Day 59: Give Me Liberty, or Give Me... Lunch.

Sunday morning weigh-in: Nope, still no scale in the hotel room

Our last full day in NYC had us heading to the subway for the trip to Battery park and the ferry to Liberty Island. But not before breakfast...

hotel coffee w/cream (1 cup)

and then we walked three doors down to the New York Luncheonette, where Sen. Barack Obama had breakfast with Mayor Michael Bloomberg during his first presidential campaign in 2007. News coverage of our meal was nil, but it was a great breakfast...


fried egg, over easy (1)
white toast w/butter (2 slices)
sausage links (2)
orange juice (12 oz. — and it was FRESH SQUEEZED!)
coffee w/cream (1 cup)

5 train

From there it was the 6 train to City Hall/Brooklyn Bridge, where we transferred to the 5 to Bowling Green and Battery Park. Luckily we had prepaid for our Statue of Liberty ferry/pedestal tickets and by-passed the long line. It was a great day for the tour — plenty of walking, for sure; but worth it.

Upon departing the return ferry, I bought a

pretzel (1)

from a sidewalk vendor as we headed to the F train for Chelsea. There we stopped at one of Aaron's favorite haunts, the Grey Dog, located on 14th Street, for a late lunch/early dinner. 

sharp cheddar mac and cheese (1 crock)
fries (shared with the table)
Dogfish Head IPA 60 (1.5 pints — we shared a pitcher)

More walking as we headed over to The High Line, an abandoned elevated rail line which has been turned into a city park. What a great idea! This entailed even more walking. 



Afterwards took another train back towards the neighborhood of our hotel, where I eventually settled in with 

Coke Zero (20 oz.)
"Dirty" brand kettle chips (2 oz. bag)

At this point my dogs were barking.