We Love New York City

We've just about concluded our week long stay in NYC. Earlier today we down-loaded our boarding passes to the iphone--completely paperless!--and tomorrow afternoon we'll be flying off to Israel.

We were working on this blog entry at the 96th St. Public Library until it closed a short while ago, so now we are back at Sophia and Ping's apartment on Park Ave. They have been gracious and amiable hosts, giving us their living room for our bedroom, and generally taking good care of us.
Here is a sample of some of our city photos.

Skyscraper looming over Bryant Park

Subway music: entertainment and talent everywhere!

The fabulous New York City Public Library


We had a private tour of the special Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle as part of the Conference on Romanticism.




The Metropolitan Opera, where we saw the extravagant Zeffirelli production of Puccini's Turandot with Debby and Udo: here we see the glittering hall, the audience and,



for Sam, the orchestra pit.


Glitzy shoes for shoppers. I think they are Rachel's size!


Unexpectedly odd store names.



IchiUmi, a gigantic sushi bar where we enjoyed a vast array of ultra fresh Japanese dishes.


Ice skating at Rockefeller Plaza.


Rockefeller Center at night.


We made our usual pilgrimage to the Plaza Hotel to pay our respects to Eloise:


Aaron had flown in from Singapore, so
he and Sophia strolled with us on a beautiful afternoon in Central Park.



Continuous rainbow!


Lloyd took this great shot of the reservoir.

Autumn ginkgo leaves.