Soiree in New York City: A Retrospective: Come share the adventures!

[Eloise]

   

September 8-12, 2010
Everyone is invited!  

Autumn in New York, (are you singing?) What could be finer?

Based on the resounding success of our 10th Anniversary Gathering in NYC in 2008, we thought we'd try it again!~

Our Hotel: The Leo House:  "The Little Heart in the  Big City," with the best rates you'll find anywhere.

Hotel Information and Rates

Garden at the Leo House

If you are a Latin student, come meet some of  your classmates, for a fun filled day or  weekend:

Classics Students at the Met, NYC 2008

Brief  Schedule Outline
See below for details and plan to join us:

                

Sept 8th-Wednesday: --Contact: Ann for details. Ann  plans for us to meet at the Fraunces Tavern Museum at 3:30 pm.  When the museum closes at 5pm, we'll walk to the Bridge Cafe, also historic,  for dinner. Our reservation is for 6 pm.  Fraunces Tavern is  where George Washington and his generals met after or during the Revolution.   The Bridge Cafe

Thursday 9/9: --LucyLibr--plans a cruise on the Hudson. Contact: Lucy for details.

Friday 9/10  

Morning at the Met:

9:30: Note new time! Join us for a private tour of the Met with Assisted Listening Devices on the topic The History of Book Binding, Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Related Works.  Free to SeniorLearn, only 4 slots remaining!

---Followed by Lunch in the Atrium Cafe under the glass.

---Followed by a short seque  open to all to see the  Cubiculum of Villa of P. Fannius Synistor, and the Monteleone Chariot! See email.

---After Lunch: Free Afternoon at Leisure
 

Saturday 9/11:  Our First Author's Tea at the award winning  
Sarabeth's,
 40 Central Park South
New York, N.Y. 10019
Phone 212 826 5959   Fax 212 826 0140
see below! -

Sunday 9/12


Alf is planning a Surprise Venue for Breakfast!   Contact: Andrea   for details.

Those wanting to go to Ellis Island will convene in the Lobby of the Leo. As an alternative, Ann plans a trip to the Tenement Museum. OR just do your own thing! Contact: ginny for details.

Other Enticements:


Pedl'n plans a day at the newest NYC park, the High Line.    http://www.thehighline.org/ Contact: Pedln for details.



Eloise will be our Coordinator  daily at Breakfast at the Leo House. She will   be at the cafeteria for an hour to take messages and keep everybody informed on what is happening on that day.


Additional Possibilities:
The short terms, unscheduled -- High Line Park, with maybe a visit to Chelsea Market nearby, Union Square,  The Strand,  Chelsea Market,  shopping,  Tenement House  and Museum, Botanical Gardens, Etaly if open, a Broadway Show, Algonquin or Chelsea Hotels, concerts, opera, bus tour of NYC, etc.

Monday 9/13: : Travel Day:  Departure


New!!


9/11: Our  First Ever Author Tea at

Sarabeth's,
 40 Central Park South
New York, N.Y. 10019
Phone 212 826 5959   Fax 212 826 0140

on Central Park between 5th and 6th Avenue:  This is our room!

Join us on September 11 in this award winning restaurant looking out on the Park for one of their famous Teas, at less than half price, $10 only, no tax, and enjoy meeting our authors, Bruce Frankel,  and Maryann McFadden:


"I can think of no writer I'd rather have sing me songs of the sea, even sad ones, than Maryann McFadden."---Anne Rivers Siddons
We'll be discussing Maryann McFadden's book,  here on SeniorLearn beginning August 15 - at
"So Happy Together" Join us today!

Bruce Frankel’s book, "What Should I Do With the Rest of My Life" is inspirational!  "This upbeat, inspiring, timely book shows how taking a risk and fighting to find a passionate career — at any age — can reinvigorate your life...”— Susan Shapiro
Come join Bruce now - and be inspired!  
Talking Heads ~ "What Should I Do With the Rest of My Life"

Contact: Ann today to secure your place at the table!  We have only a few seats left!~  Don't miss this one!!

