Mike I hate to say this but you don't have a lock on the fun!
We've hit the "Top o' the Rock", the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Little Italy, The Village, and of course the fireworks in NY Harbor. We've been to the Yacht Club out there, and there is an Italian place called (I think) Piccolo's that was terrific.
You might say that we're slim on boating, but, we took the Circle line to Ellis from NJ, thence to the Statue, on to NYC, where we stopped at "Steamer's Landing" for a pizza and cocktail, and then on to the water taxi back to LibL.
Everyone can get back into the pedestal of the statue and look up. It's amazing how much work has gone into the restoration. All of the iron work that forms the shell has been replaced by stainless. For those that went up into the crown when they were kids (like me) it was a bit of a tear jerker not to be allowed up there again. A serious imposition on our Freedom if you ask me. But despite the lines we were lucky enough to get in and out quickly.
Ellis Island was a reflection on the changing of America. 'Nuff said and when I resubscribe perhaps I'll start that up in NBR.
