Mimi said that Baba takes very nice portraits. Those pictures were taken in a nice and small Greek/Cypriot restaurant, Zenon Taverna at Queens. By the way, did you notice my new outfit. I saved it for this special trip. Stephanie Gugu made it for me. Isn't she talented! I should also mention that Mama brought the fabric back from China and Mimi found the fish buttons and thought of the orange pipping. Their three make a good team to dress me up!
We started our second day in New York by driving to this restaurant which is owned and run by a Cypriot family. It is one of the restaurants that Mickey, Baba’s friend, recommended us to go to in New York. On the way to the restaurant, I was talking to Mimi and gave her my big flying kisses.
We had good experience in Zenon Taverna. We enjoyed the food, the atmosphere and the service. Papa commented that he ate the tenderest octopus today. The owner has three daughters. One of the owner’s daughters was there with us. She also took these family photos for us.
After lunch, we took subway to Manhattan to meet Qun and Regan. The first stop for us was the Ground Zero.
The Ground Zero describes the point on the Earth's surface closest to a detonation. In the case of an explosion above the ground, ground zero refers to the point on the ground directly below the detonation. The origins of the term ground zero began with the Manhattan Project and the bombing of Japan. Now, the phrase was being applied to the World Trade Center site within hours after the towers collapsed.[1]
Then we walked along the Hudson River. It is a more enjoyable area than Times Square, I would say. Here is me enjoying the very moment.
Along the Hudson River,
Mimi and Papa were holding the Statue of Liberty,
The origin of the Statue of Liberty project is generally traced to a comment made by French law professor and politician Édouard René de Laboulaye in mid-1865. In after-dinner conversation at his home near Versailles, Laboulaye, an ardent supporter of the Union in the American Civil War, stated, "If a monument should rise in the United States, as a memorial to their independence, I should think it only natural if it were built by united effort—a common work of both our nations." Laboulaye's comment was not intended as a proposal, but it inspired a young sculptor, Frédéric Bartholdi, who was present at the dinner. The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886, has become an icon of freedom and of the United States.[2]
Our final stops were the Brooklyn Bridge and Wall street.
The Brooklyn Bridge is an iconic part of the New York skyline. It is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it was the first steel-wire suspension bridge and the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903. Contemporaries marveled at what technology was capable of and the bridge became a symbol of the optimism of the time. John Perry Barlow wrote in the late 20th century of the "literal and genuinely religious leap of faith" embodied in the Brooklyn Bridge ... "the Brooklyn Bridge required of its builders faith in their ability to control technology." [3]
Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or signifying New York-based financial interests. It is the home of the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies. [4]
I have another good day today.
I do not know if Baba had a good walk that day. I certainly did.
References:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_zero
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Statue_of_Liberty
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