See information about reservations at the LEO HOUSE. Deadline to reserve your accommodations is June 15!

Questions about the gathering? Contact: Ann

As a New Yorker would say, "What's not to like?"  

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Transportation:


Plan Your Trip!

"For a map go to MTA NYC Transit and look at the subway system map. It gives you an idea of how the city is laid out, east and west on either side of the Hudson.  You are staying on west side which is where the cruise port and Times Square are. I use Mapquest for specific locations like the Tenement Museum the other night." (Lucy)

Click to see the weather in NYC:

http://www.wunderground.com/US/NY/New_York.html  

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I looked up some addresses that I thought might be useful.

The Strand  -                 828 Broadway
Book Store in Greenwich Village  
Top of the Rock,  Times Square.       44th street between 7th and 8th ave.
Marquis Hotel Revolving Restaurant               1535 Broadway
Tenement Museum and Book store       97 Orchard Street
Ellis Island               Port of New York   
St. Patrick’s Cathedral          460 Madison Avenue
High Line Park             
Chelsea Market   75 9th Avenue (Between 15th and 16th Streets),
Cloisters
Foreign films
Guggenheim               1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street   
Museum of Modern Art          11 West 53 Street
Bus tour of Manhattan  
Ground Zero
Broadway Show
Off Broadway show
Union Square                East 17th Street
Eataly                   West 23rd Street near Fifth Avenue,
Window shopping on Broadway
Greenwich Village bookstore  
TV show
King Tut exhibition

Skating rink               601 5th Avenue,
King Tut Exhibition
The Museum of the American Indian      1 Bowling Green,
Morgan Library            225 Madison Ave,
St. John the Divine Cathedral          1047 Amsterdam Avenue,
St. Thomas Church            1 West 53rd Street,

Million Dollar Quartet            253 West 125th Street
Top of the Strand            33 West 37th Street
Glass Bar at Hotel Indigo         127 West 28th Street

[JoanR]

Eloise - the front of St. Patrick's is on 5th Ave right across from Rockefeller Center.  That address on Madison must be where the offices are - a mailing address, I suppose.

I plan to go to Evensong on Sunday afternoon when we get back from Ellis Island if it works out that way.  I enjoyed it so much at our previous soiree that I'd love to go again. Meg will have gone home by then - hope someone else wants to go.

The only things written in stone for me are:  the Met (!), the HighLine Park, Sarabeth, and Ellis Island.  There's plenty of free chunks of time to do some of the other enticements.  Will wait for the Breakfast Conferences!

Last time we went to NYC as a group it was a bit later in Sept. and I see everyone wearing jackets in the photos.  This time is a bit of a puzzler!

[Lucylibr]

http://www.thehighline.org/tours--that's the web site for the High Line, which conducts a tour every Saturday at 11:00 a.m. including Sept. 11.
I can't make it come up as a link, but that's it if anyone is interested.

Top of the Rock is at 50th between 5th and 6th Avenues, not Times Square. It's near St. Patricks and is one of the most crowded places in NYC but great to visit.

I don't think there will be any ice skating this time of year.  You can check indoor facilities like Chelsea Piers, but I doubt it's worth your time.

[ginny]

Cruise times are 10:00, 12:30, and 3:30.  Have you decided on time and what you want to do after?  We liked the late afternoon cruise, and we got finished at a good time to have dinner.  It's up to you.  I have a friend who is interested in SeniorLearn and would like to go on cruise and to High Line if it's okay with everyone. It's quite alright if she does not get to go.

I don't know, this is a good question, Lucy, what do you all think? A morning cruise followed by lunch or an afternoon one on Thursday followed by dinner? 

Lucy of course your friend interested in SeniorLearn is welcome, with bells on!  Would she also like to go to any of the other events?

