Christmas was wonderful! My parents arrived on the 21st and I hadn't had a single break from writing papers, shopping, decorating and teaching...it was a sprint to the finish. The first full day, we all went downtown, because I had a particular gift I had to get at a coffee shop near NYU. We also walked up to Union Square for shopping and then onto Columbus Circle- that was very tiring and we ordered our favorite take-out: Saigon Grill. On Saturday, we still needed to finish up Christmas gift purchases and went back to Columbus Circle. Then we visited Mom and Dad's favorite diner and the Natural History Museum. It was very interesting, but after African Mammals and Marine Life, we had had it. The following day, I needed to work on Christmas dinner, so
i parenti went all by themselves to Macy's and looked at the windows. That night we went to the Methodist church for a midnight candlelight service. It was beautiful and cozy.
The nice thing about this visit was that we went to see some parts of NYC that I had not been to and was longing to see: the Southstreet Seaport and Wall Street. We have been learning a lot about the history of New York via a Ric Burns documentary- so it was interesting to see Federal Hall and Trinity Church. We also went to the Drowsy Chaperone, which was great- cute story, good dancing/singing. Mom and Dad have seen more Broadway shows than I have and they thought it was one of the best. The last day we had brunch at Sarabeth's, a family tradition and then went to midtown. We walked in the rain with the crowds around the Rockefeller Christmas Tree and into Saks Fifth Ave- we also ended up walking ten blocks to Lord and Taylor. But Mom said that they were the prettiest windows and she found a pair of shoes she had been obsessing about. They left yesterday morning after a huge breakfast at our neighborhood diner. I think they are worn out by us, but we had so much fun. If it had been a bad trip I wouldn't so sad to see them go home.
Christmas was wonderful! My parents arrived on the 21st and I hadn't had a single break from writing papers, shopping, decorating and teaching...it was a sprint to the finish. The first full day, we all went downtown, because I had a particular gift I had to get at a coffee shop near NYU. We also walked up to Union Square for shopping and then onto Columbus Circle- that was very tiring and we ordered our favorite take-out: Saigon Grill. On Saturday, we still needed to finish up Christmas gift purchases and went back to Columbus Circle. Then we visited Mom and Dad's favorite diner and the Natural History Museum. It was very interesting, but after African Mammals and Marine Life, we had had it. The following day, I needed to work on Christmas dinner, so i parenti went all by themselves to Macy's and looked at the windows. That night we went to the Methodist church for a midnight candlelight service. It was beautiful and cozy.
The nice thing about this visit was that we went to see some parts of NYC that I had not been to and was longing to see: the Southstreet Seaport and Wall Street. We have been learning a lot about the history of New York via a Ric Burns documentary- so it was interesting to see Federal Hall and Trinity Church. We also went to the Drowsy Chaperone, which was great- cute story, good dancing/singing. Mom and Dad have seen more Broadway shows than I have and they thought it was one of the best. The last day we had brunch at Sarabeth's, a family tradition and then went to midtown. We walked in the rain with the crowds around the Rockefeller Christmas Tree and into Saks Fifth Ave- we also ended up walking ten blocks to Lord and Taylor. But Mom said that they were the prettiest windows and she found a pair of shoes she had been obsessing about. They left yesterday morning after a huge breakfast at our neighborhood diner. I think they are worn out by us, but we had so much fun. If it had been a bad trip I wouldn't so sad to see them go home.
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