Sister trip

Fri: D. and K. arrived and we picked them up in a rented car. We drove out to Coney Island and had Totonno's pizza. In my opinion it was the best pie in the city. Then we went over to Astroland and walked on the Boardwalk. We rode the Wonderwheel and played Skeeball. Coney Island was topped off with the requisite visit to Nathan's for hotdogs and cheese fries. We then drove through Brooklyn and across the Brooklyn Bridge. Once in Manhattan we went to the Lower East Side. I have been longing for Il Laboratorio del Gelato and everytime we have gone to the shop it was closed. There are no photos there because I was too busy saying "mmmmm, ooo, ohmygosh sogood!...mmmm, yumm, sosogood.." K. also got pickles from Guss Pickles. We drove up the east side and went home to rescue our pooch. He was very "excited" to have visitors and we went out to Gabriela's in our neighborhood.
Sat: Got up early and had breakfast at our place. Then took the subway down to see Trinity Church, World Trade Center, Wall Street, and Federal Hall. We had lunch at Les Halles- which is Anthony Bourdain's restaurant. Then we walked over to the South Street Seaport, NYPD museum, and Fraunces Tavern. After a cup of coffee we took the Staten Island Ferry and saw the Statue of Liberty. We then came home to get the pooch and rest. That night we went out to Ruby Foo's for dinner in Time Square. We walked and shopped and then had desert at Marseille on 9th Ave.
Sun: We went out for brunch at Kitchenette, which is a great restaurant, but we hadn't been there since D.'s last trip two years ago. Then we walked over to Grant's Tomb and Riverside church. We grabbed a cab for the Natural History Museum to see the Horse exhibit. After we went over to Broadway to shop and eat treats like creampuffs and more gelato! There is a KC BBQ restaurant in NYC called RUB that we went to for dinner. Then we went uptown to Rockefeller Center to see the Top of the Rock. It is a really spectacular view of the city. We were really wiped out at this point and came on back home.
Mon: They left this morning and had just enough time to go to Central Park with Sparks.