Time flies!

Monday morning we awoke to a hazy, humid, hot morning.  Our last day in NY :(  We got ready and checked out- leaving your stuff with the doorman.  First stop the Empire State Building.  We were there early- and avoided all the tour buses.  We paid our $ 35 each and head up to the 86th floor.  That  is one long elevator ride up.  The view was stunning - although on a non hazy day it must be incredible.  Frank even managed to look over the edge- what fear of heights?  We enjoyed the views for a while and then back down.  We had shopping to do.  First stop was a guitar store that Frank had to go to - it was a bust.  Next stop B&H photography- the mecca of photography stores.  While I got lost in lenses Frank visited Sam Ash music across the street- how convenient.  Purchasing the sense of my dreams we were back on the shopping mission.  Back down to Union Square area- passing by Madison Square gardens and so many other sites.
Of course as we approached the flatiron district our stomachs were letting us know it was lunch time.  Conveniently there is a Shake Shack in Madison Square Park- the area we needed to shop.  We duly waited our turn in the longish line- I had a regular burger and a black and white concrete (that is Shake Shack for milkshake).  Then we waited another 15 minutes for our food- luckily we had found a park table and were able to sit and wait.  Well that crazy yummy, greasy meal demolished we were ready to shop.  We hit a few stores and saw some cool stuff, but with the exchange rate not so hot right now we opted to only buy some I LOVE NY gifts for the girls.  After all that shopping we were in need of an afternoon coffee- lucky for us Eataly was close at hand for an amazing afternoon cappuccino.  Then we had to start the walk back to the hotel and on to JFK.  WE got back, picked up our bags, changed and walked up to Penn Station.  There we caught the rush hour train to Jamaica station and the Light rail on to JFK- cost was not too bad about $16 each- cheaper than a cab and at 4pm in the afternoon a whole lot quicker than sitting in rush hour.  An hour later we were at JFK and ready to check in.  OMG the Delta check in line was insane- thank goodness we were told to go to the downstairs check in and the line up there much better.  Then back up to head through the security line up- once again OMG- that was a 35 minute line to just get to the security check.  Once through we were in search of a light dinner for the plane, found and then off to the gate just in time for boarding.  Or not- the plane had come in from Puerto Rico and apparently the customs officials needed and extra hour or so on board.  We eventually boarded only to have to sit on the runway for 2.5 hours before we took off.  What a huge delay- we got home 1.5 hours later than we had thought.
All in all a wonderful trip and I cannot wait to go back to this city.