Another bright and early start. First to the Blue Bottle at Bryant Park (say it like it's the Bat Mobile) for coffee. And then a wander around the New York Library. Some lovely old rooms and lots of lovely books.
Then we headed to The Village. Apparently those in the know don't bother with the Greenwich part of the name. We had lunch at Formerly The Crow before joining our walking tour with the very entertaining Ally aka Barbara Streisand (she had the nose). There's lots of interesting things to see and stories to hear, and it was a relatively small group which was nice. The NYU campus is here and I wouldn't mind working there given the surroundings.
We had planned to get up early and see the Highline as the city woke up. But we slept in. So after our walking tour, we headed for another Blue Bottle, and then meandered the highline from 16th Street to the end at 34th Street. It used to be a train line but has been converted to a park-like walkway. It's very busy so a meander is about all you can do.
After a rest at our apartment, we headed back to the Village where we had a very nice meal and very nice wine at Alta. It was a little noisy. We had decided not to book anywhere for jazz and instead followed our nose. Or rather our ear. This lead us first to Analogue for a drink and a jazz band. When they finished their set, we moved on and found ourselves at Cafe Wha? It was the house band and it was excellent. Everything from Pearl Jam to Justin Bieber (ok, so the latter was the DJ and he played the only Bieber song I like).
Bouyed from our fabulous evening and not ready for it to end, we went up the Empire State Building. It was 1am and hardly anyone else was there. It was fabulous (but cold). We paid the extra and went right to the top. Great views, 1500 photos, multiple selfie attempts, and then it was time to head home to our beds.
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