{"id":23088,"date":"2026-07-31T11:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=23088"},"modified":"2026-07-31T11:33:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:33:56","slug":"new-york-on-sun-june-21st-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/new-york-2026\/new-york-on-sun-june-21st-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New York on Sun. June 21st, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We stayed up late (for me, and early for Mom) watching TV, and on Sunday morning, the expo was still going on.  Not so busy at 10:30 on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n58.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n58.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n58-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Ready to roar out at the crack of noon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n59.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n59.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n59-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n60.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n60.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n60-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mom was agreeable about going back to the Astro Diner for breakfast, probably because all we&#8217;d had on Saturday were empanadas sitting on a bench.  I love the Astro Diner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n61.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n61.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n61-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We walked towards 5th Avenue to catch a bus going downtown. A guy with two boys was walking by, all of them in Red sports shirts, and I stopped them to ask where they were from. Norway! They&#8217;d flown over the for World Cup!  It was starting to dawn on me what a huge, huge deal the World Cup is, for people from all over the world.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Passing by Rockefeller Center, we saw these windows feature the Hobbit in the Lego shop window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n62.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n62.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n62-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n63.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n63.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n63-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n64.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n64.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n64-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n65.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n65.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n65-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We decided to stop into St. Patrick&#8217;s Cathedral, because I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;ve never been inside.  There were some tourists and also people attending a service.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n66.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n66.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n66-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">And then I thought to myself, &#8220;I wonder if there&#8217;s a bathroom?&#8221;  I clicked on a &#8220;bathrooms in New York&#8221; site, or at least I&#8217;m pretty sure I did, and there was, indeed a secret bathroom which had been converted from a confessional.  And of course it wasn&#8217;t really that secret, because I had to wait in a good-sized line.  Here&#8217;s the confessional toilet, alongside other regular confessionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n67.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n67.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n67-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Or maybe that&#8217;s just the one, and the actual confessionals are somewhere else?  I did a quick check of the St. Patrick&#8217;s Cathedral website and it had many many things listed, but nothing about the secret confessional toilet.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I had to take a quick video when inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Confessional toilet at St. Patrick&amp;apos;s Cathedral, NYC\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QhmKLehPJoE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">When I emerged, there was the Priest right there doing the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n68.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n68.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n68-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We didn&#8217;t stick around, and stopped by the fountain at Rockefeller Center before heading downtown on the bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n69.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n69.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n69-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Ok then, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mrs. Sunday in New York Hughes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We stayed up late (for me, and early for Mom) watching TV, and on Sunday morning, the expo was still going on. 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