So, I thought I signed on to learn about New York City's history and all the stuff that makes NYC the coolest place on the planet. Little did I know that the Maine Humanities Council would hire a marathon runner (literally) to lead our tours that seem to include a minimum of 26 miles of walking a day. Today we went to Harlem and toured some interesting spots. I got to see where Langston Hughes (one of my favorite poets) and Zora Neal Hurston (one of my favorite short story writers) lived. We then saw an excellent exhibit of official White House photos of Obama which made me want to vote for him even more, as if that were possible. We ate at a great place called Miss Maud's (see photos below) and I had fried chicken, ribs, candied yams and collard greens as well as fish and beans and rice. I ate it all too! We then took a tour of Central Park where I saw a bunch of turtles and a singing pirate. After a long stroll through the park I added blisters to my blisters by walking 24 blocks in 20 minutes to get to the Museum of the City of New York. By that time, my feet were blistered, sunburned and swollen and there was no turning back. We rushed from the museum to get tickets for WAR HORSE and I enjoyed 2 1/2 hours of amazing entertainment and foot relaxation before catching a subway back to the hotel. Oh, and I saw Kyra Sedgwick on the subway. Crazy good day!
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| Our yummy buffet fixin's from Miss Maud's. |
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| Strawberry Fields, obviously. |
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| Miss Maud's Restaurant. |
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