Radmall Vacation - Days Five Through Eight (New York)

NEW YORK! We are such tourists. We made the ferry ride over to the Statue of Liberty. Guitar Man was not impressed with this part of our sight seeing. I have the pictures to prove that he was on the island with us, but he would not be happy with me if I shared them.
Wednesday morning we woke up in Boston very early (5:30am I think), got ready and left for New York City. We had 2:00pm matinee tickets to Wicked. We left Boston around 7:00am and headed south. We experienced a little traffic congestion going through the lower part of Connecticut. We did get to our hotel room just after noon, got ready, jumped on the subway, and made it to the theater 10 minutes before curtain. Everyone loved the production. We had such a great time. The theater was wonderful, the set and scenery were excellent, and the singing and acting were superb.
Here we are on the subways of New York. We did most of our traveling to our various destinations below the city streets. Please note the shameless plug for Zabars. Cheryl is guarding the contents of one of our many shopping excursions to this famous uptown market. Little Wizard had never been exposed to store that had open meat counters and thousands of smells. It turned his stomach and made him a bit green the first time that we went into the store. On subsequent trips, he would stand out on the street and wait while we made our purchases. We especially loved their cherry cream cheese strudel. Right across the street was one of his favorite food stops, H and H bagels. Yum!

The Little Wizard is hanging out with one of his favorite idols, Blue. We had great fun in the M&M store and the Hershey's store on Time Square.
On one of our many subway rides, we were serenaded by this Mariachi duet.
You can see American Idol and Little Wizard, but Guitar Man is obscured by the bass fiddle. As you probably realized, they are trying to avoid eye contact. The first rule of subway riding! We did not grace their hats with any pesos. We made a pilgrimage to the house that Ruth built. The nose bleed bleacher tickets were going for $200. And this for a team that is not even going to make it to the playoffs. We did want to see the old Yankee Stadium before they demolish it at the end of this season. We also got to see the new stadium. It looks very nice. Guitar Man was particularly impressed when we saw the cops bust a scalper for selling counterfeit tickets. He had a wad of cash that would have choked a horse!
It's the Late Show with David Letterman. We had to take this photo op!
We got this shot in front of the Hello Deli (a main stay of the Letterman Show). Many a meat platter has be awarded in this venue. We took this picture just an hour before we headed for the airport to return home. The kids were particularly impressed that we got to see Rupert, the proprietor of this establishment. If you look really hard, you can see him driving away in the silver Toyota pickup truck. We had a great trip and enjoyed the opportunity to see and do so many wonderful things.