The Sinatra song lyrics just come at you as you walk around, crossing Broadway…if you can make it here you can make it anywhere! The hotel we’re in is on 42nd Street, giving you a whole different set of lyrics. I guess there must be a reason that Tin Pan Alley was here!
We left the hotel in Philadelphia at 9 this morning and took a leisurely bus ride north. The tour leaders popped a baseball movie into the DVD player…the trip was just long enough to play through “Trouble with the Curve,” starring Clint Eastwood.
Today’s baseball game was at Citi Field, pitting the Amazin’ Mets against the Chicago White Sox. The Mets didn’t put up much of a fight, losing 6-2. It was noted by multiple people that the home teams are 0-2 on this trip. I’m not sure what that says about us…
One more bus ride followed the game, getting us from Citi Field to the Hyatt next to Grand Central Station. The tour guide knew something we didn’t know…and popped “Sandlot” into the DVD player…we almost got through the movie in the better than two hours it took to drive roughly 7 miles.
But all is well now…all checked in. I spent the evening exploring the neighborhood. NY is a really busy place, even now I hear a constant din of horns and sirens outside. Times Square was a crazy place, Grand Central was what you’d expect of such a hub of transportation.
Friday is free time until 4:30 PM, when we leave for Yankee Stadium. I have a 9 AM ticket for the 9/11 memorial, and hope to do other sight seeing until game time. Talk to you tomorrow…
I bet that is a really fancy piano shop!! I always loved hanging around the music department at Kortens