week ending May 31st 2009

went to third play of the Norman Conquests tilogy Wednesday night; they have turned Times Sq into a pedestrian mall now
Saturday cycled to Union Sq to drop off compost (how small is our carbon footprint!!!!) then onto Washington Sq, which recently re-opened
then a coffee stop at Joe's in Waverly place (THE coffee article will be published this Sunday!)
on Sunday went up to the Cloisters in Upper Manhattan with its beautiful cloister gardens
only built in 1938 but much of the stonework is from medieval European churches

Memorial Day long weekend & Monica's birthday

* bike ride in Central Park
* Coney Island, Brooklyn (water temperature only about 14 deg C)
* famous boardwalk and ferris wheel at Coney Island
* birthday dinner at Park Avenue Spring

Cathy & Nigel's visit May 10-21

Times Square after a play

the Dakota building

East Hampton beach

Convivio restaurant

after Convivio (UN building in background)

Paul's birthday

we went to Union Square Cafe as a walk-in

A dozen oysters from Maine as the starter. Sea scallops (Paul) and lamb chops (Monica) for the entree
Subway musicians on the way home: fortunately no bagpipes just a very harmonious African drum a la "The Visitor"

Last Sunday, may 3rd: pre-departure

E.63rd St: 5 Boroughs bikeride (48 miles=80km)
it was very sad to see this 5 boroughs bike ride in progress in our street (30 miles to go). of course we all thought about dad and it was 6 months to the day that he died. He would have loved it. it was raining and a very bleak day for cyclists. we saw a lot of men about his age, could easily have been him.

Wednesday night, April 29: night out on Broadway

we didn't like the production; Beckett would be turning in his grave!
Times Square (the red staircase was designed by an Aussie)
Times Square

Saturday May 2nd: day trip to Long Island

Horton's Lighthouse (commissioned by Geo Washington; built 1823), Southold.
ferry from Greenport to Shelter Is.
Sag Harbor township
Main beach, East Hampton