Uptown Girl

Tuesday was a lovely day. I met up with the boys and we walked up past the Lincoln Centre where there was a fashion show going on. In all the excitement I forgot it was NY Fashion Week! We then went into Central Park and enjoyed some of the delights NY has to offer. The boys had hot dogs and I had a pretzel  :-)

We then went up to the Plaza hotel - made famous for me in The Way we Were as the place where Barbara Streisand said goodbye to Robert Redford. It was also the place where Carrie said goodbye to Big when he got married. It was immense!!!

The open top tourist bus was our next destination and we went uptown! Up the Upper West side of the park along the top in Harlem and then back down the Upper East Side. Got to find out lots of really interesting stuff about NY and are set to do a number of other tours over the next 48 hours. It is a great way to see the city without walking hundreds of blocks!

Evening we went to a lovely restaurant Taboon on 52nd and 10th with delish Mediterrean/North African food. Then onto Print for a rooftop cocktail. I'll let the photo do the talking on this one...

The evening's festivities were finished by a night cap in Flaming Saddles - where the barmen dance to country music on the bar in their vest tops and boots. There are no photos of this, but I am going back on Friday night ;-) 

Today is going to be a day of more sight seeing followed by an evening of more sight seeing. 

I am loving NY this time - way more than the last time I stayed here in 1998. I think having some money and staying in a fab place with good friends makes a world of difference!