This morning we had our first meal at AQ Cafe, the casual dinning of Aquavite (a five-star Swedish restaurant). Lox and herring, plus swedish meatballs and potatoes. Then we spent some time in the Heimbold Damily Children's Center at the Scandinavia House. Garrett enjoyed the icelandic themed playroom, the Lego Blocks, and especially the Brio trains.
Next we proceeded to Radio City Music Hall. The theater is impressive with gigantic hydrolics for the stage elevators. However, the tour drags on a bit as though they felt the need to extend it to an hour in order to charge for it.
After the tour Andrea and Garrett headed uptown to the American Museum of Natural History, while I headed to get discount theater tickets (tried before RCMH, but had to come back). Got half price tickets to see Mary Poppins @ 8.
Andrea and Garrett arrived at the museum just before they started letting people in for free. I would have gladly paid for the experience, but Andrea made it up to them by buying Garrett a horse from the gift shop. I might post separately on how amazing the museum was, but suffice it to say it completely exceeded my expectations.
After the museum we headed back downtown to meet Crystal for dinner. Unfortunately her recommended spot was totally overbooked, with an hour and a half wait, but it worked out because we stumbled upon a fun restaurant, called Havana, that sat us immediately and we all enjoyed. Garrett slept through dinner, which has become his standard nap in New York!
After some delicious Cuban food, we said goodbye to Crystal at our theater and went inside for Mary Poppins. The musical must take a lot from the book as it is very different from the movie version, but that makes the experience fresh for fans of the movie. Andrea and I both agree that the first half ran a bit long and dragged a bit with plot setup, but the second half was very strong. The actor playing Burt is fantastic, acting and dancing really well and singing perfectly for the part. Without running it, he does an amazing manuever during "Steppin' Time" that had our jaws on the floor. Garrett was so good and only got antsy near the very end.
As a reward for sitting through a 2 1/2 hour show, we stopped at Toys R Us (in Time's Square) on the walk home and picked up a new car.
Tomorrow is our last day, but it has been an incredible trip. We are looking forward to a fun morning and hopefully an easy flight home.
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