No Soup-erman for you!

Another big day in NYC today. We started out at the American Museum of Natural History. A lot of interesting things there. We spent some time learning about the Big Bang Theory and looking at planets, then on to the geology department and then dinosaurs. There was a lot to see, and it seemed like we saw it all, but I know we didn't! Then it was on to the Imax viewing of Superman. Or not. We got there around 3pm and both the 5pm and 8:30pm shows were sold out. So, no Superman. We didn't want to waste seeing Superman on the regular screen, when we could see Imax, so we'll see it when we get home. We walked around a bit and found a place called Peter for lunch. Probably the worst service I've ever had at a restaurant. Actually, it was more like no service. She never came back to ask how everything was, didn't bring us our check (we had to ask the busboy), and then we had to actually wave her down to pay. So, she didn't get a big tip. Oh, and I took one picture. The bathroom was so small, the stall door had to be cut to fit over the toilet.

Everything in the restaurant was small. mini bottles of Coke...10oz, with obviously no refils. So, from there it was off to Rockefeller Center and the area around there. We went in the famous St. Patricks Cathedral. Holy smokes.

The place is amazing. HUGE. If you want to get married there, you have to donate a large sum of money and get put on a really long waiting list. And when you do get married, tourists can watch your wedding. They just can't take pictures. No thanks.
We did some more walking, and I almost got an "illegal" Coach bag. There are people roaming the streets with carts on them. They're covering up the bags that they have, and Dena tried to get 2/$50, and the woman said "follow me" because the security guy was making her move so she wouldn't get arrested. We followed, she said "$60" and Dena said "You said $50" and the lady wouldn't have it. So we walked on. The next lady was in cahoots with the first one, so she wouldn't take $50 either. I think she called Dena a fucker at some point. We kept walking. Dena and Greg headed home, and I was a bit too nervous to ask for a bag for $25, but when a guy asked me if I needed a bag, I said "$25" and he said no. I stuck to my guns. No purse for me! At that point we were on 5th Avenue, and we just walked toward 42nd street, and found THE Library. You know, the one in Ghostbusters! There were some kids dancing out front.

We went in for a minute, and when we came back out, they were gone. Must have had to move on like the purse sellers! After that we headed back to our hotel to rest our feet. It was another long day of walking. After a short rest, we headed over to Grand Central Station for dinner at Junior's. We got the biggest piece of cheesecake EVER.
Of course we didn't know they were so big, so we each got one. Oh well, lots of leftovers!
Tomorrow is Nathan's on Coney Island and Ruth's Chris Steak House. Yes, food is all we have planned for tomorrow!
Oh yeah, I checked the local news (at home) and it was talking about the temperature. At 7pm here, it was 79 degrees. At 6pm at home, it was 91. Supposed to be 98 there tomorrow. I guess we picked a good time to leave home!

How could I forget this part...Getting on the subway to go towards Rockefeller Center, we almost lost Dave. His metro card wouldn't let him through, and Dena, Greg and I were already on the subway. They tried closing the doors twice before he got through and made it on. Dena was keeping the door from closing, while I stood there with the vision in my head of the doors closing and us riding off without him! That would have been scary!