But that isn't all we did today. We walked a lot. We were over-run by Santas. We wandered through Central Park. We checked out store Christmas decorations (Bergdorf Goodman wins). We stopped for lunch in a diner. We had dinner at the Russian Tea Room. And, oh ya, we saw Hugh Jackman's 1 man show, and it was terrific. Grin non-stop start to finish.
After breakfast today, we set off from 44th street to walk up 5th Avenue to 82nd where the Metropolitain Museum of Art is located, at the far end of Central Park. We wandered through the photography exhibits and the displays on American furniture. Then, we walked back through Central Park, lovely in the sunshine, before stopping at a diner for lunch. After lunch, we walked all the way back up Broadway to Macy's to see their Christmas displays, then wandered all the way back down 5th Avenue to see the displays at Saks and Tiffany's.
Funny thing about 5th Ave today - it was over-run by Santas. They were all converging on the front steps of the library on 5th Ave. There must have been thousands of them. The police were there in their riot gear, ready for it all to get ugly. We also saw one of NY's finest chase and tackle a thief. The police officer knocked over an older man and a stroller in the process of tackling his target. The sidewalks were crammed with people - worse than Moscow car traffic (and that's saying something) so it took a lot longer to walk places than it should have because we had to shuffle in the crowd. Dinner at the Russian Tea room was very nice. We had a lovely chat with a man and his family at the bar before we were seated. He was a lighting guy, responsible for lighting the holiday displays among other things. He gave us some tips on what to see tomorrow before we head home.
Hugh Jackman was great. He sang. He danced. He even tap danced. At the end, he tried to raise some money for Broadway Cares. "I'll auction off my undershirt - I'll autograph it - how about we start the bidding at $1,000?" Guy in the front row says "how about $10.000?" then somebody counters with 11 and front row guy comes back with 20 and the other person matches it! Can you imagine just donating $20,000 spur of the moment like that? I can't.
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