First Stop - Grand Central Station, then to the Libray, and off to the Edison Hotel

Our flight landed on time at LaGuardia airport. We bought our MetroCards and found the bus that would take us to subway station. Our good trip karma began. We walked out, the bus was there, we got on, and off we went. No waiting. After a few stop and about 30 minutes we were in Harlem at the subway. We took the green train south to Grand Central Station. Since the plane was on time, it was too early to check in . I had pre-planned a few stops in between the subway and the hotel of course... The first stop was easy . . . the inside of Grand Central Station. Beautiful!

When you leave Grand Central, if you look east you will see the Chrysler Building. We didn't go over, just looked at it from the street. From here we walked west towards the magnificent New York Library.

It was very hot and we were carrying our backpacks so the stop at the library was welcome in more ways than one. The inside of the library is just as spectacular as the outside - but a lot cooler. We looked around for a bit and after we had seen the reading room we exited and started our walk to the Edison Hotel, our home for the next six nights.

The parental units weren't at the hotel yet and we were hungry so I took Bailey around the corner and we found Daniela's restaurant. Good Italian food and my first cannoli of the trip. Funny thing about this place... we walked by it a few times and each time the meal prices on the sign kept increasing.

We arrived at the hotel and found the parental units. Our room was not ready so I checked our bags and took Bailey on another walk. This time we walked to Times Square and headed north to Central Park and Columbus Circle. Again, it was very hot and we stopped here and there to rest. At Columbus Circle we took the blue train back to the station near the hotel. This station would become very familiar to us. Our room was still not ready so we sat in the lobby for a while. Bailey was smart and took advantage of the quiet time.

Another nap in the Edison Hotel lobby while we wait for our room.

Bailey and Shelley's most excellent adventure begins . . . off to New York City!

We had a very early flight to the big apple. Two excited girls ready to go!

The early flight soon caught up with Bailey.

Seffner Eagle or maybe it is just a turkey buzzard ?

I walked out to get the mail one morning and when I turned around to go back I saw this HUGE bird on the peak of the house. Guess he was just taking a break.

Chameleon on the bamboo

Pretty chameleon I spotted on the bamboo one day in the garden.

Some Old Photos . . .

I bought a scanner this week and if I would have known it would have been so much fun, I would have bought one years ago.
Above is a photo of my grandad Perfect in the mail car of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was a career mailman - but never door to door - always railcar to railcar. Leroy Franklin Perfect Sr. Skinny dude in the back with the white shirt.

This is my Aunt Pat McClain and my mom Gail Ann Penney. This was shot in 1982 in the backyard of our house on Seville Drive in Englewood, Ohio.

In this photo you see my grandmother Lois Laura McClain (Heinbeck then Logsdon) and my mom Gail Ann Heinbeck. Grandma is smokin in more ways than one!

Grandad Perfect on the left and Joe Heinbeck (Grandpa Joe) on the right.

Grandpa Joe Heinbeck and mama (toddler!) Gail Ann Heinbeck.

How old is Jeffrey Perkins from the Paul Thorn Band (he's 53 and married)

If you have a blog and are interested in who hits your blog and how they find it, you can attach a widget to track the hits. The results are kind of vague but sometimes it is fun (to me!) to see these stats. So, last night I clicked the widget and as I was scrolling down I see that someone hit on my Paul-A-Palooza post.

A person from Livonia, MI was trying to determine the age of Jeffrey Perkins! It is the last line in this screen shot. To enlarge, click the photo. You can also click the Feedjit Live Traffic Feed Real Time View link (on the right side of the screen, scroll down) if you want to see these stats.

Dexter, Elsie, and Annie in the pool . . . plus a couple of shots of Elsie and her big teeth

Not sure what has the attention of the chihuahuas but Dexter seems to be completely relaxed.