Joan I loved the Evensong and the concert, wish I could go but Sunday we're going to the Lion King at 6:30.  I hope somebody else wants to go with you!

[pedln]

Joan, if I'm still alive after Ellis Island, I would like to go to Evenson(g) with you.

Ha ha -- that's my maiden name.

[Eloise]

I will go with the majority but my energy is highest in the morning. Perhaps because here I go to bed early and am up early, In New York though it might be very different. If we go at 3:30 we will be spread out doing different things before the cruise and will have to find our way to the port. If we go for the 10:30, we could all leave together after breakfast, it's just a thought.

[Lucylibr]

Yes, Joan, I'll go to chuirch--will check on services and times.
I did check, and they don't have info up for September. I'll check later.

[pedln]

Eloise,  I agree with you.  Start out together in the morning, disperse later.

[ANNIE]

I am up for any time everyone wants to go on the cruise.

Evensong sounds so good.  What church are you planning on being in and what time?  Just in case those of us who aren't going to Ellis Island want to go also.

Is it getting cold where in the east right now??  Our temps have been dropping this week and now I am betwixt and between as to what to take for clothing.  I guess anything would work as long one has a sweater or a jacket or, in my case, a light rain coat to throw on for preventing a chill off the water.

[ANNIE]

I forgot to mention that I will be out of town for the next four days visiting friends in eastern West Virginia.  We plan on a visit to the radio telescope facility near their home plus a ride on the Cass Scenic Railroad.  We hope to spend one night on their deck, wrapped in blankets, enjoying the sky and stars above.  They live way out in the mountains and have no city lights to prevent such an evening. 

I will try to go online but haven't much hope for that in the mountains.

Ciao!

[ANNIE]

Look at what I found in my email this morning!  Wow!

Photo Op Flyover by Statue of Liberty


The Alliance for Downtown New York has been informed by the New York City Police Department that a photo op mission by the Brazilian Smoke Squadron is scheduled over the Statue of Liberty, on Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 10:00 AM.
The airplanes will enter New York Harbor, fly over the Verrazano Bridge, pass the Statue of Liberty, and continue north above the Hudson River.
It will involve ( T-27 turboprop aircraft and (1) C-130 turboprop aircraft operating between 1,500 and 2,000 feet.

Visit DowntownNY.com for more information

[ANNIE]

For our first night in the city:

This is the plan:  We can meet at the Fraunces Tavern Museum around 3 or 4pm, I have to check on how long the exhibits will keep us occupied.  When it closes at 5pm, we will saunter up to the Bridge Cafe where we have a reservation for 6pm.
 
If one doesn't want to go to the museum, one can just meet us at the Bridge Cafe at 6pm.

Here's the list of who's going where and when.
Ginny--
Andrea
Gay--Those three are arriving at the Leo together in the afternoon.

Ann--
Mary--We will be out about because we arrived on Tuesday so just plan on meeting with whoever wants to see the Fraunces Tavern Museum at 3pm.

Pedl'n--gets to the Leo around 4pm and the trio who are getting there about 2 or later, have offered to wait for her to get ready to go and then they will only go the Bridge Cafe.

Lucy
Vivian
Zulema
Suzanne--I don't know where they are coming from or whether they will go to the museum.

I need to know who is going to the museum so I know who to look for.  Can you please let me know if I have included everyone for the Sept 8th afternoon and evening plans?

[Lucylibr]

We had a few cool days. but it is warming up now and is supposed to be in the 90's Sunday and Monday. I expect it to be in the 80's cooling off at night while you are here.

I plan to be at the Fraunces.

That photo op should be good from the Circle Line Cruise.

[Eloise]

Did you say the photo Fly Over the Statue of Liberty is on August 26th Ann? Then it has happened already, unless the month should be September.

The weather here has cooled down a lot, this morning it's not even 70 F in Montreal. I will have to bring layers to peel off if it gets too hot. But as Lucy said we might get the 80s in September. I bet New York City has not cooled off much since the heat wave. We are starting Fall weather, but it's nice too.

