Woke up feeling slightly annoyed to still be ill, but decided that Central Park Zoo would be a cheery destination (no one can be aggrieved while watching a sea-lion or a red panda). The water in the park was completely frozen over, which looked amazing. The zoo was fun, although the penguin enclosure was fishier than I remembered, in fact it was completely honking. The children's zoo was also sweet. Felt sorry for the rabbits on such a cold day though. I think they might have preferred to be indoors.
After the zoo, we went for lunch at BLT, a burger place recommended by the guidebook. We both had the classic burger with bacon and cheese, and shared onion rings. The fries were very, very good - super crunchy. I tried to fight the plague with the triumvirate: sugar, alcohol and caffeine (milkshake, beer, coffee), but sadly the plague won. In the evening, we went to the cinema to see Milk. The cinema had extremely comfortable seats which you could rock slightly... quite a departure from Hammersmith's offerings. The film was amazing. Sean Penn is always good, but he was SO SO good in this, and it was just such a good film too. I cried my eyes out at the end. We both agreed it should probably be shown in schools. High recommendation anyway.
Came back to the apartment and had a glass of wine before bed (see, that's how you do it. ONE glass, Deborah, would have been a better idea last night)
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