Bryant Park, Library, and Rockefeller Plaza

Breakfast at Best Bagel & Coffee on 30th street. Bagels were awesome.....i think we'll be back there. We walked a couple blocks to see as much of Madison Square Garden as we could for free. Quick run through Macy's and then a very brief subway trip to Bryant Park. We ended up staying in Bryant Park much longer than expected. The park has a ton to see/do including juggling, ping pong, a putting green, bocce ball, board games, racks of children's books, newspapers, and outdoor places for food and drinks. Jessi and Will read a few books and Will and I played a couple games of ping pong while Christy and Jessi started touring the Children's Exhibit, "The ABC of it", in the NY Public Library which is on the same block as the park. Will and I found the girls in the library after our games and we all had a drink back out in the park (Will did some putting on the putting green too). Took the subway one stop to Grand Central to check out the market section and get a quick bite (I had to have a Shake Shack Burger again - those are money - up there with in-n-out). We had a nice chat with an older lady next to us. Jessi told her this was her "first trip to this city" and Wills demo'd his pitching motion. Last stop of the day was Rockefeller Plaza. We had a beer in the plaza while waiting for our time slot to take the elevator to the "Top of the Rock". We originally planned on going to the top of the Empire State Building but our favorite hotel front desk person, Ariel, suggested the Rockefeller Building instead since you actually get to see Empire State from the Rockefeller rooftop. We've also already been to the top of the Empire State 7 years ago on our last sabbatical trip. View from the Top of the Rock is a good one...honestly don't think it matters too much which tall building you look out from in NYC, the views are all good. 9The Top of the Rock does have 3 different floors for viewing and does seem less crowded. After leaving Rockefeller Plaza,  we walked through Times Square back to the hotel...before 9pm tonight.