Shopping



A Walk Through the Park

Leaving the Museum of Natural History placed us on Central Park West, and we wanted to get over to Fifth Avenue because we were going to continue our shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue and at Lord and Taylor. Philip suggested that we walk through the park to get to Fifth. He wanted to take me to see the reservoir, which he used to walk around when he was in the Academy, teaching his friend Bruce Harpster songs to sing in class. Below are a couple of pictures taken from the jogging track.


One of the pump houses at the Rersevoir in Central Park, taken from
the jogging trail. According to Philip, it was featured in Marathon
Man.


Picture of the buildings that were used in Ghostbusters, from the Reservoir.


And below is a picture taken of the Great Lawn, which we passed on our way to the Reservoir.


Picture of the Great Lawn, on our way through Central Park to
Fifth.

As we passed through the park, signs announced that Central Park is 150 years old this year, and that thirty years ago, during the 1970s, the park was not a place for recreation, but a decaying urban area, a focus of crime and illicit activity. Thanks to the Central Park Conservancy, though, the area has been restored and is now functioning as it was intended.

As you can see from the pictures, it was a beautiful day. It was warm; I had taken my jacket but the only time I even thought about putting it on was sitting in the space show at the Museum, which was air-conditioned and chilly. By the time we'd reached the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the east side of the park, we had to buy water because we were thirsty. On Fifth, in front of the museum, we caught at cab down to Saks.

Shopping at Saks

So we entered our third department store in search of clothes for me to wear to work. The first thing we did was locate a directory, which told us that the petites department was on the ninth floor, and then we rode in an elevator up to it. Two of the ladies who rode with us (the elevator was packed, as is the wont with New York elevators) were discussing "going to Lyford" later in the season. We didn't recognize either of them.

Shopping was far more successful here, but you pay for the choice and service at Saks. After spending more than we planned on less than we hoped, we went down one floor to have lunch at the Saks cafe, and relatively new invention. We ordered a club sandwich and a chicken sandwich and shared them. Both were good, but the club sandwich was the real success.

After, we walked back to the hotel, arriving at five, just in time to lie down and freshen up for the night's show. We had been moved into our new room — one with a king-sized bed with windows that look out over the courtyard. It was more roomy than we expected, a very nice room indeed; the bathroom seemed to have more space than the one in the suite, and the closet was just as roomy. I imagine it was the kind of room we would have had if we hadn't had the mix-up when we checked in, and if we had had it, we would not have complained at all. All very nice.

Posted: Thu - October 7, 2004 at 06:19 PM        

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