I am checking which small enough luggage I am taking. Shoes take up lots of space.

[pedln]

Shoes take up lots of space.

I guess there's some consolation to lousy feet.   

I wear one pair and pack another in case the first pair gets wet.

[JoanR]

I'm planning to go to Evensong at St.Thomas on 53rd & 5th Ave - I'm sure they will have an organ concert as well as their great choir.  That was just wonderful last time.  Glad you want to go too, Pedln!
I pack very light - a necessity since my strength isn't what it used to be and I still like to tote my own stuff!!  My carry-on has wheels & only measures 13X19 inches but I can manage for a week with it.
If one is wearing black pants, no one will notice that you're wearing black walking shoes instead of dressy shoes!  Or if they do, I don't care.  I wasn't planning on extra shoes in case of wet feet, but you have made me reconsider - perhaps some lightweight black sandals would be an emergency fall-back.

The Empire State Bldg roof is spectacular but it would take up a lot of time and is very crowded.  Top of the Rock is a crowded tourist attraction - you can buy timed tickets on-line which helps.  They are $19.00 for seniors.  Why not save your money,  go to the roof of the Metropolitan museum when we are there - the view is lovely if not as spectacular!!

You've probably had your lofty view from the CN tower in Toronto, Eloise!!

[Zulema]

Hello, everybody

I've been away since the 14th and though near the internet, didn't have much of a chance to look at it except for my e-mail.

I was planning to go to Fraunces Tavern Museum but I'd rather skip it and meet at the Bridge Café at 6PM, so put me down just for that.

As for the weather after the heat wave it was rainy and chilly but not much below 60º from what they tell me, since I wasn't here, just nasty, and now it's warm again going on hot, according to the weather wise-men.  The first week in September is usually sunny and hot, but who knows what follows?  I plan to be at the Museum and at Sarabeth's.

I am in the Museum picture from last trip and I see I am wearing the lightest cotton top over my blouse, so it couldn't have been too cool.  And you should know about the roof installation.  It's a bamboo tree structure that kept growing the whole summer (being added too).  It is not for seniors to climb, and they take 10 people on a tour of it.  What I don't know is if the roof itself is open to visitors who don't wish to climb the structure, which is very large.  I just got to our website and didn't check on that first.  Sorry.

[ginny]

Great Zulema, I can't wait to see you again!

Eloise, tell me again what time you get in on Wednesday? You are coming direct from the station, I hope by cab?

Here's a 10 day forecast taking us up to September 7,  it appears we're to have (cross your fingers) perfect weather, at least on the 7th!! We can keep checking the 10 day forecasts as we get closer: http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/USNY0996

Light jackets are something I do not own. I'll look and see tomorrow if there's anything that resembles that here in SC.

I'm afraid my shoes are not going to impress anybody, being orthopedic and well worn on the streets of Europe. 10 days however is not enough to break in more stylish options so pretend you don't know me!

[Lucylibr]

Ginny, A light sweater or a shawl can be worn instead of a light jacket.  They sell the Pashmina shawls on the street for $10.00, and I see many wearing them summer evening. 

I do everything in UNstylish shoes, and the fashion police have never arrested me.

[ginny]

Oh good, well I've got a strange sort of sweater thing I could bring, and it's light, thanks.

Now I have to literally sew up the top I wanted to wear as, upon being continually searched in every airport this summer when I hit flight 5, something snapped and I cut off the new snaps I had had put on it and cut a hole in it (can we see who can't sew?) so I will definitely not be fashionable until I get that fixed. I'm thinking of all the runway models I have seen who go down the runway sewn up and into things so I don't feel so bad.

