Ok, so this is a LONG OVERDUE account of my trip to NYC with the Brauers. It was a Wednesday, early in August—perhaps the 10th? They drove into the Port Authority, and I took the Long Island Railroad to meet them there at about mid-morning. The first thing we did was go to the Sony Wonder Technology Lab—which was really cool. It was basically a “museum” of what technology (has done and) can and will do, and there were a whole bunch of ways to interact with technology.
Logging into the technology lab
First we each received a card with a chip in it so that the technology lab could identify each of us at each station. Here is Aunt Sharon and Uncle Woody creating their identity in the system and logging in.
The other cool thing we did was create our own news broadcast. Here is a video of (most of) the final product.
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I also got three video clips of this interesting device that could sense the position of key points on your body using light (?). This chamber then mapped your movements to make a digital image dance 🙂
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Here are some more pictures from our trip.
After going to the technology lab, we took the subway to Little Italy where we enjoyed an amazing dinner at La Mela
Resting on the Subway—we spent a LOT of time in the subway 🙂
Uncle Woody and Micah had a lot of fun determining how to get to each of the places we visited.
A picture from the Natural History Museum. The caribou/elk were real stuffed animals, but the background was a painting
Miles of city. We also walked a lot, which was fun.
Skyscrapers
Lady Liberty
Ellis Island
Looking toward Lady Liberty and Ellis Island
All in all it was a great day. Our full itinerary was the following
- Walk to Sony Technology Wonder Lab
- Walk to the Subway to get to Little Italy
- Walk around and eat lunch in Little Italy
- Take the Subway to the Natural History Museum
- Rest in the Park
- Go to Central Station to eat dinner and buy bread
- Go back to the Port Authority, bid our goodbyes
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That was a fun day
Very cool 😎
Wish we could have been there. Glad you all got to go.
Cool, indeed! Looks like so much fun! We have some natural dancers in the family 😀
Looks like fun!
Cool! That Sony Lab sounds really fun.