Family Time

Banana Split in Rockefeller Center

My brother, Ed, and his wife, Sheila, came to New York on Saturday, June 18th and will be spending a week with us.  Mark and I drove to LaGuardia Airport to pick them up.  Even though the airport is only 15 miles away, it took us 80 minutes to get there.  The problem is crossing Manhattan. Even at the lower part of the island (where we crossed), the traffic is crazy!  But we got a tortoise-eye view of Chinatown (both ways).

We took it easy for most of the day.  Travel is tiring!  John, Nancy and Julia came over (walked along the waterfront from their apartment to ours, which is about 1-1/2 miles).  Had a nice visit.  We went our for dinner to celebrate Sheila's birthday at Bertucci's, an Italian restaurant that's just 2 blocks from our apartment.  And we were able to use the gift certificate I received as a retirement gift.

On Sunday, we went to Rockefeller Center.  There are some amazing sculptures in this complex!  It was a hot day, so we stopped in the outdoor cafe.  Sheila and I had pina coladas and Ed ordered a banana split.  A great way to spend a summer day.