New York City

For us New York City is a magical and so very busy all the time place

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Most of the time we have spent in the City was in Manhattan

Our first time in the City was perhaps our most memorable

We flew in to LaGuardia late at night and shared a ride with a J C Penny executive downtown

It had just snowed and he was staying at the J C Penny Building and we were at the Squires Century Center near Times Square

We were there for the Toy Show and checked in with a mega superstar at the same time

We were so excited that we could not sleep and got up and went down to the street

We walked, looked in windows and had a breakfast and then went back to our rooms

The City was so alive and so were we, was indeed a special magical moment

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We went to the Jewellery district and amid the Jewish sellers

We saw many wonderful diamonds for sale

We walked blocks and blocks and had huge incredible deli sandwiches

We walked down 42nd Street and were carefully watched and guided back to a more safe area by two City "Cops".

We ate at Mama Leone's during Mardi Gras time and it was an experience not to be forgotten

We rode in a carriage in Central Park and we went to our first Broadway shows

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We purchased half price tickets in Times Square and we sat center isle, 4th row for Woman of the Year

Debbie Reynolds was the star and a great Tony Award winning woman sang, It's Wonderful" and it was

We saw Merlin with Chita Rivera and Doug Henning and it closed soon after

We saw David Dukes in Amadeus and it was beyond belief great

Finally we saw Joseph with an un-named understudy and it was the highlight of Broadway for us

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Such a magical time this was

We went to the top of the Empire State Building and we rode in subways and taxi cabs that were very interesting

We also went to the top of the Empire State Building at night and took so so pictures but the sights remain vivid in our mind

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Later we would return to NYC with several of our grandchildren and go to a Yankee Game in the Bronx

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Of course we have seen the Statue of Liberty and taken a Harbor Dinner Cruise

Teaching Sadie to bargain for an inexpensive watch in the wholesale district was a lot of fun

People have always treated us nice in this City

We drove past the September 11 Memorial, such a sad time and place, our hearts and money went out to them during that horrible time

We watched our grandchildren and their school choir sing at Carnegie Hall in a Western Tribute

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Our grandchildren posed with NYC Mime's and we took family pictures and saw an umbrella art exhibit in the park before taking a dinner cruise of the harbor

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We went with them to the Museum of Natural History and we have bought many street items from Street Vendors

The neatest of which I think are "fake" Rolex and Movado watches which look so real and cost so little

We helped our granddaughters and school friends buy "knock off" designer purses

This was great fun and I don't think did any damage to anyone ever

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On this trip we went to Wicked on Broadway and any Broadway Show on Broadway is just fabulous

We rode both in a limousine and a bicycle rickshaw on this trip

When I was young and on the way to New Hampshire with my mom and dad, we drove on a parkways skirting the City

Funny we never really visited the World Trade Centers, I mean you always saw them but did not go to visit

I bought my first computer, a Commodore 64 there and I came into Grand Central Station as young man on the way to the Seminary in Callicoon so many years ago

One of my nicest memories is of sitting with Gigi in Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Deli in Times Square and watching people

People watching in New York City are one of the main attractions and cannot be missed

St. Patrick's, Rockefeller Center and the ice skating rink and just being there is so neat

Another is exploring all the wonderful department stores such as Macy’s, Saks, Bloomingdale's and so many others now closed

We rode wooden escalator's that were quaint but very neat and unusual just like the subways

The Christmas Department Store Window displays at night are especially compelling

We have been through and to and hope we get to visit again this very neat City!

Our minds and being are filled with so many memories of this neat place

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