{"id":1950,"date":"2011-05-31T10:06:34","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T18:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/?p=1950"},"modified":"2011-06-04T15:53:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-04T23:53:02","slug":"nyc-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.andrewlorenzlong.com\/?p=1950","title":{"rendered":"NYC day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We joined J and M on their last day off of the holiday weekend (Monday) and headed to Madison Square Park<\/a> via taxi.\u00a0 While on the ride we saw the only street accident (a cab\u00a0 rear ended) of our entire trip.\u00a0 Something quite significant considering how fast the cabs drive around.\u00a0\u00a0 Half a block later we saw a podium facing the street with Chuck Schumer<\/a> waiting to speak in front of the cameras.\u00a0 Just a regular morning in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

We quickly arrived at our final destination: Eataly<\/a>.\u00a0 When M had described Eataly to me the day before I had said \u201coh, like Mitsuwa marketplace?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cNo, no t exactly.\u201d\u00a0 Eataly is one store, but takes up an entire ground floor of an office building next to Madison Square Park.\u00a0 There are different sections showcasing all the fresh made Italian food, groceries and ingredients (a restaurant sized area just devoted to cheese, for example).<\/p>\n

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We joined M\u2019s friends N and D and bought ingredients for a picnic that included (but were not limited to):<\/p>\n