It was a cloudy day when we awoke. We had breakfast, and at 11am walked to catch the bus to Penn Station. From there we took the train out to Long Island to visit friends of Michelles who live about 1 hour 20 minutes out from Manhatten. We started Christmas dinner at 3.00pm and finished dining about 9.00pm - certainly not the way the Hokitika Pfahlerts do Christmas dinner! However it was very nice and the 4 friends (Maria, Larry, Jean & Lisa) were very good company. Traveled through the delightful (not) town of Hicksville on the way out and back. The train home was uneventful. We unwrapped our present and we were in bed by midnight.
Today we went shopping at Macys, Lord & Taylor and Century 21 - an absolute circus with everyone wanting to get "specials". I got a couple of new jerseys and shirts and Liz a new jacket and gloves. It started snowing late morning and we now have blizzard conditions outside - the first snow of the year. We had a few trips in the falling snow traveling between the various shops and subway stations. They are promising 18" to fall tonight so we are keeping an eye on our flights tomorrow to see if we can get out to Montreal. There are road sweepers and sidewalk shovellers already out in force, thought the number of people walking around has reduced considerably. We are looking at our options for dining out tonight - won't be going far though.
Today we went shopping at Macys, Lord & Taylor and Century 21 - an absolute circus with everyone wanting to get "specials". I got a couple of new jerseys and shirts and Liz a new jacket and gloves. It started snowing late morning and we now have blizzard conditions outside - the first snow of the year. We had a few trips in the falling snow traveling between the various shops and subway stations. They are promising 18" to fall tonight so we are keeping an eye on our flights tomorrow to see if we can get out to Montreal. There are road sweepers and sidewalk shovellers already out in force, thought the number of people walking around has reduced considerably. We are looking at our options for dining out tonight - won't be going far though.
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