Hot hot hot

My last post ended when we got to New York City. It was really really really hot in New York, around a hundred degrees Fahrenheit. We spent our first evening at home with Elizabeth, with whom we had a great dinner. The next morning we decided that the only things we could do would have to be inside because of the terrible heat. So we took the subway to Manhattan and went to the Museum of Modern Art. We had been told that there was an interesting and rather cool (!) exhibit called the Rain Room, and we wanted to check that out. However, when the friendly lady at the information desk told us that there was a waiting time of seven hours we decided to go to the Frick collection instead. Courageously, we started walking up the 15 blocks to the Frick collection. By that time we were pretty hungry but decided that we would get something to eat at the museum cafeteria. Unfortunately, the Frick collection doesn't have a museum cafeteria. We visited the museum and really enjoyed the collection. We then went to a nice little restaurant on Madison and had some lunch there. Because it was still very hot we decided that we would go into Central Park and see if things would be cooler there. That was a good choice. Inside the park, it was a little cooler and it was nice to see the New Yorkers enjoy the summer.

Later that afternoon, we had a manicure and pedicure. After drinks with Elizabeth and a few others we then went to the Village where we met Ben and Anu for dinner. It was great seeing the two of them again and of course Ben then took us to a special place promising us that we would be getting the best banana pudding ever there. He was right. Yummie!

The next day we went back to Manhattan to take the circle line cruise around Manhattan. Getting there was exhausting because it was still so very hot. However, as expected on the boat itself it was quite pleasant. Unfortunately because of the heat the last bridge just before the cloisters up north was stuck and couldn't be opened. Consequently we had to sail back all the way the same route that we had already done. We then dragged ourselves back home through the heat and made ourselves dinner: homemade gazpacho from scratch. It was delicious.

The next morning we left New York and drove up to the Berkshires.