Look at THIS, tho! I got a copy of  Reliquary (not for the faint of heart) from Preston and Childs and this is what they say in the back of the book (I think everybody should know this before they read it, tho):

It has been estimated that as many as 5,000 or more homeless people have lived in the vast warren of underground tracks, subway tunnels, coal tunnels, old  sewers, abandoned stations and waiting rooms, disused gas rooms and old machine rooms, and other spaces that riddle underground Manhattan. Grand Central Station alone sits above seven stories of tunnels, and in some places the underground works extend more than thirty stories beneath the city. The Astor Tunnels, with their elegant stations crumbling into dust, actually exist...And there are homeless who claim to have seen a fabulous, decaying nineteenth-century waiting room deep under ground, with mirrored and tiled walls, a fountain, a grand piano, and a huge crystal chandelier.[/color]

The authors are indebted to the book The Mole People by Jennifer Toth (1993)....[an] excellent, thought-provoking, and at times frightening study.

Wow!

[ginny]

Yes I also vote to go early to the Circle Cruise, and then go to lunch, preferably at the Chelsea Market or the Eataly if open. Or wherever anybody wants to go.

[Eloise]

Ginny, I arrive at Penn Station on Wednesday Sept. 8th  at 8:35 pm. When I arrive in a city like New York I usually feel very excited, not anxious though, but I can't help but stop to look all around this famous train station and gape. I feel the pulse of the city as people criss cross all over knowing exactly where they are going, but I will have to find out where to take a cab and go straight to the Leo House from there. Thanks for asking.

If you have no other plans, I was thinking that since the Lion King show would probably ends early in the evening, afterwards we could go for dinner at the Marquis revolving restaurant watching the lights over Manhattan. That would culminate my visit to New York City in a spectacular way never to be forgotten.

Joan, I have never been to the CN tower in Toronto because I have hardly ever been there, only twice I think and believe me it is nothing compared with Montreal. Well I was born and raised here you know. About Evensong, I love choir music, but I will miss it  unless it is somewhere in the free time and Sunday I will be busy all day, I think.

[JoanR]

Eloise - I agree, Montreal is spectacular!  I loved my visit there during your "bash" and wish I could get back there some day.  I've seen quite a lot of Toronto since one of my daughters lives there.

When you arrive at Penn Station, walk towards the 7th ave. exit because you will find a taxi stand outside it to your right.  The traffic on 7th ave. goes one-way downtown which is where you will be heading to the Leo House.

Because the traffic on 8th Ave goes one-way uptown, a taxi that you pick up there has to maneuver around to get downtown!  No point in wasting time on the meter!!!

[Eloise]

Joan, I have carefully noted your instruction on where to get a cab, thanks for the help. Street and Avenue numbers instead of names in New York are practical if not romantic.

Me too Pedln, I will bring an extra pair of shoes, sandals I guess. I have decided to bring my small luggage on wheels like yours Joan, 13" X 19" and a tote. I will watch the NY weather forecast before I close up my bag. Should I pack an unbrella or just a plastic raincoat in case it rains? A jacket would be warmer on the cruise, but I guess bulky unless I wear it to travel.

[ginny]

Eloise, sure we can do that, eat after the Lion King, if you like, it would be fun and is sort of right  across the street. That is if you don't mind eating late. The show is 2 hours and 40 minutes long with a 15 minute intermission, so that puts us at 9 pm eating, if it suits you it suits me.

Maybe we have time before hand if we can get near the glass, to have a coke and look down on Times Square in the daylight too in their other lounge.. There are no reservations unless you want to eat upstairs (very pricey) and long lines. Alternatively they open at 4:30 but that's eating in daylight.


Speaking of Times Square there are two exciting happenings while we're there. They are filiming the new Arthur with Helen Mirren all over the city so you MAY stumble on a film crew and the stars while out walking.

In addition there is another "Happening" in NYC on the 12th, our Ellis Island Day, Sunday at 11:30 am in Times  Square hosted by Kelsey Grammar, who is on Broadway, it's live free performances from The  Addams Family, American Idiot, Billy Elliott, Chicago, Elf, Fela, In the Heights, La Cage aux Folles, The Lion King, Mamma Mia, Memphis, Million  Dollar Quartet, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Phantom of the Opera, Promises Promises, Rain, Rock of Ages, The Scottsboro Boys, West Side Story and more... This all free on Times Square...expect crowds and roped off streets.

