Day in New York City

There have been a few things I have
wanted to do in NYC so today was the day.
Hubby ~ bless his heart is always ready to oblige.

We started out having breakfast in Brooklyn.
A great place that we saw on Triple D.
Was Guy Fieri ever right!!!

Pies & Thighs

Tiny little place backed with young people.
It seems to be the "hip" place to eat.

Here I am happily waiting for my food.

 

The food did not disappoint.

Fried Chicken with Waffles Cinnamon butter

and Strawberries. 

 

Best fried chicken I have ever eaten.

 

The pies and donuts are incredible.

 

Hubby treated himself to a donut.

It is so big it will take him about 4 tries

to eat it. hah

 

Then we headed to the 911 Memorial

 

On the way there we passed

St Paul's Chapel of Trinity Church

It survived the attacks and was a

place of refuge for many.

 

 

This photo from the Internet

says it all . . .

 

 

We also passed this statue:

The statue is a memorial to the troops who led

the American invasion of Afghanistan in response

to the Sept. 11 attacks on the trade center

 and the Pentagon.

 

Freedom Tower on the way to the memorial

 

Hubby walking into the memorial

 

South Pool - as you walk around these huge

pools and read name after name after name

you still cannot imagine the number of lives

lost in one moment.

 

 

North Pool - I was determined to find a dear

friends name from my church who died on

911. I walked around and around 3 times

reading every name on the wall of the South

pool. Not realizing there were two pools and

he was on the North side.

 

In search for my friend I found Todd Beamer.

What an amazing hero.  I'll never forget his

words ... Let's Roll !

 
I couldn't fit this entirely in my photo but
you can see Jennifer L Howley and her unborn child.
I ran across at least 3 of these with women
who were pregnant.  Heartbreaking

 

This gentlemen attend my hubbies church and

what is now my church. He was a brave

firemen who lost his life trying to save other.

Brue Van Hine

 

And this is my friend who I searched for so long

Al Braca  ~

 

Such mixed emotions visiting this sight.

You feel so torn about smiling for a photo.

 

 

A pear tree that miraculously survived the Sept. 11 terror

attack blossomed at ground zero on the first day of spring.

The "Survivor Tree" – as it's been dubbed – was discovered
 amid the smoldering rubble, limbs lifeless, roots snapped,
trunk blackened. Workers freed it and it was nursed back to
health in a Bronx park before it was replanted.
Now topping 30 feet – four times its size in 2001 –
 it towers above other trees in Memorial Plaza at the
World Trade Center. It sprouted white blossoms,
seen for the first time by visitors to the 9/11 memorial that
opened last September.

 

Here's the tree being transported.

You can see the little bit of green life.

 

 

We also passed the "businessman"

statue . . .

 

Here he is on 911 amid the horror.

 

 

And here he is now a representation of

our ability to survive.

 

Over the 9 months of recovery at Ground

Zero approximately 18 tons of material were

removed from the site. Some 1,500 pcs of

structured steel were saved by the Port

Authority of NY & NJ

 

Many re purposed into memorial settings.

 

We have some in a town not far from where

I live at the fire house. Every time I pass

it I remember.

 

This piece of steel was in the gift shop.

 

 

After 911 it was time to move on to our next

adventure

 
I have always wanted to go to Central Park
to see the Hans Christian Anderson statue.
I love the movie with Danny Kaye and when
I saw in Guidepost magazine they have a statue
I nearly tortured hubby to death to take me.

Oh this movie !

 

The little boy with cancer who lost

his hair and he told him the Ugly

Duckling story.  Oh I love this movie.

On the way we passed The Waldorf Astoria.

 

 

Grand Central Station

 

 

 

 

The park is so beautiful.

The weather was perfect today.

 

 

I love the little sailboats.

Reminded me of Stuart Little movie.

 

Remember how cute he was. hah

 

 

 Here is Alice in Wonderland with
children just crawling all over her.

Mad Hatter

 

Rabbit

 

I was a bit frustrated that I

couldn't get a photo without

all the people I didn't know in it.

Since it is "all about me right ?" hah

 

Grace, Grace God's Grace oh boy I need some!

 

So here is one from the Internet

 

 

 Here he is Hans Christian Andersen ! ! !
and the Ugly Duck.

 

Hans and I just kickin' back hah

 

Closer view of sail boats they are so beautiful

 

Here I am not trying to be a super model but

Hubby doesn't give me a second to pose for

photo ops. hah

 

I told him he is my BLOG photographer

and he needs to get it together hah

 

And the Pièce de résistance

 

There was a little Westie running around the park.

I told Gary I just have to go see him ~ I have too!

 

So I ran over to him and started to chat with his

owner who was the kindest man with a charming

Irish accent.  I told him all about Solomon and

he said how "stubborn" his boy was also hah

He called him to come a million times so I could pet him

and that rascal just stood and looked at both

of us. hah They are all so much alike.

 

We finally caught up with him, Dooley was his name.

He was precious. 

 

We parted ways and the gentlemen

said, "I see a Westie in your future"  So sweet.

 

As I looked back to see them go I got the biggest

smile as I saw the man struggling and pulling his

leash because as in perfect Westie Fashion this

boy did not want to cooperate ha ha ha

 

Way to go Dooley

 

 

 

Thankful for a full blessed day !

 

I am so tired and my legs and feet are not happy

 

I need one of these . . .

 

 

So I can have HAPPY FEET again !