(Jocelyn) Getting up was physically painful – and we spent a leisurely morning waking up, watching music videos and getting on J up to date on the Hills drama, on the hotel television, and trying to get the Internets to work at Starbucks around the corner from our hotel.
When we discovered a few weeks ago that our hotel was right by the FDR expressway, we were worried that noise would be a problem. Strangely enough, the highway is the least of our worries. Turns out that the intersection in front is the louder, with at one point 19 yellow cabs in a row. Honking, yelling, screeching and generally creating an urban cacophony. S&P I know found it difficult to sleep due to the honking, waking slightly every little while to respond with a bleary, “Oh Hush!” when the noise got particularly bad.
We discovered after our long morning drinking coffee and staring at the subway map, that the UN building was a straight shot from our hotel down the street about 20 blocks, so we set off on a mostly overcast but mild day. We were almost on the property before we realized we were there, and it was, well, awesome. A little anti-climactic because a new building was under construction and half the property was hidden behind it.
Once inside, we took a 1 hour tour around the eavesdropped on a diplomatic conversation in front of the Khofi Annan tapestries, and spent a small fortune in the UN bookstore. Enjoyed walking around in the tacky gift shop and spectating on the internationals bartering with the gift shop clerk. Walked up 42nd street (yes, THAT 42nd street) to Grand Central Terminal. It was as beautiful as everyone says (and as pictured in every other episode of Law & Order), but by that point we were dead tired and more than a little jet lagged. Despite this, S&P couldn’t resist the lure of Banana Republic, which the charged through with fervor.
(S&P) Dinner was a hard decision as we were trying to figure out Subways and which direction we were prepared to go in. We decided on Dawat, Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian restaurant. Now if you don’t know who Ms. Jaffrey is I urge you to run out to your nearest bookstore or try and procure her videos off the Interwebs because she is a wonderful guide person to Indian cuisine. Dinner was wonderful; we had onion pakoras for an appetizer and shared lamb curry for dinner and the managed to celebrate one of our birthdays with their specially reserved coconut and mango ice cream dessert. My only complaint being that the Cosmo was very weak, which I will attribute to new bartender who it appears they were in the process of training.
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