So if you don't plan to attend a Broadway show, Broadway will come to you free during that time.

[ginny]

Oh I had the MOST exciting thing happen yesterday!  The phone rang just as I was about to leave and it was Rebecca, our guide for our tour  at the Met on the 10th!

She had been going over the museum, tracking our path and trying to decide what to feature and what not to feature so we'd have the most for our time.  She threw out a lot of other cultures, not just western, Japanese, Egyptian, Indian, Sanskrit, this is really going to be fabulous.

She also was told about the audio devices and said  (as I've not heard back where we pick them up), that  she would take care of that and contact the AV department herself.

 She said, and this really impressed me, that she herself will meet us AT the door and take us thru to this Carson meeting room, so everybody coming IN, we definitely need to MEET at the 81st street entrance? At 9:30 sharp when the door opens. She will get there earlier.  We will meet at the "81st Street Entrance,"  that groups normally use. Lucy and Zulema, is this the one  on the front, with no steps?  And she will take us past the guards, etc. Wow. Talk about VIP treatment!

She also said in the course of the conversation casually that she is giving a Gallery Talk between now and next week, and she would walk the tour areas we chose personally again to see about the logistics of getting to each place.

Listen, those who lead the "Gallery Tours" are out of this world, we really are going to enjoy this one. I am very impressed. Says she loves books and even is plotting out the Medieval for the Latin students' interest, wow.

Wow wow wow.

[Eloise]

Oh! Ginny looking down on Times Square in the evening will be soooo nice. Even Paris would pale in comparison because I Never have the opportunity to go out at night when I travel alone except in Montreal. Wouldn't we also have the chance to stumble on the likes of famous stars when we push our way through the crown to get into the theatre? Oh! well I won't mind that a bit, I'll be with you. I can skip eating in pricey upstairs restaurant for all that I eat.

Our Met visit promises to be so exciting and I am so looking forward to it.

I will never see the labyrinths in underground New York City, I'll be long enough underground. There are so many wonders above ground that I have yet to see.

My children are expecting to see a lot of photos, I will have to take my not-so-good camera.

Only 8 days to go, are you getting excited? I am.

[Zulema]

The meeting room, which I didn't know was named Carson, is on the ground floor just past the elevators at the 81st St. entrance, which is the one without steps.  It's the handicapped and group entrance.  My only problem will be getting there at 9:30.

[ginny]

I can imagine! We don't start till 9:45, hope you can be there!

Of course I have the King o  Blisters now on my left foot, who knew, so watch for the woman with the Limp. I just saw the George Clooney new movie The American and expect to be shot at every corner, have you all seen that thing (don't)?  For some reason you can't get it out of your mind.

What Last Minute Stuff do we need to take care of?

[ANNIE]

We had a delightful visit with our young but long time friends in W.VA.  What a gorgeous state!  They live in the mountains on 450 acres of land in a rustic and huge home which they had built 15 yrs ago.  What a treat to see them again.  Its been 3 yrs.  They are the town drs in Hillsboro which is only about 20 or more miles from Green Briar and White Sulphur Springs.  I want to rent their surround porch.  Once can follow the sun or avoid the sun somewhere on that porch all day into the starry night later.  And the stars are just breathtaking. Lovely!  We came home with fresh dug potatoes and newly canned green beans.  Add onions and some ham to that and we had a meal.  Plus fresh tomatoes w/ cottage cheese.  Hmmmmmm!

OKAY, we seem to be just perking along.  Gosh, love having all this info on where and when to go.  Have we established a time for leaving the Leo to get to our 10am cruise???  Are we taxiing or busing or subwaying??

