"The Brooklyn Bridge"

One of the highlights of a visit to NYC is walking the Brooklyn Bridge.  To visit it, take the 6 Train southbound to the last stop (Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall).

As you can see it's beautiful.  This bridge was constructed in 1875.

It's been a while since I posted. We just visited NYC over the Memorial Day Weekend. I had a great time. One of the only hitches we had was when I decided to take our luggage on the E train (the subway). I just got off the red-eye from CA and we were pretty tired. Lugging the luggage wasn't easy.

The rest of the trip went well. We visited Yankee Stadium for lunch at the Hardrock Cafe. There was no game as the Yanks were away. We were down at South Ferry viewing the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. That night we saw the Broadway revival "Anything Goes." It was great. Times Square was in all its glory. A far cry from what it was 25-30 years ago. We also visited the Tenement Museum on 97 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side. Take the F train to 2nd Avenue and head towards Katz's deli (which is also a great place).

On Sunday we visited the Brooklyn Tabernacle Church. You can take the F train to the Jay Street station and exit on the Fulton Street side. The Church has a very interesting history and a great service.

NYC still attracts many tourists and rightfully so. There isn't any city like here in The US of A.

I've been practicing for nearly 30 years. It's interesting where the source of new information regarding my field will come from. I had a bifocal lens patient who came into my office. He was wearing a type of bifocal contact lens that I stock. This lens is the type that is usually given to somebody in their early 40s. With a little modification, this patient gave me the idea to start fitting this lens to patients in their 50s and above. I had not thought of this before. I have met with good success for this population of patients who want to wear bifocal contact lenses.

I haven't blogged for a while. I was in NYC over the Christmas weekend. I had stayed with my uncle one night. We had to dropped off friends of his in Queens. No mapquest, gps, nothing. We got lost in Queens. My uncle was raised there. We went through some really old areas where my parents and grandparents lived. We went through Elmhurst, Jamaica, Richmond Hill and The Rockaways. My grandparents moved out of there about 45 years ago. To me the area looked the same. My next blog will contain stories about the wonderful blizzard.

I will be heading to N.Y.C. over Labor Day Weekend for a short stay. I am staying at a new location for me. I will be heading up to Yankee Stadium to watch the Blue Jays. The Yankees are six out of six for the the last six games I attended there. I was looking at Del Monicos Restaruant to possibly go to but don't know if I'll have the time.

My last day in N.Y.C. over the 4th of July weekend I had breakfast at the top of Beekman Tower. It was beautiful. Sitting there next to me was a family. The parents were probably in their 50's and their son was in his early 20's. The son, I believe, was a business major interning at a bank. It was hard not to hear the conversation among them. the son was very negative in the way he was addressing his parents. The folks were almost apologetic to me as they knew I was definitely in earshot of what was being said. I would venture to say that they were probably supporting his way through school. I almost commented (but did not) to the son that his attitude and demeanor with his folks probably transferred to where he was interning as well as life in general. In the job market the way it is, negativity is probably not an asset in applying for a position.

I just visited N.Y.C. over the Fourth of July weekend. On Sunday I went to Coney Island for the Hot Dog Eating contest. Then I met my friend from California at Yankee Tavern on 161st St. in the Bronx. I later went to the Macy's Fireworks Show on the Hudson. This was followed up by a trip to Beekman Tower on 49th St. It was a great time. Only in New York.