Legally Blonde's Proceedings

After having my Friday and part of Saturday's plans turned upside down, I had a goal of keeping my Sunday plans exactly as they were.  First stop was Sarabeth's Tribeca for breakfast.  Their lemon ricotta pancakes are a must when in NYC! I then walked down to the 911 memorial and museum.  I had purchased tickets for the museum in advance.  I arrived a little early, but then let me go on in.  I didn't actually go into the museum early though because I discovered that for some reason, American sent my original bag to NYC.  It had been at LaGuardia since Saturday, but their stupid system hadn't updated that info until Sunday.  I spent a considerable amount of time in the lobby of the museum on the phone with American Airlines lost luggage hotline trying to figure out if they could get my bag from the airport to the hotel before I headed back to Dallas in less than 24 hours. This is known as the survivors stairs.  They were located on Vesey st...

The weather report for Saturday ended up being mostly clear, so we got up and hit the ground running at 8:00 a.m.  We had timed museum tickets for 10:00, so this gave us 2 hours to see the monuments.  We took a taxi to the Lincoln Memorial and went from there.   One of the great parts about getting up early is that you beat the crowds.  While March 2nd is the hight of the tourist season, they were busier later in the day. Lincoln's view Next stop was the Korean War Veterans Memorial Then we walked to one of my top 3 favorite memorials/monuments, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Next was probably what is my favorite, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial... I always say this, but I just adore that Fala got his own statue... We walked along the Tidal Basin (some of which was actually under water) around to the final of my 3 favorites... the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. The Lincoln as seen from the World ...