1st Day Out

For those of you who are really astute you will realize I am one day behind - blame it on jet lag. I hope after today I will be "on time"
So - Tuesday 24th August : Terry went off to the hospital for a health check, x-ray, blood work and history. Then he was off to the office to make sure all the papers were in order. So far so good.
I took myself off to the Gershwin Theatre on West 51st Street. I walked to the subway station and was very pleased with myself as I managed to get on the correct train and get off at the correct stop.  I picked up tickets for "Wicked" for October 10th  when the 4 of the Fab 5 will be here in NYC. I will explain the Fab 5 later to those of you who do not know.
After that I headed out onto 7th Avenue and started walking down to 25th Street. This is my old haunting ground. When Hannah, Megan, Pat and I were here in NYC in 2008, Pat and I would walk the girls to their summer school at Parsons on 40th and 7th and then take off exploring. It was a bit like old times for me without Pat though (if I knew how to insert a sad face I would do that - but I don't)
Anyway, I was heading off to a wonderful quilting store called The City Quilter www.cityquilter.com .  I discovered this store in 2008 as it was right around the corner from our apartment.  I previously bought some New York print fabric and made a quilt with them.  I was here now looking for batting. I brought a quilt top, that I had finished at home, with me as as one of my projects. I hope to put it together and start hand quilting it while I am here.  It is supposed to be 93 degrees on the weekend - might be a good day to stay inside and get started.
Following the trip to the quilt store I walked over to Lexington Ave. where I took the subway up to 59th Street.  Lexington is three Avenues from 1st Avenue (where we are) and 59th is 3 streets from where we are.  I love this grid system they have in New York.
One more shopping trip to Bed Bath and Beyond to pick up some wine glasses (12 for $10) and dishes
(4 place settings for $25) The dishes in the apartment are ok but a bit mismatched.  I reckon that what I buy here and use for 3 months I can leave for Hannah or her friends when we go.
When Terry returned from the hospital he tuned his guitar. Apparently you have to loosen the strings when you take a guitar onto the plane. Jonathan, our son, told us that. He usually always travels with his guitar so he should know.  Terry's next big accomplishment was getting his "Wii" hooked up to the television (yes, he brought it with him) He was VERY happy.  We took a little walk around the neighborhood before returning home for supper, a little tv - "Americas got talent" - one of Terry's favorites  - who knew.  Off to bed - another successful day in The Big Apple