Sunday, March 18th

Started the day off with some bagels and a lox/cream cheese spread....Yum! NBC studio tour booked for 11:00AM so on to the subway again to get down to Rockefeller Center. Tour was fun, toured the Dr. Oz, Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Studios. Was fun to see where they film SNL as well as some of the costumes and photos taken over the years. It really isn't a big studio. A stage for the guest band where they have free rein to do what they want to it. Center stage for opening monologue and skits with simple props and the "wet" stage where more complex skits are done. Hot tubs, water, fake blood...whatever and it is left for next day clean up. All sets, make up and costume changes need to happen within 60 to 90 seconds, during commercial breaks as they are filming live with a zero second delay. Other "live" shows have a 7 second delay. Security screening when entering and no photography. So only a picture in the gift shop, located where you leave the tour of course!

Another stop at the NHL store....boys...argh. Interesting chandelier, all done with hockey sticks.

Spent some more time exploring back around our hotel and decided to hit Macy's. The first floor is very ornate and beautiful. The other floors quite ordinary. However the escalators were spectacular. The original wood and some of them still with wood treads instead of the metal we are used to. You could see the worn and patina wood along the side where thousands of people had rubbed along the wood while going up and down between the floors.

Hungry...it was recommended to try Bon Chon Korean restaurant for their chicken wings. They were delicious! Located on the corner of 33rd and 5th Avenue. Would definitely go there again.

Needed to try a Gray Papaya dog but having no luck. yet. This looked close until I can find the real thing. Wasn't that great....will continue the search for the real deal as they are very popular in NY.

Kitty corner was the Empire State Building. As I'm eating wings I'm looking at the map getting oriented and trying to figure out where it was thought it must be close. Once outside we realized it was across the street. It is very tall but fairly plane so unless looking closely it could be missed. Or maybe just by me. LOL

Back to the room to relax. On the go every day, was nice just to sit back and relax for a bit and figure out what to do on our last day tomorrow before heading out to dinner. Decided to explore Union Square tomorrow and head to Redhead Restaurant that was featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Then another walk to The Big Gay Ice Cream shop that was recommended by the receptionist when we were on the office tower of CollegeHumor. We get lots of advise of where to go and have found it to be very helpful. Should be a good day tomorrow.

Trip Advisor had great reviews for The Flying Puck restaurant (on 7th btw 30th & 31st) so that became our dinner choice. Was not disappointed, large portions and a great atmosphere. TV screens everywhere playing different NHL games. Different for the boys to be able to sit in a pub, so far we have found that minors are able to go to most pubs.