East Village and the rest of the Downtown

East Village, the UN and the Statue of Liberty-- big day planned but we started out with energy. On the bus tour of the city  we went by the UN, China Town and Broadway (again). We missed getting off for the ferry to the Statue of Liberty but we decided that was OK we would get back there. We saw Har Krishna, protesters at the UN, a lot of foreign tourist, and locals that were beautiful and wacky. We didn’t see anyone famous but we saw where Diana Ross, Goldie Hawn, Leona Helmsley, and Mike Tyson live(d). New York seems to be a place in transition with a lot of buildings changing from businesses to condos and ALL of the roads and a lot of the buildings are under some sort of construction. We walked along St. Marks into East Village and the age of the people moved to the younger set (18-30). I thought they all looked like beautiful people that could be potential students/dancers/actors. Terry thought they all looked weird--great people watching. We ate a late brunch at Café Magadar which was down from Clif’s Hot Dogs that Christopher had suggested-it has a phone booth that you go in and dial a number and ask for admittance to the speakeasy in the back—it didn’t open until 6pm  for eats-- we wanted more. Puddin had  yummy desserts—frozen pops and pudding with toppings—another Christopher suggestion. We walked back toward the Statue of Liberty, ran out of energy and just went home. We have one more day.

This beautiful church is across from the WTC and had no damage--it served for 9 months as the base for rescue workers after 9/11

Wall Street--pat the bull's tale for luck

They have museums for everything

Shoegasm?!

One of my favorite store names

The UN

No flags on the poles at the UN because they are not in town

Great little Cafe Magadar for brunch and people watching