Day 46: At Croton-On-Hudson

It's May 29, and we remain moored here. I'll finish this Footprint later, but I'll start with a couple of Lorraine's photos and one of mine.

It was a bit of a wonky day. Low cloud, damp, not really cold. We trained down to NYC with a vague intention of taking the train out through Long Island to Montauk at the end of the line... probably for lunch. Once at Grand Central Terminal we were confronted with the brutal reality that the Long Island Railroad was NOT MetroNorth or the MTA. Our MTA 'OMNY' (OMNY, get it?) card did not work on the LIRR and anyway, the trains out there only ran in the morning and evening commuter periods. So that idea was out and we retired to Luke's Lobster & Seafood for brunch. Jan and I had 'the best lobster rolls in New York'. I thought those from the Oyster Place at the Chelsea Market were better.

Then we caught the subway shuttle up to Times Square to see what shows we could get matinee tickets to, and found somethng called "Singfeld - An Unauthorised Musical Parody About Nothing" to be the only realistic opportunity. So we got 4 seats together and walked up Broadway to a wee hole-in-the-wall place called The Theatre Centre. I've long been a fan of Jerry Seinfeld and his TV series, so I was able to comprehend the excellent casting and the various mannerisms, foibles, and idiosyncrasies of the cast members and their antics; the others not so much. But they did appreciate the performance and creativity of the minimal sets.

Following the show, we wandered back to Times Square--wasting some time looking in various tourist outlets for the luggage Jan wanted before it became obvious that we were looking in the wrong outlets--before catching the subway back to Grand Central Terminal--a 3-minute ride--where we had dinner at the Oyster Bar (see Lorraine's photo) and made our way to Track 37 for a non-stopper (that stopped at Harlem!) back to Croton/Harmon.

A not too exciting sort of a day. But I had some tequila on the boat... and it's 5 o'clock somewhere.En savoir plus