Boy, what a disappointment that the weather is going to be so warm.  I don't do well in the heat especially running for busses and subways.  And I notice that on our NYC weather link, up above, that their is much not so friendly air.  Another problem for me since I have COPD.   I really prefer cooler temps but will try to change my clothing plans since I had planned one using lightweight jackets and a lightweight raincoat.  Looks like the jackets will cook me.  And, now I must also consider capris or something in that length so I won't roast. 

Mary and I will be in on Tuesday at 1:30pm so should be at the Leo by 3:30pm.

I had a brief talk with the exhibits director at the Fraunces Museum and she said that she thought getting there by 3:30pm would gives us enough time to see it all.  Can a techie please put that up in the our calendar for Wednesday Sept 8th???  Thanks!!

Also, we should remember that our time at Sarabeth's begins at 4pm on Saturday Sept 11th and they like for us to be on time.  Techies, this should also be up on calendar. We are limo-ing to the restaurant.  So, as that is so, I would like to be there about 15 minutes early since we should meet our authors before they go in???  Is this a possibility, Ginny??? and is it necessary??  Please let me know!

For those who are attending "Million Dollar Quartet" on Friday evening, should we plan on meeting at the theatre or should we leave the Leo together and plan on supper somewhere? 

The Met tour looks like something we will never forget.  Great planning Ginny!!

[ALF43]

Crime-inn-eee Ann.  You go for a visit to rest and enjoy your friends now you return with orders!  Poor techies and they are working so hard to please .  
Am I signed up for that cruise?  I want to go but do not remember if I signed up or not.  I want to do it all, except Lion King.

[Lucylibr]

I would like to have the exact address of Sarabeth's.  There are 2 restaurants near Central Park, so we need to be sure we get to the right one.

Another question: What time does the Leo begin serving breakfast? I am planning to eat breakfast there before we leave for the cruise Thursday, Sept. 9.  I have to plan my time carefully because I have rather a long trip on the A train from here.  Also how do you plan to get to the pier?  We should be at the ticket booth by 9:30 at the latest.

Predicted Temperature next Wednesday: 86.
We are having another heat wave now but it will be interrupted by the hurricane.

[ALF43]

Lucy, if I remember correctly, they begin serving at 7 or 7:30.

[Eloise]

Poor Ginny with a foot blister. I just had good results for that with a 15 min salt water soak and a bandage with honey until it healed. Honey is a natural antiseptic, besides it stopped hurting immediately.

It's a good idea to put in the heading a time to leave the hotel for different activities and by what means we plan get there. We should be ready to leave the Leo for the cruise at 8:30 am to get in line at the Pier, is that right Lucy?

Good idea Lucy to get the Sarabeth's address because we will all be dispersed before going there.

I will arrive at the hotel on Wednesday around 9:00 pm and will come down for breakfast on Thursday at 7:30 am to find out the final arrangements.

[ginny]

Thank you Eloise, it needs something.

Thank you Andrea on the time the Leo begins breakfast.  Apparently, Lucy, it is their policy that you be met in the Lobby and sign in as a guest so I will meet you in the lobby. Do you know what time you plan to arrive?

Let's try to be at the ticket booth at 9:30 for the Circle Cruise. Are we taking a taxi? How long will it take us to get there, realistically?

Lucy that's a good question, the address of the Sarabeth's we're going to is:

40 Central Park South
New York, N.Y. 10019
Phone 212 826 5959   Fax 212 826 0140

I'll put that in the heading.

Ann,  we can get there a little before 4, but our plans as hopefully you received the cc on show for Maryann to begin speaking at 4:15, allowing 15 minutes to be seated, the authors introduced, etc. Do you think that's not enough time?

Ok Ann, I can try to get this:

I had a brief talk with the exhibits director at the Fraunces Museum and she said that she thought getting there by 3:30pm would gives us enough time to see it all.  Can a techie please put that up in the our calendar for Wednesday Sept 8th???  Thanks!!

in the calendar, but the "calendar" in the heading is not an expandible calendar but a screen shot and it's already at the boundaries as you can see by how it's cut. I'll give it my best and if it will not fit on the screen then I'll put that info that 3:30 will be the desired time to see the Museum. What is in it?

