Now, THIS was a fun day

I took my kids to New York for the day yesterday. What an adventure and what a good time. The plan was to go to the Sony Wonder Technology Lab (http://www.sonywondertechlab.com), have lunch then do some sight seeing. Even though we're from New Jersey, there's lots to see.

I got up at 7 and got the kids up at 8 and we got on the road at about 9. We got parked around 10 and got on the train. Once on the train, the conductor came along to get the tickets. I had bought tickets for all the kids, of course. The conductor told me that I only needed one for my son , as the girls were young enough to ride free on weekends.

Train rides are always fun. We chilled out and watched everything go by. My older daughter took pictures of the train, and pretty much everything else. Once we got in the city, at about 11, I was trying to figure out the subways and decided on an "adventure" instead. We went out of the station and caught a taxi. Looked at the sights and sounds of NYC as we went along. There was construction going on. I was surprised they were working on Saturday, honestly.

The Sony building has a huge inflatable Spider Man inside. We grinned and got our tickets to the attraction. Going through was pretty much what I had expected. It showed technology's march through the ages and Sony's place in it. Of course, all the technology there was Sony brand. *laughs* We wanted to do the television camera stuff, but there was a very annoying family that kept using it over and over and over, so we went to the music area and played there. It was a lot of fun.

It took about an hour and a half to two hours to go through that place. After we were done, it was time to get some lunch. Looking at the list, it came down to someplace called "Mars 2112" or "The Jekyll and Hyde Club" (http://www.jekyllandhydeclub.com/splash_eerie.html). After talking with the kids, we decided on the JK Club. A quick 2 block walk brought us there. Of course, "quick" is relative when walking with a very short six year old. We got there and had to wait outside first. We were taken into a foyer and a Dr. Hackemoff and a maid put on a little show and the ceiling came down. My older daughter didn't like that part.

We got to the table and the waiter came and told us about the place, including the fact that they didn't take anything but American Express but did have an ATM. Which was labeled as an Automated Terror Machine. :D So, we ordered our lunch and were treated to Frankenstein's Monster singing John Travolta's part in Grease, with a werewolf singing Olivia Neutron Bomb's part.

A guy with a feather duster came around and started dusting my shoulder and head, much to the amusement of the kids. He went over and tried it with my daughter, but she was a stone face with him. He seemed to think it was a challenge. He kept dusting her and making witty comments. Then, somehow, they got into a "glasses contest", where one of them would move their glasses and the other would mirror it. Finally, my daughter broke down and grinned. All the rest of the day, she kept talking about "annoying glasses guy".

The whole place was loads of fun. The bill reflected the fun. With tip, it was $90. *laughs* I'm not one to count pennies, but that was a very expensive lunch.

We decided to walk through Central Park to get to the subway back to the train. We walked past Tavern On the Green, a carousel and other neat things. The rocks in that place are HUGE. Finally, we got to the subway station and caught it back to Penn Station then the train.

We are all tired and our legs hurt and we had a truly marvelous time.