New York City day 2

The weather in NYC on Saturday was supposed to be a record breaking 89 degrees and full of sunshine. What a wonderful day to head to the new Yankee Stadium to catch a game!


Right outside the subway stop, the Stadium is in the background
Just walking into the stadium on the level that our seats were on
Zooming in to get a picture of Derek Jeter (I think) up to bat
This was the view from our seats, not bad for $25 each! Great view and in the shade all day!

After the game we headed back to the hotel because we had reservations at Dizzy Gillespie's Club Coca Cola (a jazz club).

The menu

Isn't the view of the city gorgeous!
Sitting at the club waiting for the show to start

The performers this night were a combo of Latin jazz musicians, I don't think I can pronounce, let alone spell any of their names

We went to the early set at the jazz club and were back to our room before 9pm, much too early for New York standards so I suggested we change our clothes and walk the few blocks down to Times Square and maybe stop somewhere for dessert!

So this is what we encountered when we got to Times Square! Our first thought (due to the thousands of people taking pictures through the barricades) was that maybe they were filming a movie, how cool!

Then this very nice police officer informed us about the car bomb and the evacuation! What chaos there was on the side streets since the main thoroughfare was barricaded off. Turns out the evacuation was not cancelled untio 6:30am, almost 11 hours after it began. Who would have thought we would actually be in Times Square during this crazy event!