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NYC ADVENTURE, PART III: BRAND NEW START OF IT

10/18/2018

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Breakfast at Junior's before our bus ride out to MetLife Stadium.
Each of our days in The Big Apple is indeed a brand new start. Sunday began with donning our Colts attire and hoofing it to Junior’s, a restaurant with terrific breakfasts, a spot known for cheesecake (the server claimed it’s best in the country). Thanks to Marilyn for the recommendation.
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The Indianapolis Colts are the original reason we went to NYC this fall ... and here we are at MetLife Stadium, home of the Jets, eight miles outside of the city, in New Jersey.
Inside was a table of Colts fans with Hoosier roots. One was from Summitville, not far! We helped them with the how-tos on getting to the game. Our concierge gave us clear instructions which took us straight down the street a few blocks from the hotel.
 
We were to ride a game bus at the New York Port Authority, which wasn’t hard to find. We just followed the Jets fans. MetLife Stadium is only eight miles from Manhattan, located in New Jersey. Our ride was about 20 minutes.
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There wasn’t a lot to cheer about as the game progressed, and the score wasn’t what we had hoped, but the fans were great and no one seemed to mind when we cheered for our guys, nor did they gloat when theirs were winning.
 
At halftime, there was a celebration for the 50th anniversary season when the Jets won the Super Bowl and Jo Namath addressed the crowd at half time. One of the Colts fans on the bus (with a few distant friend-of-friend connections to our gang) even got a photo in the parking lot of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christy! He didn’t even have “people” around him but was by himself, our new friend reported.
 
The ride back to Manhattan was longer, probably a half-hour wait to board one of the buses, and another hour’s ride back, as opposed to 20 minutes out Sunday morning.
 
Back at the Port Authority, we started to walk back toward the hotel, but son Ben spotted something special and told me to look. Behind me stood none other than The Gray Lady – The New York Times.
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Next up was dinner and it was off to Melt, a sandwich shop with the accent on the melted cheeses and tomato soup. Just one of the endless, unique eateries in this city. Then Ben took off to see a band he likes, Nine Inch Nails at Radio City Music Hall.
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Ben at Melt.
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Sam checks his phone in front of Melt.
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It was a clear, lovely evening so the rest of us went to Rockefeller Center and took in the atmosphere, including ice skaters on the rink. We also stepped inside St. Patrick's Cathedral and walked around the two-story M & M store.

Series conclusion still to come: Day 4: LADY LIBERTY AND KATZ'S DELI.
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Debbie M link
10/19/2018 05:37:16 am

Isn’t it interesting how the Colts’ away games have led to some very unique adventures for the Cronks? Hmmmmm.... What else is left to discover in Part 4?!!!!!!

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Donna Cronk
10/20/2018 06:26:10 am

Debbie,
So true! Hope you like Part 4. We're already thinking about an away game / experience for 2019!

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