Twas the day after Christmas!

and people are just starting to stir here.

Verity is off to do some museums, Vince and I plan to go walking through Central park and perhaps drop in at the Frick museum, as for the others they haven't surfaced yet so not sure what their plans are.

So you ask, how was yesterday?

Well, we started with Gospel Church at the Greater Refuge Temple on Adam Clayton Bld, just down from the Apollo. It was HUGE, they had security guys just like in nightclubs, and  inside it was a big as a picture theatre ( including the seats that go up when you stand up!).

Anyway it was wonderful, the singing was amazing I felt moved to tears at time, after all I am a christmas carol tragic!  The lovely lady who has rented us the house,  Erdene took us, and we were made so welcome by the congregation, they asked all newcomers to stand up and then welcomed us with clapping and a welcome speech. The whole church has such a lovely feel, a lot of happiness and singing and dancing. I reckon I could almost be dragged back to church again if it was guaranteed to be like that.

Then it was back to the house for THE LUNCH! And for those who were sweating on my juniper berry gravy, it did make an appearance on the table, Good ol USA, home of fabulous grocery stores that sell almost everything!

The grilled  lobster tails with garlic and parsley butter  were probably the hit of the day and Verity came to the party with a pumpkin pie, chocolate dipped fruit and a peanut butter cookie creation served with ice cream, All delicious!

And Santa did make it to NYC and everyone had a lovely day. We went to bed at 8.30 all exhausted but happy for our first christmas in NYC.

Here is a picture of us all ( except Megs who was sleeping in ) on the way to church we are on the stoop of our house.