I learned a few things yesterday. If you move from NY, even if you previously lived there for your entire life, when you come back to visit, you are officially a tourist. Suddenly you walk around with an enormous camera, snapping pictures of everything. You also go to landmarks and museums that you never went to for the 50+ years that you lived in NY. Just so Neala wouldn’t feel out of place, I took along my camera but mine isn’t nearly as fancy so I’m sorry but my poor blog readers will have to suffer through inferior photos.
Our first stop was Madame Tussaud’s. I had been there years ago but they change their exhibits so there was a lot of new stuff to see. One of the things I learned was that if you are a famous celebrity cook, your refrigerator isn’t filled with the usual stuff:
How many of you have a computer in your fridge?
We also got to see Superman and they have this really cool thing where your kids can lie down on this cushion in front of a green screen and they video tape them so it looks like they’re flying over the city. If I had small children and if I were rich, I would probably buy them each their very own DVD. Personally, I’d prefer if Superman got to fly alongside you.
We made a couple of other stops before dinner. One was FAO Schwarz. I still can’t help wondering who would buy an almost life-sized stuffed bison and what would they do with it. Maybe I don’t want to know the answer to that!
Then it was off to meet Frank and travel up to meet Dave at Kurio. There will be a restaurant review on Offbeat NY. I know this because notes were taken about everything we ate. I took a bunch of food pictures partly because it was fun and partly because of that Mojito I drank.
No, that is not a picture of the Mojito. That didn’t last long enough for a photo. This was an appetizer with tuna. The bartender/server/daughter of the owners (aka chefs) said they called it cooked sushi.
A little traveling tip – if you are traveling from midtown Manhattan to the Upper East Side during rush hour, it takes more than 15 minutes. Especially when you wait forever for 2 different trains. Dave ended up waiting for an hour for us to arrive. Luckily, the food made up for that.
Oh! And speaking of Offbeat New York, I’m famous! My blog is mentioned on the website. 
Monkling,
Actually, the photos are cool. Just for the record, the daughter is the owner of Kurio. Her parents work for her. Isn’t that cool?
[quote comment="123"]Just for the record, the daughter is the owner of Kurio. Her parents work for her. Isn’t that cool?[/quote]
That is extremely cool! I must have missed that part of the conversation. It was the Mojito.