It was
Open House Weekend in NYC on Saturday and Sunday. This meant that 350 different buildings throughout the five boroughs held open houses, celebrating design and architecture. There were historic sites, churches, museums, monuments, hotels, architecture firms, artist studios, etc to visit---all open for visitors. Some are never open to the public except during open house weekend. We went out on Sunday, with our number one choice in mind. The British Empire Building in Rockefeller Plaza has a rooftop garden and reflection pool ---and apparently is one of the sites off limits to visitors during the year. This was our chance to go somewhere we'd never be allowed again. Here are some photos from the roof--- it was only seven stories up, but high enough to make me nervous while looking over the edge). We had a good view of St. Patrick's cathedral and the Polish parade happening on 5th Ave. It seems like we always discover something happening when we are in Manhattan. Today it was a parade.
The Rockefeller ice rink opened this weekend---in 80 degree weather. There's nothing like ice skating in shorts and t-shirts!
The Polish parade is just getting started. After going back down to street level, we waited a bit by the parade route, hoping to see some floats, a band, something. No such luck, we were at 50th St and the parade started at 29th..... But we did overhear a funny comment from a kid. His family was telling him that the Polish parade was today and the Italian parade was on Monday for Columbus Day. He asked his mom, "How come there aren't any American parades?"
Well, that does it for the open house weekend. We only stopped at one place....it was hot and humid and trekking around the city didn't sound too appealing. So instead, we headed to where there was air conditioning --the movie theater. We saw 2 movies this weekend. Michael Clayton and The Assassination of Jesse James. Two real pick-me-ups. :)
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