side of lower Manhattan. As shipping containers became the preferred mode of transportation of goods, the Highline became redundant by the early 1980s and not used at all. The tracks became overgrown with plants and weeds Left idle until the early 2000s, the Friends of the High Line raised money to develop the park we have today. Scheduled to be demolished by the city in the late 1990s, this attraction is now a must see. We walked from the South, at many of the entry points there are volunteers who are happy to speak to demanding tourists. Lots of art and performing spaces.