my day in the city

i had to write because i had the best day in the city yesterday. i went to the train station near my house at about 12, had a coffee and read the times, got on the train at about 12:30 and was at grand central by 1:15. just as a point of reference, grand central is at about 40 st. on the east side, times square starts at about 42 st. and goes up to about 49 st. on the west side. so, i got off at grand central and just started walking up towards a museum i wanted to go see. i started out walking on madison ave. and was going back and forth between 5th and madison (depending on the stores i saw!). i walked through rockefeller center and kept walking until i got to central park. central park starts at about 64 st. (i think) and goes up to 74 st. or so. the museum i was going to was on 70 st. so i just decided to walk the rest of the way. i could believe that i had walked 30 blocks and didn't even notice it! there's just too much to see. so i got to the museum at about 2:30. it used to be a mansion but was converted to the frick museum i don't know how long ago. it mostly has old portraits and old french paintings. it was interesting, but i must admit i like the guggenheim much better. so after i did that i was just wandering around and all of a sudden, i didn't know where i was!! i had to call jesse and ask for directions! i finally found a train station ( i was not going to walk the 30 blocks back!) and went back to grand central. from there i took the shuttle train over to times square. i was walking around there and happened to find a great street fair that was going on for about 5 blocks. it was so fun! the only thing i ended up buying there was food (which was fantastic), but they had everything. music, jewelry, paintings, pictures, clothes, you name it. i got back to the house at about 6 that evening and was exhausted! it was a great end to the day to go have some dinner and margaritas outside with jesse. luckily, the last 2 days haven't been nearly as hot! i know that was all crammed together...sorry about that!