Things are starting to disappear. Yesterday on the weather forecast, Monday wasn't there. Saturday, Tomorrow (Sunday) and then Tuesday. OMG - where is Monday. Thankfully, this morning it appeared again. Phew. This morning, while sitting in Andrews waiting for breakfast, we noticed some letters missing from the word Omelette. NY spell it like this OMELET. Where did you put the T and E?
My coffee at breakfast was awful (anyone would think I was really fussy!). It said it was a double Espresso made into an Americana. It certainly wasn't a double. Huffle sent it back. She put a further three in for me. It was disgusting. She couldn't get Huffle any other jam than Grape Jelly so she got no tip.
Off to the train station we went. We eventually found the right train and the only ticket selling machine which was operated by a NY policeman - waste of a policeman if you ask me! We got on the train, expecting to go across the water over a bridge but we stayed underground all the way to Hoboken New Jersey. It was very cold but the view was great. No misty clouds today, beautiful blue skies.
The tall building with the crane on too is the new World Trade Building. very tall!
After a small walk, plenty of photos and a cold blast of wind, we walked towards the Carlos' Bakery. There was a small queue outside so we decided to get in line. We were there for quite a while before we realised we were there for the long haul! We were finally given a ticket by a very nice man dressed in the Carlos Bakery Sweatshirt - ticket no 509. the number inside the shop said they were serving no81. WHAT! Families, couples, taxi filled people, kids all lined up waiting to visit the tiny bakery made famous by TLC. It was obvious the locals were not happy about the publicity brought to their little suburb.
I have no idea how long we queued, I only know that we were cold, our backs and knees hurt and once we were in the bakery, we still had to wait another long long time. It was so small and so crowded that you couldn't actually walk around in there. We just had to stand around. We would have left if we hadn't already wasted so much time queuing. I think we would have been mobbed by the crowd outside if we had come out with out cake.
We chose the famous Canoli, Chocolate and Pistachio Biscotti, Cream Puff and Red Velvet Cup Cake. (As I am writing this we are sitting in a coffee shop underneath the Chrysler Building - wifi yeah - we have our box of cakes but daren't eat them in here). Edit by Huffle, Famfa cracked and we sneaked a chocolate brownie between us which was bloomin nice.
As soon as we came out of the Bakery, we headed across the road to a warm pizza place and had a huge slice of pizza and a coke. Then we walked back to the train and got back to Manhattan. It was still very cold, Huffle lost his hat and yesterday he broke his zip on his coat.
We walked towards the Chrysler Building because I wanted to see it, Huffle says I can do anything I want seeing as he made me stand for hours and hours and hours for some cake we haven't even eaten yet! He really wanted to see Cousin Athony and throw a cake at him. The closest to a TV personality we saw was The young man who works with Cousin Anthony and Danny's daughter. PAH!
The Chrysler building is gorgeous. The guide books say it is best viewed from far away, I disagree. The architecture is out of the world. We are going to try and get inside because the lobby is supposed to be amazing and full of Art Deco'ness!
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1 comment:
You should come and visit us. Sydney does fabulous coffee. In fact there are three bespoke coffee roasters within a ten minute walk from our house. I can usually smell them roasting when I'm hanging out the washing which is not very good for my coffee addiction.
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