Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries: 2011

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

August 2011, New Jersey Trip

At this visit with Paula, we enjoyed a great trip to New York City. We arrived at Madison Square Garden.

We had brunch at Rockefeller Center.

Enjoyed visiting the NBC Today Show as the hosts came out on the Plaza.

Notice Al Roker.

Rainbow Room, Observation Deck, NBC Studios. As we walked through the NBC Building, we noticed a long line of people waiting to see the Dr. Oz Show. Paula and I did not have tickets for his show.

Paula and I are going to see a broadway play, "The Follies". While waiting to buy our ticket, we enjoy the excitement.

Times Square was thrilling.

Had lunch atop the Marriott Hotel overlooking the street below.

We visited Bradley Beach.

Paula and I enjoyed a swim class and yoga class at the YMCA.

Aug 23, 2011 – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale rattled the East Coast shortly before 2 p.m. It was my first experience with an earthquake. At Paula's home in Trenton, NJ, I was sitting in her living room listening to oldies music. Suddenly we felt the entire house shake. Furniture shook. I tried to steady myself. Paula and I looked at each other with surprise. We ran outside. Neghbors were shouting, "It's an earthquake." After 45 seconds everything was calm.

Paula treated me to a birthday tea on Aug 26, 2011.

Aug 27, 2011 - I is time for me to leave. Paula drives me to the Philadelphia Airport. I arrive back in Pittsburgh where Angie and her children pick me up at the airport. My New Jersey trip as a very memorable one.