nyc, part 2

the dramatic conclusion!

ferrying out to see lady liberty in all her glory:

touring ellis island:

and grand central station (i mean, the architecture in this city is just BEYOND!):

the oculus (see what i mean?): 

which was accompanied by a fantastic dinner with the even more fantastic maurones:  

meandering around central park in fall:

bethesda fountain:

and the one world trade center (view from the 9/11 memorial south tower pool):

we visited the 9/11 memorial and museum, which was one of the most profound things we did while in new york. i thought i knew a lot about 9/11 going in, but nothing really prepares you for the solemnity of that space and the artifacts and voices and stories collected there. so much information and depth is packed into the exhibits that, even though we spent several hours combing through them, we felt as if we had only scratched the surface. 

and for our final trick, a stop by times square on our walk back to our hotel after seeing come from away:

my eyes are totally puffy like that from all the crying i did during the play. it's so, so good. bryan even stayed awake the whole time and he said it was good. his exact words were, "that was better than i thought it would be," which, once translated from bryan into the more effusive language some of the rest of us use, means, "that was really, really good."

'twas a new york city broadway miracle.

the end.