Our adventure in New York City is over and we loved it:

The hotel that was recommended to us by out Hollywood daughter and son-in-law, the Library Hotel at Madison Avenue and 41st street, is charming, accommodating, and close to two different subway stations; walking distance to Times Square, Empire State Building, and Rockefeller Center. They had their own area for their guests to stand for the New Year's Eve celebrations. JoAnn bravely followed me as we navigated the subway system to the American Museum of Natural History, the 9/11 Museum (on a day that a raging snowstorm was blowing), the Museum of Sex (when we realized that our flight home had been cancelled). The Museums of Sex was recommended to us by our youngest child who lives in the borough of Queens. Apparently sex is not something of shame or embarrassment for an Orthodox Jewish person. American Airlines was very accommodating. They sent e-mail that they had changed our flight from New Your JFK to New York LaGuardia and we actually arrived home earlier that if we had left from JFK, which would not actually have been possible with all of the problems that they had on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, We have very good luck when we travel.