Daily Show photos courtesy of Comedy Central. The last eight days in New York were a whirlwind. We went to museums, art galleries, restaurants, shows, libraries, shops, and theaters. We went to a lot of restaurants and had wonderful three course meals. We met writers and editors from the New York Times, the New Yorker, Entertainment Weekly, and Slate just to name a few.
We went to jazz at Lincoln Center, checked out their Performing Arts library, watched Zubin Mehta conduct the New York Philharmonic, and saw a rehearsal of the New York City Ballet. 
Photo courtesy of The Drowsy Chaperone.We also went to a couple of shows - A Chorus Line, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Tom Stoppard's The Voyage, starring Ethan Hawke, Billy Crudup, Amy Irving, and Jennifer Ehle. (Tickets to the Stoppard show are apparently the hottest tickets in town right now.)
More highlights included an afternoon in Harlem where we visited the Studio Museum and ate soul food, family style, at Sylvia's. Did I mention the two lunches at the famed Algonquin where literary giants of the 1950s frequently hung out?
On the last night, we went to a taping of the Daily Show. Afterwards, we met Steve Bodow, the show's head writer, and Jon Stewart chatted briefly with us as well. (As if he needs an introduction.)
We walked through Central Park, bought "Gucci" bags in Chinatown, and revelled in the freakish 70 degree weather that the city gods bestowed upon us for most of the trip. We window shopped on 5th Avenue, and we rushed around on the subway. (I'm sure I'm leaving many things out... but I'll post more specific reviews soon.) We did more in one week than most New Yorkers do in a year, and as you might guess, it was an amazing experience.
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