Also, we should remember that our time at Sarabeth's begins at 4pm on Saturday Sept 11th and they like for us to be on time.  Techies, this should also be up on calendar. We are limo-ing to the restaurant.  So, as that is so, I would like to be there about 15 minutes early since we should meet our authors before they go in???  Is this a possibility, Ginny??? and is it necessary??  Please let me know

I guess I thought we'd do the sort of meet and greet we did with Hoving, in the dining room,  seat the authors and ourselves and introduce the authors in the first 15 minutes. No? I can't see doing that in a lobby or anteroom, whatever you would like we can do here? Just say  so I can tell the limo people a firm date needed for arrival?


So our first order of business is getting to the Circle Line for the cruise, Lucy how long will it take us, say we went by cab, to get there?

Things are getting exciting, huh?

[ginny]

Sorry I can't change the calendar. If people show up at 3 instead of 3:30 for Fraunces, then they, I guess, will get an extra half hour of viewing, we can decide here who will be coming later and we DO need to decide definitely what's wanted about Sarabeth's because of the limo? Eloise can be sure everybody knows the times for the events following the first dinner and Fraunces, so be sure to see Eloise or email her or watch here for possible changes.

I don't mind getting to Sarabeth's early but I don't want to mill about in the ante room/ lobby/ cashier's desk area either, can you find out when we can actually enter the room,  and have it private, Ann, since they want us to be on time? Then we will know,  and we can spread the word to all, including the authors,  before Saturday the 11th.

[Eloise]

If you don't mind Ginny I can work on a calendar with days, times, transport for each day but instead of putting it in the heading, I can post it. There is only 6 days left, not much time and we can make adjustments till it's time to go.

I'll start that now and come back later with the first schedule.

[Eloise]

 SOIRÉE IN NEW YORK CITY


Wednesday September 8th,

Fraunces Tavern Museum arrival  =  3 :00 pm
Dinner at Bridge Café           =  6:00  pm
(address of Bridge Café?)


Thursday  September 9th,

Hudson Cruise around Manhattan   =   9:30 am
(Time to leave the Leo House to be determined)
Afternoon  Free


Friday, September 10th

Transport to the Met by Limousine   =   ?
Metropolitan Museum of Art   =  9:45 am
Lunch in the Atrium           =   noon
Charriot and Cubiculum       =   1:00 pm
Afternoon  free
Million Dollar Quartet      =   8:00 pm

Saturday September 11th

Morning  and Lunch Free
Tea at Sarabeth, (address below)   =  4:00 – 6:00 pm
Evening Free

Sunday September 12th

Breakfast with Andrea        =  8 or 9 am
Ellis Island by taxi
Lunch and free time
Lion King              =  6:30  pm

Monday September 13th

Departure

Sarabeth’s address
40 Central Park South
New York, N.Y. 10019
Phone 212 826 5959   Fax 212 826 0140

[Eloise]

This is the original draft, please point out things I have missed and I will correct or add to it and post a new one. We can do this each day until it's time to leave. I hope this schedule will help.

[ginny]

Well heck, Eloise, that's beautiful. I love it,  it's clear and understandable.  Thank you!!

If the heading were not already so long we could put it there also.

Ok on this:


Friday, September 10th

Transport to the Met by Limousine   =   I don't know the time yet as we are changing the arrival, once I know from the restaurant when we can actually get IN the room and from the limo people when we need to leave I'll say so, I like the idea of repeating this daily.
Metropolitan Museum of Art   =  9:45 am  9:30 am, when it opens, sharp.
Lunch in the Atrium           =   noon  11:30 when IT opens.
Charriot and Cubiculum       =   1:00 pm After lunch when everybody who wants to go is ready.
Afternoon  free
Million Dollar Quartet      =   8:00 pm