nyc: part three

saturday, set my alarm again for 6:00am to go on another run around central park. like i said, favorite. came back and took a quick nap before jess and i head off to the Manhattan temple to do baptisms for the dead. we got all ready in our sunday gear and head off towards the subway, low and behold the train we wanted was under construction for the weekend. now the temple is a good mile and half away and we walked. i realised that we would be there at 10am so i called on our way to change it to 11:45 and took a detour to the park. walked to the south east corner of the park right across the street from the plaza, you know home alone 2. saw "the bridge" one of my favorites of central park. took some pictures. walked to the other side of the bridge, took some more pictures. then headed towards the mall. that long walk way you see in so many movies, ie harry met sally. took some more pictures then walked down the stairs while hearing some gospel soul music to the Bethesda fountain. listened to theses 5 men singing, gave me the chills, gave them a few bucks, then walked a few steps to the fountain. took some more pictures of us and took pictures for other people. saw a small gathering of people the the left of me, realised that a gay couple was getting married. thought it was a rather cute area to have a little marriage. im all about having a small gathering. then i heard a faint "Jocelyn" turned around and it was my mother. my words as i saw her. "Shut up!" of all the people in NYC i see you not only once but twice. my little brother told my mom that she has this motherly radar where she can point out her kids anywhere not matter how crowded the area is. said hello again. told them that we were on our way to the temple and then said goodbye. walked up the stairs and headed towards the west side of the park to strawberry fields where John Lennon's imagine is. took another picture. walked across the street to where John Lennon was shot right in front of his house, the Dakota, by his fan. Kept walking till Columbus street, turned left and told Jess, hey do you see the angel Moroni? this view of the temple is probably my 2nd favorite. angel Moroni  with a bunch of sky scrapers. you can ask me later my 1st favorite view of a temple is later. it took her a few minutes to find it. walked a few more blocks then went into the temple and did baptisms. nothing like how we do baptisms in Utah. got ready and headed up to trader joes to get some of the pre-made sandwiches and some other goods to take over to the park to have a little "picnic" (picnic in central park, off my bucket list) took all our stuff back to the hotel. chilled for a little bit, changed, then got back on the 6 (subway) to meet my parents and wilson at the Brooklyn bridge to go eat pizza at grimaldi's in Brooklyn. walked across in awe. love that walk. we were now in Brooklyn territory. saw the line for pizza, still worth the wait. dad stayed in line while we went to the pier to look over the city. you'll recognize the view. wait. wait. and waited some more. an hour and a half later we went back to see where my dad was in line and we were next. like i said this pizza is worth the wait. sat down in the crowded restaurant, mingled until our pizzas came then no one was talking to each other. good thing we had to walk back the city because we seriously were stuffed. but don't you worry Jess and i were going to make another stop at rice to riches on our way back. walked back across the bride. this view is better then walking into Brooklyn. said goodbye to the parents again and off to get rice to riches to take back to our hotel. back on the 6, and up to our room, got on our pjs and enjoyed some bourne and rice pudding.