{"id":120,"date":"2013-11-13T20:15:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T20:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drsfenner.org\/blog\/?p=120"},"modified":"2013-11-13T20:15:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T20:15:02","slug":"nyc-27-hour-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsfenner.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/nyc-27-hour-date\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC 27-Hour Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had the most wonderful opportunity to explore NYC for a day with my wife, MrsDrFenner. \u00a0We certainly made the best of it. \u00a0We met at Grand Central Station (yay for meeting there and not saying good-bye) and walked to The Morgan<\/a>. \u00a0The Morgan had been recommended to me by my closest undergraduate mathematics professor, who happened to teach me about Euclid, Plato, and mathematical Probability & Statistics. \u00a0When we (TheDrsFenner) visited our alma mater (Allegheny College<\/a>) for a reunion weekend, we got to eat dinner with Dr. LoBello and he advised us to go to the Morgan. \u00a0It was very good advice. \u00a0MrsDrFenner said she was more in awe at The Morgan than she was at MoMA (in fairness, she didn’t wait in line for the Magritte exhibit<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I was personally in awe of some of the letters of historical and literary significance that were on display. \u00a0However, I almost fell over when I saw a copy of Bryne’s Euclid<\/a>‘s, open and displaying (I think) the 7th proposition (i.e., a theorem) of Book I. \u00a0Had it been open to the 47th proposition<\/a>, I would have fallen right over. \u00a0#47 is the Pythagorean theorem. \u00a0I’ll try to remember to link a picture of me, beside the Bryne. \u00a0Seeing it reminded me that I’d like to take the online images for Book I and print them on a poster. \u00a0I’m not sure about sizing; I’m hoping pdfjam will make the project tolerable. \u00a0We also saw nice exhibits of Leonardo DeVinci and Edgar Allen Poe.<\/p>\n

As we strolled out, we ducked in a coffee shop (Lucid?) for due espressi. \u00a0For there, we headed to dinner at The Cannibal<\/a>. \u00a0The atmosphere was young, trendy, and communal. \u00a0Shared tables were the order of the day and it worked nicely. \u00a0There was a nice variety of beer (although, there weren’t too many\u00a0must have’s<\/em> for me — checking again, I see a Hill Farmstead<\/a>\u00a0on tap that I would have attacked). \u00a0We did really enjoy some beer-cocktails. \u00a0And the tandoori lamb belly (which might do better marketed as tandoori lamb ribs) was massively succulent. \u00a0I probably won’t get it again. \u00a0But it was great to try once! \u00a0The watermelon-cilantro-hot pepper salad really worked well to cut through the fat and provide a clean counterpoint to the heaviness of the succulent belly.<\/p>\n

Our dinner done, we headed to two bars. \u00a0The first, Middle Branch<\/a>, had a speak easy feel without requiring a password. \u00a0You do need to know where to look. \u00a0Good drinks and great atmosphere. \u00a0We really appreciated the standing room downstairs and the (uncrowded) seating area upstairs. \u00a0My riff on a Negroni (with muddled grapes) was definitely worthwhile (I’m a big Negroni\u00a0and<\/em> Negroni-template-riff fan). \u00a0MrsDrFenner needed something light to help her get past the heavy dinner: \u00a0our server read her mind and brought a cucumber gimlet like drink that fit the bill. \u00a0One and done: \u00a0we wanted to find some live jazz. \u00a0Which we did at Measure<\/a>. \u00a0We grabbed a specialty cocktail (or two) and then transitioned to some fizzy water. \u00a0Our stomachs were in some dire need of help.<\/p>\n

Having satisfied the requisite need to “paint the town red”, we strolled back to Grand Central and hoped a train to the Financial District (where my hotel for the meeting is located). \u00a0We decided to try for some good NYC brunch in the AM. \u00a0We took a good bit of a walk to get to Prune<\/a>. \u00a0Bustling and tiny, the food was great. \u00a0We both couldn’t refuse hollandaise (on eggs Benedict), but we were disappointed that we couldn’t get bloody mary’s before noon (I guess it’s a NY state liquor board thing — maybe only on Sunday?). \u00a0MrsDrFenner pointed out that the liquor board needs to offer a “clarification” that “of course, such laws don’t apply to Mimosas and Bloody Mary’s”. \u00a0Until then, do your research.<\/p>\n

Our last main stops were Central Park, a hint of shopping (Athleta in person?!?), and a bite to eat before rolling to the Port Authority (Bus Terminal) and heading back to the Valley. \u00a0Central Park was a big win. \u00a0My first (naive) thought was: \u00a0they have rocks here! \u00a0That is, rocks big enough to make a 6 year delight in running up, down, over, and around them. \u00a0With hidden paths to explore everywhere. \u00a0We started in the area called The Ramble<\/a> and it was a great, strolling treat. \u00a0It helped that the rain held off until we were on the subway to the PABT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had the most wonderful opportunity to explore NYC for a day with my wife, MrsDrFenner. \u00a0We certainly made the best of it. \u00a0We met at Grand Central Station (yay for meeting there and not saying good-bye) and walked to The Morgan. \u00a0The Morgan had been recommended to me by my closest undergraduate mathematics professor, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mrdr","category-mrsdr","category-recreation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsfenner.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsfenner.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsfenner.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsfenner.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsfenner.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/drsfenner.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"https:\/\/drsfenner.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsfenner.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsfenner.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsfenner.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}