{"id":233,"date":"2008-03-15T06:42:53","date_gmt":"2008-03-15T11:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/15\/dan-and-amie-visit-day-one-in-pics\/"},"modified":"2008-03-15T06:42:53","modified_gmt":"2008-03-15T11:42:53","slug":"dan-and-amie-visit-day-one-in-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/15\/dan-and-amie-visit-day-one-in-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan and Amie visit, day one (in pics)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amie got in just fine, Dan (who was already in town for work and stayed the previous night) and I went to the airport to get her. After dropping stuff off, we went into the city, Downtown. Grabbed some lunch at a favorite Mediterranean place and took it to go to eat at City Hall Park:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0370.jpg\" title=\"lunch in city hall park\"><img src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0370.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"lunch in city hall park\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See Dan shopping at childhood favorite J&amp;R and a full review after the jump!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Dan spending some &#8216;hobby&#8217; money:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0375.jpg\" title=\"CD shopping\"><img src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0375.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"CD shopping\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From there we headed up to Chinatown and Little Italy. Found a good deal on tshirts to send back to to the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0377.jpg\" title=\"Amie scoring some cheap tshirts\"><img src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0377.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Amie scoring some cheap tshirts\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From there we went through SoHo a bit, then took the train to Midtown. On our way to Rockefeller Plaza for our Top of the Rock visit, we came across the Philippine Mission to the US &#8211; basically the embassy. Of course a picture was required!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0382.jpg\" title=\"Amie at Philippine embassy\"><img src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0382.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Amie at Philippine embassy\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then it was on to Top of the Rock:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0400.jpg\" title=\"View from Top of the Rock\"><img src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0400.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"View from Top of the Rock\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Upon exiting, we saw a zamboni doing its thing on the ice rink. A picture was required&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0412.jpg\" title=\"zamboni at rockefellor plaza ice rink\"><img src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0412.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"zamboni at rockefellor plaza ice rink\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On our way to meet Adrienne (after her work day), we stopped by the office that Dan works in when he comes here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0413.jpg\" title=\"Dan at JP Morgan Chase building\"><img src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0413.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Dan at JP Morgan Chase building\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After resting the doggies for a bit in Bryant Square Park, we went on to a great Thai dinner at Topaz &#8211; it&#8217;s the same place we took Mom and Dad before the Broadway show when they visited. Then we made our way down broadway&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0433.jpg\" title=\"Ed Sullivan theater\"><img src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0433.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Ed Sullivan theater\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and made it to Times Square:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0443.jpg\" title=\"Dan and Amie at Times Square\"><img src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0443.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Dan and Amie at Times Square\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From there we headed home. Bagels were prepped for the following morning, and four weary travelers took to bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amie got in just fine, Dan (who was already in town for work and stayed the previous night) and I went to the airport to get her. 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