Aborted Transformers

Friday we walked all over hell's half acre.  We walked past a park on a pier on the water which showcased mini golf, a beach volleyball court with sand, a kid's playground, and a turf field and then through Battery Park and along the water.  We visited the Irish Hunger Memorial which was eloquent and beautifully done.
We caught the Staten Island ferry which is free and afforded great views of the Statue of Liberty.  Apparently not much is happening on Staten Island and so we just turned around and hopped on a return ferry.  The ferries were huge and rather archaic: much like a commuter ferry that we visited when we were in San Francisco.
Next we headed up to Central Park.  It was a nice day, but it was a bit overcast and there was a cool breeze and so we checked with our local guidebook and found a secondhand shop and both picked up some hoodies which have turned out to be lifesavers on this trip.  We then went to a local grocery store and got something for lunch and ate in the park, overlooking a lake with tourists rowing boats about badly.
Central park was great.  It is the backyard for New York.  It was fun to people watch.  The park is huge with trails sprawling in every direction.  It was a fun mix of tourists and locals and to try and guess which was which.
After we left the park we went to the Guggenheim and saw the John Chamberlain exhibit which was interesting, but I don't think either of us really loved.  I did find the Francesca Woodman exhibit captivating, but we didn't have much time as the museum was about to close.  Michael enjoyed the Kandinsky at the Bauhaus exhibit, and in his university years he even tried to recreate the Kandinsky that was showcased there.
It was cool to be in the Guggenheim and I tried to get some photos from the top levels, but photography was only allowed in the lobby.  I'm very fortunate to have been to see two Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in roughly six months.  In the museum lobby they had Lego sets of Robie House as well as of Falling Water and the Guggenheim.
And because we didn't want to quit then, we then checked out 30 Rockefeller centre and the ice rink there.  We didn't see Tina Fey or Alec Baldwin.  Boo.  Alec Baldwin for president!
Lastly we went to the Ear Inn because we thought that there was free jazz but we got that wrong and so ended up just having dinner and drinks there instead.  A super cool, jam packed bar with a lively atmosphere, we dined ten feet away from John Slattery and saw David Schwimmer and Joey Slotnick come by to pay their respects.  
Mad Men is the best. show. ever.