Downtown and Harbor Lights Cruise

Nana and Papa's last day with us. :-( Breakfast at Westway Diner on 43rd where Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld conceived Seinfeld. Took the subway down to Wall Street and walked by the Stock Exchange building, the statue making where George Washington took the oath for his first term, and the charging bull statue. We turned down Broadway and walked to Battery Park for a view of the Statue of Liberty and for Will and I to play some catch. After some lemonade and sodas, we made the walk to the 911 memorial and the yet to be opened 1 WTC building. The size of the two fountains marking the footprints of the twin towers is pretty powerful...as are all the names on the plaques that circle each fountain. Next stop was ice cream at Baskin Robins on Chambers suite before a subway ride back to midtown for dinner. After the subway ride, we walked past the Ed Sullivan Theater (Letterman Show), the Carnegie Deli, Carnegie Hall, and the Russian Tea Room on our way to pizza at Angelo's on 57th. Angelo's pizza was really good. General consensus was it was a close second to John's. However, the atmosphere at Angelo's isn't close to John's. Finished dinner and took the subway back to 42nd street,  dropped off leftovers at the hotel (can't waste pizza) and walked the 6 or so blocks to pier 83 for the Circle Line Harbor Lights Cruise.  Cruise was very good and not too long (1.5 hrs). The tour guide does a good job of calling out as many of the notable buildings and landmarks on the way from the west side of midtown, by the Statue of Liberty, around downtown, up to east side of midtown and back again. After the cruise, we headed back to the hotel.... again in our room by 10pm.