Who is crazy enough to drive to NYC in Febraury? Your intrepid travelers, that’s who! NYC Four Seasons and a Broadway show! Thankfully the weather forecast changed from snow to rain to overcast skies and warmer weather for our trip.
Karen did a great job navigating to NYC. Our first toursit sighting was the building where Ghostbusters was filmed – Hook and Ladder 8. We were pleased to learn that our room was ready and we were in a room with double beds. Four Seasons likes to put us in rooms with one king and a sofa bed. But, that’s not our preference. As Karen likes to say, “I love my mother but we don’t share a bed.”
Four Seasons Downtown 
View from our 10th floor room 
Well deserved frst NYC beer for Karen. 
Street View 
Where Ghostbuster’s was filmed 
Our Red Dress World Tour stop in NYC
Because we left at o’dark-thirty, we were ready for a short nap before Karen met a friend from when they worked together in NYC. It was very nice seeing Lisa again and giving her a hug or two. Karen and Lisa went for a walk and a chat. Afterwards, Karen and I had Stage Door Deli for dinner. Excellent lean corned beef piled high on my Reuben and Karen had chicken parm. Then off to the show!
Our plan was to be dropped off at the front of the theater on time for the opening act. Unfortunately, 2 gunmen had other plans for a poor soul who was shot and killed in the Broadway theater district shortly before we arrived. The street was closed. The sidewalks were closed as the police looked for the shooters. So, we had a bit of a hike ahead of us. When we left the hotel, I decided that since we would be dropped off at the door to the theater, I’d just use my cane as my assisted device. Sure wish I’d had my walker! I was swearing a blue streak the entire walking journey. Karen kept encouraging me and we finally made it to the theater several minutes late; we were the last to arrive. The show, Neil Diamond’s, A Beautiful Noise, did not wait for us! Several times during the long, painful walk to the theater I was tempted to call it quits and get an Uber back to the hotel. I’m glad I didn’t. I enjoyed the show, even missing the beginning. Afterwards, we were then the last to leave as the line for the single accessible bathroom was very long and I was the last in line. (Thanks to others jumping the line in front of me.)
Exterior street view of this old theaer 
Curtan call – see the song titles on the border 
Chandeliers in the theater 
When we left…closed the theater! 
Here’s a link to the news story – https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/nyregion/shooting-midtown-manhattan.html
Back to Four Seasons Downtown, for a night cap. We enjoyed our 24-hour stay in NYC, until the drive home…lots of traffic to deal with. Sunny day with blue skies and white clouds. Traveling to NYC and back we passed through 5 states – Virginia, Washington, D.C., Delaware, New Jersey and New York. Our GPS route by-passed Pennsylvania. Gotta love rest stops!
We received a great reception by the employees of FSDowntown. What a great crew! Our send-off was equally great. We’ve never had a doorman send us an amenity before! One more FS to check off the list.
We brought home some tasty NY bagels and black & white cookies from Murray’s Bagels on 6th Ave. Just need to buy some local smear!
Remember singing 100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall to pass the travel time as a kid? Well, we revised it a bit on this trip.
207 miles to go,
207 miles.
Drive on through,
Whoop-dee-do!
206 miles to go!
Silly but it was fun singing it occassionally! No, we didn’t count all the way down to zero!
Check out Chapter 7, coming mid-March!
.To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.
Aristotle
Twenty Steps at a Time 