Washington to New York City

What over 100,000 letters to the military looks like carried in baskets by DAR pages dressed in white!

We spent 6 days in Washington DC and on Sunday, June 19, we got on Amtrak and traveled to New York City. We had reservations at Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott on Henry Street in Lower Manhattan. We got there about 3 in the afternoon and settled into our room on the 7^th floor. After resting we went out to see what the neighborhood was like. This is a totally new area for us and very interesting. We are on the edge of China Town and all of the businesses have Chinese writing. We were a little intimidated because we could not tell what anything was. However, after we bought some delicious lychee nuts from an outdoor vender and watched people we decided to go into a Bar-B-Q restaurant. It was full of Chinese speakers and the menu had all kinds of unusual ingredients, but we ended up having a delicious meal. We also walked down to the East River to watch the traffic. We were right under the Manhattan Bridge – so that may help you visualize where we are.

On Monday we went to Lincoln Center to check out activities. There was a free concert in the afternoon, so we bused it to Artie's Deli on Broadway and 82^nd to have our favorite pastrami sandwiches. Then it was back to the Bruno Walter Auditorium in the New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center to see Cirque de Jonee.

Jacqueline at the piano, barber shoppers, orchestra

Jacqueline Jonee is billed as the world’s premiere concert pianist drag diva. She came out channeling Liberace and kept us laughing for the next hour. We even heard some good piano playing accompanied by a 6 piece orchestra. She also included a well matched male barbershop quartet. So, our first full day in New York fulfilled all our expectations.