We spent our Sunday morning attending a full gospel service in Harlem on 136th St.
The Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church yeah, we weren't exactly sure what denomination they were trying to represent either!
Like a scene from the Blues Brothers, the all-singing choir included one young kid that sang a solo in an incredible operatic voice, the sermon delivered by the Reverend was uplifting, upstanding and just plain righteous!
Harlem is having a lot of money pumped into it... there's a Harlem Urban Redevelopment doing some good work. It was quite comfortable walking through on a Sunday, seeing men in their church suits and elderly women in their hats and Sunday best like a scene from the 30's, although the barbed wire and high fences around places suggests Harlem still has a way to go yet.
Karen and I then went on to Rockefeller Centre for a look - a lot of Art Deco from the 30's with some impressive statues/buildings - it's also where NY puts their huge Christmas tree that you see in all the movies. Then back down to Times Square to see Da Vinci Code at a 25-cinema complex - complete with religious protesters declaring the movie "Hate Speech" and such....
A great time so far... both doing well... off to the Museum of Natural History tomorrow....
Talk soon
Phil (and Karen - who's still asleep)
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