The CT Gangwer clan (minus Stas who was attending a friend's wedding out of state) and the Beauchemin clan went on a weekend trip to NYC leaving in the wee morning hours of February 29 and returning the afternoon of March 1. After the train ride into the city and breakfast at the hotel, we all took the subway to the southern end of the city. Tammy and I went to Tickets/Tickets to purchase - what else but - tickets for a Broadway show that night. The rest of the group ended up at a huge department store called Century 21. After meeting back-up with everyone, we did a lot of walking around working our way back to the hotel by way of Chinatown and Little Italy where we ate lunch.
We all split up there, with Tammy and I heading over to 2nd Avenue to shop the thrift stores located in that area (which wasn't that great). We then walked to 10th Avenue for the Highline Walk ending at a chic indoor mall where we warmed up for awhile. That night we went to a Broadway show that we left at intermission because it was so raunchy. (Definitely should have done more research on that -- lost a bundle of money.)
Sunday we made a quick trip to visit some stores in Times Square - the Disney Store and the M&M store (liked the orange creamsicle M&Ms). We parted ways with the Beauchemin clan as they were going to a hockey game for the day. On our way back to the hotel to get our suitcases for the trip home, we stumbled upon a great used book and music store.
We arrived back at the train station in Milford to find our car battery dead, and no one interested in helping us jump start it. While Tammy was calling Triple A, I fiddled with the positive battery connection and was able to get the car started. As we left the parking lot and drove down the road, the car died. Providentially, there was a school parking lot right there. I cleaned off the corrosion from the battery terminals and was good to go from there.
