Day Two

We all slept in a bit on Monday morning, after a busy day on Sunday. Once we got going, it was afternoon before we got into Manhattan. We walked from the subway to Madison Avenue so that the ladies could check out some stores. On the way, gawked at soem buildings, especially the Empire State Building. We ended up stopping at a diner for lunch, but it was a rnadom choice so i can't remember what it was called. Too bad, since it was quite good. Everyone else had burgers, and I had a Reuben. Tasty!

Once we got to Madison Ave, Stew and I left the ladies to their shopping and headed for Midtown Comics, and wandered through there for a while checking stuff out. Stew picked a few things up, but I decided to pass -- I'm here for the long haul, so no reason to grab the first stuff I see, after all. We saw a bit of Time s Square after we left the shop too.

We walked back to meet up with Jenn and Suzy, and the four of us went to Macy's to look around. As Stew remarked, I now understand those old TV cliches like "Fourth floor: Men's Wear. Fifth Floor: Lingerie." etc. It's a huge store; it has nine floors of stuff, with (I believe) 4 floors of clothes for women. There is even a sort of annex in the basement where they have housewares, electronics, and more.

After Macy's, we hopped on the subway to Colombus Circle, as the restaurant where we had dinner reservations was located there. Once we checked on the restaurant location, he headed across the street to a large mall, where we once again broke into two groups. Stew and I checked out a Borders book store, a neat little shop that sold nothing but shaving supplies (badger hair brushes are the best, it seems) where I picked up a starter kit. It's actually quite good, and I find shaving much better with the stuff I got there, even using the same razors I always have...

We also checked out a cool Samsung demo "store". It was full of cellphones, TVs, and other Samsung prodcuts, even some prototypes. It was an interesting concept, but weird that they didn't seem to actually sell anything.

Once Stew and I met up with the ladies again, we headed over to the restaurant, which was located in Trump Tower. It's called Nougatine, and it's a sort of gourmet cafe attached to a parent restaurant (Jean Georges). I'll sum it up thusly: Good food, but not worth it. It was one of the most expensive places we've ever eaten, but it wasn't spectaular enough to live up to the cost. If it had been 2/3 to 1/2 the price, it would have been a great meal, but I ended up feeling ripped off. Oh well, it was a very nice time anyway, with great company.

After all the walking and lifting of furniture in over the past two days, we called it an early night after dinner and made the trip back to Brooklyn.