Grandma, New York

Bright lights, big city--New York!

We walked through Little Italy, which is now exclusively a tourist area, chock full of "authentic" Italian restaurants .  The next goal was a Hasidic neighborhood which was supposed to be close by according to my guidebook.  We walked around that area, but only saw a couple Hasidic Jews, not the crowds we had expected.  I asked one of the Hasidic Jews if we were in the right area...he got insulted.   Too bad I didn't get a picture of him. On our walk we walked by about a dozen restaurant equipment supply stores, selling used and new deli and restaurant machinery.