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I seem to have Frank Sinatra singing in my ear all day long while I’m here. What a crazy, busy city! We walked down through Central park this morning to make our way to the American Museum of Natural History. What a fantastic place! There were many school groups in attendance today and excited noisy children were everywhere. We knew Nicholas would have loved to see the enormous dinosaur display. My favourite part of the visit was watching the Jean- Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean film in 3D – it was fantastic and beautifully scored with music that added so much to the experience, I would certainly watch it again.

It was warm and humid today and with the park still showing off some late fall colour, we had a lovely walk.

We planned our route and stopped in at Knitty City on our way back, after the museum. I bought a skein of lovely stuff to make a hat for Christmas for Sarah – I will make Andrea Hilton’s new Samoa pattern. I also picked up a luxury skein at the request of my clarinet knitter friend, Lisa, who wanted to try a silk/yak blend. Isn’t it beautifully vibrant?

I won’t be going to Purl Soho while I’m here. I know it’s a hotspot for knitters, I just know myself and my budget 🙂 I would like to try to make it over to School Products Yarn tomorrow as it’s the oldest yarn shop in NYC and is supposed to have decent pricing on cones of yarn.