Arriving in NYC

Without any major delays, we arrived in NYC at 9pm last night (Friday). On the taxi ride to our apartment at 118, West 27^th St, it was clear there were large areas of the East-side still without power. On our arrival, we were met by the owners who have lived in the city their whole lives. We were told the apartment was their own residence and they will spend the next 10 days uptown in a small apartment owned by friends. The owners are an artist in his 70’s and his wife who have obviously been greeting travellers for many years. The apartment is full of art and books and takes up the entire 12^th floor. It fronts onto 27^th street with 6 large windows framing the Empire State Building. The back looks out over 26^th street with another 6 windows. We have an elevator opening directly into our apartment and can only barely hear the sirens from below (see link -  http://www.nyhabitat.com/new-york-apartment/furnished/8169)

We finished the day with a pizza the size of a table and a special bottle of vino brought from Aus. It is now 9am on Saturday morning and the sun is shining. It is 6 degrees outside so we will need to rug up on our first adventure. The only dilemma this morning is what to do first? We can’t decide on whether to head uptown towards Central Park and the Galleries or stroll down to Greenwich Village through Chelsea and the Meatpacking District. Not a bad dilemma to have.