An Unexpected Manhattan Walkabout, Part 1

So much for unbiased reporting!

It's not every day that I have to wake up at 3 in the morning, but today was one of those days. Dad's having mitral-valve surgery at Mount Sinai, and he had to be at the Upper East Side hospital at 5:30. I picked him up a little after 3:30 and we made it to the hospital parking garage in less than 90 minutes. The roads were so empty that if I were trying to set a speed record, I might have clocked in at about 45 minutes.

It's around 9:30 as I'm typing this. I'm starting to feel the exhaustion. I went to bed sometime before 10:30 and was briefly woken up by Mrs. The Anthony Show with the news that Osama Bin Laden was dead. This news probably would make my father happy, that even if something went horribly wrong in the operating room, at least he outlived the most notorious terrorist of all time.

By the time Dad was being wheeled into the OR and I wandering around the waiting area, it was 6:45, and I decided to skip the Mount Sinai "café" and wander around the area while seeking a decent breakfast. What follows are photos from my little journey.