Phil & Patty's mini-vacation to N.J. & N.Y.

I've been feeling pretty good these days so Patty & I decided that we could take a mini-vacation to New Jersey and New York City. in order to see old friends, family, and two Broadway shows. It is actually one of our favorite things to do. We arrived at Newark airport during the late afternoon of Friday, July 24th and drove north to East Rutherford to our hotel, The Fairfield Inn and then met our friends for dinner at "The Crow's Nest" restaurant. The next day, Patty & I took the bus into New York, had lunch at the Carnegie Deli and saw the Tony award winning musical, "Billy Elliott". The plot was different than most plays we've seen but the singing and dancing were outstanding. After the show, we went back to the Hillenius' for some Angelo's Pizza. It was as good as ever. On our next day, Sunday, the Mohns and Hilleniuses drove down to our hotel and we ate lunch across the street at "Charley Browns". Then we rode into N.Y.C together and parked near the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts and saw the latest revival of the play, "South Pacific" at 3 PM. It was wonderful. After the play we left the Mohns and Hilleniuses to go home without us and walked through a rain storm to meet my cousins, Phyllis and Ira Bergman for dinner at the Greek restauran,, Molyvos. We took the bus back to N.J. after dinner and went back to N.Y.C., one last time on Monday. We visited Coney Island and it's Aquarium and then Phil rode the famous Cyclone Roller coaster before we ate a Nathan's hot dog for lunch. On our final night (Monday), we went up to Bob & Ellen Mohns for dinner before returning home to Indy on Tuesday morning. Then, on Friday (7/31) morning is back to Chicago for another Avastin treatment and meeting with my oncologist, Dr. Nicholas. Needless to say, we had a great time on this mini-vacation.

Phil splits a corn beef and pastrami sandwich with Patty at The Carnegie Deli before the Saturday show

Outside the Imperial Theater before the show, "Billy Elliott"

Phil with his old buddies enjoying some Angelo's Pizza.

Bob & Ellen Mohn, Patty & Phil, Harry and Maureen Hillenius at Lincoln Center before the show, "South Pacific"

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Patty, cousin Phyllis Bergman, and Phil at Molyvos Greek restaurant in N.Y.C., on Sunday, July 26

Phil rode the famous "Cyclone" roller coaster at Coney Island in N.Y. on Monday. It was quite a thrill.