NYC Day 7- The High Line, Courtney Love & A Robbery At Knife Point (Ooooo… Sounds Bad Ass!!!)

Garret had the morning before he flew back home. He wanted to pickup one more pair of new runners (the Canadian dollar was at par about right now so why not?). We shopped around Union Square and Soho, found some shoes, then headed to the High Line- one of NYC’s newest attractions.

The High Line is a park built on old, elevated freight train tracks that runs through the Meatpacking district. It offers wonderful views of the city, runs through a hotel, displays natural floral and fauna of the area, and has a bunch of cool architectural elements, and it even has urban influenced art throughout. It is pretty cool, really we’ve seen nothing quite like it before.

The last meal with Garret was lunch at La Carbonara. The place is just a few shops down from Rick & Barb’s place and boasts a nice balance of homey and classy Italian atmosphere. All of our meals were tasty. We couldn’t resist an afternoon bottle of wine too!

After saying our, “see you laters” to Garret we were off to the Late Show With David Letterman. Although Matt considers himself more a Jimmy Fallon fan, the Late Show was hands down a much better experience. Everything from the organization and waiting times to get in, the size, space, setup, and atmosphere of the studio, the quality of the show, the guests, and the jokes from Dave.

The main guest was Courtney Love and she mainly talked about the time she fell off the coke wagon and flashed Dave in a 1995 interview. She preformed a new song titled “Skinny Bitch” and also Michael Caine was interviewed- amazing storyteller.

Speaking about good stories- on a dimly lit residential street at around 10:30pm, on our way to find the apartment from the sitcom Friends just a few blocks from Rick & Barbs place, within an arms length distance away from us, we witnessed a horrible mugging at knife point…

Some stories are best told in person.