Our Departure Picture

Our dinner with Franz Wisner, author of Honeymoon with My Brother

Eating at Paul Newman's Restaurant "The Dressing Room"

All of us in row P at The Westport Country Playhouse

This is the set for "The Pavilion"

Moms Reading and Franz Wisner and the cast of "The Pavilion"

Back at the hotel making quick phone calls home to check on the kids

Back at the hotel after our long day and night

Girls Night "IN" at the hotel

Breakfast at the hotel

Emailing our book club members who stayed home

More emailing from the hotel

And we're off! NYC or bust!

"Welcome to New York"

The skyline

Kellie, the navigator

"Uh-oh! Turn left, Mary, turn left!"

It's a beautiful city...enjoy the scenery pictures!

Buildings...

New York Stock Exchange...

The first thing on our "to-do" list

And here she is...Lady Liberty

A view from the Staten Island Ferry

Susan, Mary and Dorie

Susan and Kellie

All of us crammed on the ferry

Can you see the statue of liberty in the background??

Dorie, Mary and Susan

Beautiful views of the bridge

Coming into the city on the ferry. What a beautiful city--enjoy these scenery pictures!

Wall St.

Don't these buildings look like a set in a movie?

Beautiful Trinity Chapel

Congratulations to Melissa and George!

Susan, Kellie and Dorie on the steps of the church

Susan and Kellie with their new Coach bags

Ground Zero

Just one more picture to add to our "Pictures of Shoe Repair Shops Collection"

Entering Little Italy

Having dinner at Casa Bella Restaurant in Little Italy

Dorie and her new boyfriend....you can tell we didn't tip the very affectionate host who sat us here

Hand-rolled cigars in Little Italy...we brought them home for souvenirs

The Empire State Building is in the background

Kellie, Susan and Mary

Our dessert in Little Italy - gelato

On the steps of the courthouse

The Historic Brooklyn Bridge

Kellie and Susan, showing off their new bags, walking on the Brooklyn Bridge. What an experience!

On our way back to the car, we snapped this quick photo

...trying to get our reflection in the mirrored skyscraper

Leaving the city....we want to remember every minute

The city looked so beautiful as the sun went down and the lights went up.

We were so excited to leave for our first bookclub overnight. We got a late start AND we were expecting heavy rains and traffic but nothing could stop us. Do you see how excited we were?

We had a great evening chatting with Franz. We talked about his new book coming out and about our book club. He really is a great guy!

It was such a treat to eat at this fabulous restaurant. The food was delicious and our waiter (third in from the left) was charming!

We were here to see Franz Wisner's wife, Tracy Middendorf in "The Pavilion". It was an excellent show. The three members of the cast were terrific and we were glad we had the chance to see it.

Cameras were not allowed during the performance so we snapped this picture before the show started.

Franz brought us backstage to meet the cast. I think they thought we were a little strange but we loved the whole experience. They welcomed us graciously!

Thanks Dorie for bringing the wine!

Wine, junk food, jammies and girl talk...

Morning came very quickly and we were all up and ready for a day of sightseeing. So sorry to see Laura and Kerrie head home.

We miss you!

Trying not to be the obvious tourist, with guidebook, map and camera all in hand!

Ride the Staten Island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty

Our first time seeing the Statue of Liberty. She was beautiful. We took many pictures, so enjoy!

(Well, we tried!)

Debris from the attack on the twin towers ruined all around this church, but miraculously the graveyard and church remained intact.

It was such a treat to see this couple take their wedding pictures on the beautiful grounds of Trinity Church!

Bought right on Canal St. Aren't they awesome???

Seeing where the Twin Towers would have been was a sobering experience for all of us. We all toured the gallery there and it was meaningful to all of us, especially after reading The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede

The food here was unbelievable! We also loved the atmosphere...eating outside and watching the people walk by.

We were posing for "Law and Order"

We can not wait to visit again!