The Library of Columbia University (presided over by "Alma Mater")
Ljudmila in front of Union Theological Seminary (where we stayed), and Riverside Church
Jason sets his watch against the Columbia sundial (precisely noon, as you can see)
Penseur and St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia
Jason poses in back of St. Paul's
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Jason and the Peace Fountain
Ancient Greek lion at the Met (he weighs 10 times a usual lion, his teeth are strongest marble, and he hasn't had a bite to eat since Antiquity -- you'd better keep your distance!)
Beautiful silver and china tea service
Beautiful porcelain tea and coffee service
This enormous tea and coffee service makes the boy behind the display so hungry, he begins to devour his umbrella!
Buddha, the biggest deity living at the Met (but he has trouble scratching his back without hands)
I believe this is a Bodhisattva
Shiva and two of his wives
Seated Buddha
Jason at sunset in Liberty Park
Lady Liberty (her arm must be so tired by now)
Lady Ljudmila with Lady Liberty
Two seabirds relax on Liberty Island
Jason smiles over Manhattan
Ljudmila's smile is more beautiful than Jason's
Jason and Ellis Island (I wonder when my forebears passed through here?)
Old Glory in the foreground, the Empire State Building in the background
What in the world is a wild turkey doing in Liberty Park?
The Empire State
Lovely Ljudmila and the Chrysler building
High temple of art deco (and I do mean "high")
Another view of the Chrysler building
A view of the Chrysler building from the street below
The entrance to Grand Central Terminal
Pegasus on the ceiling of Grand Central Terminal
New York Public Library (currently featuring an exhibit on Russia)
A last view of the Empire State Building before heading back to Beantown
