Jillian wanted to get us started with a fancy bagel breakfast so we walked several blocks south of our hotel to "Best Bagel and Coffee". There was a line out the door and, for some reason, I immediately turned into a Debbie Downer. Despite my bad attitude, the line moved quickly and the bagels were excellent. There wasn't a lot of seating so we ate in a little park right in front of the iconic Macy's store. Our next stop was the 911 Monument and Museum which meant jumping on the subway. Normally nothing special, but this was Jillian's first time on a subway car, of any kind.
The spot where the twin towers were had changed a lot since either of our last visits (before we met and both more than 10 years ago). The holes in the ground, surrounded by fences, had be replaced with beautiful water features lined with the names of victims. I wasn't aware, until we got there, that Jillian also wanted to go through the Museum. There appeared to be two lines. One for buying tickets and one for waiting to get in. Both seemed a hundred people long. I was not thrilled about that either and went back into whiny baby mode. My second episode of bad attitude nearly ruined the rest of the day, but we found out from a nearby employee that we could skip one of the lines by buying tickets on our phone. I did so and we got reserved entry for an hour later. Day saved.
The Museum was interesting but very poorly organized. There was an enormous amount of information, videos and objects but they were all thrown into two small rooms within a very large museum space, leaving huge areas of nothingness.
Jillian decided after our subway ride back to the hotel that the savings of taking the subway wasn't worth feeling gross afterward so that was the last one of the trip. Our entertainment that night was an improv comedy show about 10-15 blocks south of the Hilton. We probably should have grabbed a taxi but we walked instead. The show was alright; not nearly what I experienced the last time I was there, but still enjoyable. Our walk back took us by Madison Square Garden, which I had not seen before, and a pizza place. NY style pizza was on Jillian's checklist, so we made it our dinner destination. Turned out to be a pretty good and pretty cheap meal.
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