NYC for Christmastime

Rockefeller Center

I hadn't been in NYC for the holidays in many years - so this was the year to make it happen.  I grabbed the Turk, reserved our apartment in Chinatown, and headed to the city.  We were greeted with marches protesting the police killing of an unarmed black man - making the news a lot lately, Prince William and Kate who paid a visit while we were there, and a nor-easter that hit just as we were leaving. So it was a typical visit to NYC.
The list of things to do included:  Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, 911 Museum, Metropolitan Museum, chocolate, lots of eating.  We even worked out in the Chinatown YMCA.

Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.  I didnt realize that Ellis Island was flooded in hurricane Sandy which required the park to remove the artifacts until the systems were repaired that would monitor air temperature and humidity. So we saw the island and its buildings, but very few artifacts.

One of the newer bolts supporting the Statue of Liberty

Her mask

the original torch, replaced in 1986

Sculpture from World Trade Towers - at Battery Park

Ms Liberty to my right

911 Museum was memorable as I reflected on working in Tower 2 for two years. Mundane items took on significant meaning. The personal memorials were very impactful.

Actual bathtub wall holding back the water

Survivor stairs

Christmas windows!

More NYC pics

pot stickers at Vanessa's

more yummies at Vanessa's

hot chocolate at Jacques Torres

the YMCA in Chinatown

Wall of chocolate at The Meadows on Hudson

Metropolitan Museum