Our first trip to NYC in September 2003, while living in NJ
Trinity Church
Graceful spire of the Trinity Church
Sara in front of City Hall Park
Walking to the former World Trade Center site
Construction site at WTC
Another view
Cars at the construction site
Really inspiring for us to see a cross made out of the steel beams!
911 Dedication
Macy's all decked out for the holidays! We just loved NYC at Christmas time! Just so magical!!!!
On our way to Radio City Hall to see the Rockettes perform their Christmas Spectacular show!
Radio City Music Hall entrance
Inside the Radio City Hall foyer with a beautiful lighted Christmas tree
The Radio City Music Hall Christmas tree was really tall!
Inside the Radio City theater
Waiting for the Rockettes show to begin!
Rockettes' famous Wooden Toy Soldier dance routine
Neat formation
Winter routine
Radio City Music Hall at night -- just beautiful!
Famous Theodore Roosevelt Statue near Central Park
Beautiful scenery at Central Park, with first signs of spring in April 2004!
Walking towards Belvedere Castle in Central Park
Watching folks walk atop Belvedere
Sara atop Belvedere
Driving through the famous Holland tunnel to NYC's Port Authority
Waiting to get through the traffic
Lots of construction around Holland Tunnel
Our first stop, Times Square, with Lisa and Hilary who came to visit us in August 2004!
Times Square
Interesting facade in Times Square
Lots of traffic everywhere!
Sara and Hilary in TImes Square
Sara and DeLisa
DeLisa and her dear friend, Lisa!
Hilary and Sara
Sara and Hilary with Samuel L Jackson at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
Oh yeah, we definitely couldn't avoid the famous NY Cheesecakes!!!!
Graceful spires of a church near Macy's
Rockefeller Plaza, close to NBC Studios
Walking back to Empire State Building
Nice night lights in NYC!
Getting darker, from Macy's
Empire State at night
Hilary and Lisa atop Empire State Building!
Sara checking out the sights from the top!
Night view from Empire State Building
The next day, we took NJ Transit from Morristown into the city
Hiliary and Sara just being silly!
Off to the WTC site
Making progress on WTC construction
WTC site
Off to Battery Park to see Statue of Liberty -- Hilary and Sara donned their crowns!
Great shot of Sara and Hilary on the ferry to Statue of Liberty!
Lady Liberty! Trivia question: Which land is the Statue of Liberty on? NYC or NJ? The answer is NJ!
View of NYC from the ferry
Walking to the South Seaport, near Pier 17
View of Pier 17 facing the Manhattan skyline
Off to dinner at Pier 17
Brooklyn Bridge from South Seaport
Next day, Hilary and Sara all dressed up, and looking very pretty in Central Park!
In a small garden area in Central Park
Gail and Ed (Tim's parents) came during the fall in Oct 2004 -- it was great having them visit with us!
Sara all dressed up in a nice black sequined long dress in front of our Christmas tree in our NJ home. She was 12, almost 13 at the time.
At a fabulous restaurant on Madison Avenue -- Sara trying to decide what food to order!
Walking to Lincoln Center to see the Nutcracker Suite by the famous New York Ballet -- this is one fabulous Christmas tree!
Inside Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center Theater -- this place is really huge!
Multiple rows all the way up!
Subway entrance from Times Square
Subway entrance revolving door
Waiting for the subway train
Steve and Kathy came to visit during New Year's 2004-2005 ... Steve (Tim's brother) enjoying the subway ride!
Steve and Tim checking out stops for our destination
Arriving at Battery Park
Street entertainer while waiting in line for the ferry
He sang a song for DeLisa -- he was so sweet!
On the ferry
Ellis Island
More of Lady Liberty
Closeup of Lady Liberty
Steve and Kathy in front of our Christmas tree at our NJ home
DeLisa, Sara and Tim at our NJ home -- DeLisa's teleworking office was in the living room ... what a messy space!
Empire State Building during daytime
The famous Chrysler building
Closeup of the Chrysler Building -- truly an architectural masterpiece!
A glimpse of the Naked Cowboy, a fixture in Times Square
The Naked Cowboy doing his thing
Getting ready for New Year's Eve Party at Times Square
All the electronics and line guards in place
Line guards in Times Square
Kathy really enjoyed the HUGE Barbie store in Times Square!
Seeing Madison Square Garden
Inside Grand Central Terminal
Nice Christmas lights all around
People teeming through the foyer at GCT
Nice shot!
Beautiful white angels in Rockefeller Center
Christmas angel with horn at Rockefeller Center
Closeup of another angel with horn at Rockefeller Center
Other Christmas decorations at Rockfeller Center, around the famous ice skating rink!
The famous Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center
The historic Plaza Hotel (we slept there two weekends in March 2001 -- really wonderful memories!)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Little Italy welcoming us, as we went to eat a late dinner
Glittering Christmas lights in Little Italy
More of Little Italy Christmas!
Sara with her 2005 glasses, ready to party!!!!
Back to Rockefeller Center to see lighted Christmas tree!
DeLisa really liked this Christmas wreath atop Lord and Taylor
Lord and Taylor Christmas window display
Christmas Tree decoration at Macy's
Beautiful swags and wreaths at Macy's
Macy's crowds looking at Christmas window displays
Macy's Christmas window display
Lights at Times Square
Hershey's Candy Store
Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theater -- Sara and Tim loved the Broadway show!!!
Getting ready for the big NYE party!
NYC police on horses controlling the crowds
Blocking out the street
Steve and Kathy
The cable for the ball to drop! And Happy New Year 2005!!!!
Back home to enjoy a movie, and Sara had put her 2005 glasses on our Jackie boy!
In Park Avenue, on our way to the Frick Gallery
Entrance to the Frick Gallery, housing an impressive collection of art paintings
the controversial Orange Gates in Central Park -- we didn't like it, and many New Yorkers didn't either ...
Congratulations Tim! March 18, 2005 was the day that he found out he was accepted as 1 of 4 SEC professional accounting fellows in Washington DC! Way to go Tim!
