Weekend in NYC
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For work, I spent a week in upstate New York. We finished Friday afternoon, so I had the travel people fly me to NYC and leave me there till Sunday night so I could see the city. It was my first time in NYC and it was great.
I took a red-eye Sunday night to get there. I only found out I was going Thursday night, so that was the best flight available. For some reason, Fashion Week was happening and that filled up planes or something. I had a couple hours layover in JFK before my flight to Rochester. And guess what?! There are birds in the airport. Flying all over. Swallows I think. Perhaps they are used to
wd-50
So, while I was in New York City, I wanted to eat at a really nice place. Find some food that I can't find in Utah. I am also fascinated by some of the new food preparations found in molecular gastronomy, so I wanted to find somewhere that did that. After much research and many menu comparisons, I decided on wd~50. It is on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and the chef there is Wylie Dufresne.
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Since I got into town late Friday night, and was leaving Sunday night, I really only had Saturday night available. Really I should have planned further ahead, but I was very happy when I called that they had just had a cancellation and I was able to get in. It was also great that my ticket for Wicked was the matinee freeing up all night for dinner.
Getting there was interesting though. I hadn't yet been to the Lower East Side. I had the address and I got a cab. I gave him the address and he didn't seem to know where it was. He asked what the cross streets were. I had no idea. Isn't that why I had a cab? :) He did have a GPS though, so he got me there. I got out, and
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