The intricate beauty of the outside building architecture hits me as I draw closer. The sheer building size is daunting, the entrance steps take me inside. The massive sculptures gaze down upon me and beckon me forth. I sit down for a bit to take it all in.
New York
Belvedere Castle
I wanted a castle when I was a kid. Nothing like cold hard stone to keep your enemies out. I never got a castle to replace my cardboard fortress but I still had hope. Maggie told me there was a castle in Central Park we needed to visit. Central Park was lush and lovely. Perfect […]
Pig Heaven – New York
“Little pig, little pig, let me in. Little pig, little pig, let me in.” “Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!” “I’m going to huff and puff” (little louder) “Huff and puff” (little louder) “Huff and puff” 3 Little Pigs Cute pigs inside and outside.
Turntable Chicken Jazz – New York
I felt like I was on a scavenger hunt. I was following my phone to Turntable Chicken Jazz which led me to a nondescript doorway. Inside it was dark and sketchy looking. It appeared I needed to get to the 2nd floor and I was about to take the ancient elevator when some building locals […]
The Empire State Building, New York
“Well, how long is your program? Well, it was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together… and I knew it. I knew it the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home… only to no home I’d ever known… […]
Belvedere Castle, Central Park, Manhattan, New York
The very first time I read about this castle was in The Magic Tree House book series “Blizzard of the Blue Moon”. My daughter was sitting in her bed while I read her most favorite book. The author Mary Pope Osborne magically weaves her story while including facts or places in American History. I never […]
Empire State Building
When I was a kid I read amazing facts of figures about the world’s tallest, longest, widest, and fastest things on earth in Guinness Book of World Records. The Empire State Building was built in 1931 and the world’s tallest building for 40 years. I never thought I would see it in person.
Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York
Seeing the Statue of Liberty in person for the first time is awe inspiring and fills me with a sense of hope for our great country. The first patriotic song that comes to mind is My Country, ‘Tis of Thee, I recall singing this in Elementary school. Now of course I have this song stuck […]