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So the Mrs. and I just returned from 4 days in New York City. Some thoughts:

-If you are flying there in the evening, go to Kennedy. It's a lot easier to get into Manhattan from Kennedy at a late hour than from either LaGuardia or Newark.

-Blocks are really short on Manhattan. 10 blocks seems like an eternity most other places, and in New York it's a quick hop up the road.

-New Yankee Stadium was clearly designed with the mentality of "We're the Yankees. We've won 27 World Series. TWENTY SEVEN! Get rid of the ancillary stuff, you're here for Yankees baseball!" Very similar to Michigan football. The stadium was surprisingly plain. I also didn't think the stadium worked very well inside. Not enough concessions, too many choke points. If the stadium was a hundred years old, fine. For one of the newer places in MLB, it's a poor choice.

-There are a LOT more road bikes in NYC than I thought there were going to be. Also, we found a place that rented road bikes not far from our hotel. A huge plus is that they had a bike in my size (61 cm). Despite it likely dating from the first Bush administration, it worked well enough to go along the Hudson River Greenway up to the GWB and back. This included a stop at the Little Red Lighthouse. Oddly enough, I'd say that Broadway is the most bike-friendly street in the city.

-Shows are still aggressively masked. We saw three on this trip, and at all of them the staff were making sure that everyone was masked the whole time in the theater. We also saw them in what we thought was a very nice order (Come From Away, Moulin Rouge, and The Lion King).

-If you're looking for a great brunch place, go to Maison Pickle on the Upper West Side, near the 86th Street/Broadway station on the #1. Food was great, reasonably priced, and portions were GIGANTIC.

-Have I mentioned yet that the subway makes getting around the City very easy? I know I am an unabashed fan of public transit, but it doesn't change the ease of transport.

-Speaking of the subway, we took it out to Coney Island on Sunday, and partook in the Sunday activity of people watching. Also enjoyed Nathan's World Famous Hot Dogs and Katz's Deli on the Lower East Side. 

-Cabbing out to Newark on Sunday night, we saw the horrific lines to get into the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels and swore we'd never fly into Newark for the purpose of trying to get into Manhattan.

NYC not in the cards for us.

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A neat early morning photo of my 'hood:

I traveled from Sewer City to Ames, IA - with a stop at Lake Panorama National golf course

the quality inn here is better than most quality inns

headed to BWWs to watch CWS and enjoy BOGO traditional wings tonight

Spent the week at the old homestead. Ate too well, saw friend, reminded myself of many of the different kinds of places the area has to offer. 

Aside from Paris, which other cities have you been to?

We've not been to Paris and I pretty much doubt that we will ever get there. There are way too many more places that actually want us to visit, versus one that does not or is indifferent.

Copenhagen is now on my radar thanks to this board.

Munich, Milan, Florence and a short stop in Rome are next year. From there we cruise to Fort Lauderdale, with stops in Livorno, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Gibraltar, Lisbon and Bermuda.

All of the stops are overnight, except Monte Carlo and Gibraltar.

Our main idea for cruises is to see several cities conveniently and consider which we'd like to see again in more detail.

This is along the lines of our thinking too. It helps when, in general, the ship arrives by 8AM on day one and doesn't leave until 8PM on day two. You can see a lot of a city in two days if you so choose.