Writes of Passage

New York: The ice skating is still going on at Rockefeller; a giant tv is showing Winter Olympic in Beijing. Kate Spade windows are displaying tennis.

New York Astor Court and many benefactors of the Library; and a homeless with a pigeon: dirty streets/areas, and homeless people are common scenes in New York after former Mayor Bloomberg’s 3rd term at the end of 2013.

My second time visiting of this exhibition at the Library, equally enjoyable.

New York: I rarely go to the northern end of the Park. Today is the third time that I walked from the south, 59th Street to 110th Street in the north, ended up with 8.2 miles in total in the city.

The skyline

Bethesda Terrace and the Fountain 

Jackie’s pond: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir

A year-round new pool and a rink by the Central Park Conservancy at Harlem Meer, I’ll have to detour due to closed road, to get to 110th Street and Blvd Bistro

…. and some snapshots of the City

Covid-19 testing tents are still seen; bad road: 42nd Street and 5th Ave.   new

22 W 48th Street @ Rockefeller 

Coach handbag store at 685 Fifth Ave, displays a dinosaur that is made with their bags and leather. 165 W 57th Street was a dancing school that was named for the instructor Louis H. Chalif Normal (1876-1948). It was completed in 1916. 

2149 Frederick Douglass Blvd
New York, NY 10026

We’re in the neighborhood for Apollo Theater: Will return.

We seldom go to this neighborhood, so it’s treat.

Warm decor – lots wood and bricks.
Good and friendly service – I think one of the waiting staff called me mom – hugs.
Yummy food.

– Shrimp grits
– chicken dinner – good too.
– Nina Simone – yummy
– Mystic Andes Malbec – good

I walked up from the Library (at 42nd Street), through Central Park, with a few wrong turns and closed road. By the time I got to the restaurant, I felt that I could eat a whole pig. The shrimp dish looks small but the large shrimps are succulent and filling. We added the chicken wings as an afterthought, is average (perhaps we’re too full to taste…).

Their bathroom is cool

Yelp has the same address but TripAdvisor has it at 239 Lenox Blvd., did it move? The restaurant sits on a corner of Frederick Douglass Blvd and 116th Street.

253 W 125th St
New York, NY 10027

This legendary music hall in Harlem is locates between 7th Ave & 8th Ave. The interior is nice, walls are filled with memories.

It’s the amateur night, a full house. The energy is strong. Taking photos and videos are aggressively appreciated, encouraged, and ordered -:) and noise is encourage.

The performers are ok … 

Oh well, what do I know.

The bathroom is so tiny that I’ve hard time to close the door …

Overall, it’s a fun night.

… and a fun filled day. I walked  more than 8 miles, from southern end of the Central Park to the northern end. 

… a few more photos 

Elsewhere in the City. The giant tv at Rockefeller is showing American woman figure skater Alysa Liu (刘美贤, 2005-)  at Beijing winter Olympics in the early afternoon, in anticipation of the final in a few hours.

• Blvd Bistro 
• Central Park
• Astor @ Library
• Rockefeller winter olympic 

On 2024.2.18, I got this memory↓