Theodore Roosevelt House, Karayoke, 11 Madison Park

My dessert at 11 Madison Park. It is a white chocolate cake.

Inside Roosevelt House. This is his office with the book he wrote in exhibition.

I put three different things together here, it is not because they have some connections, but because I went to these places within the same day. I enjoy my winter break in NYC and find that NYC is pretty cool place to stay. It is not the city you could like it by 1 or 2 weeks' sightseeing, but a place you need to stay longer and feel its culture, international, and change.

I went to Theodore Roosevelt birthplace with my friend yesterday. It is in East 280, 20th Street. Theodore was born there in Oct.27th, 1858, who occupied White House for 3 times before U.S. changed Constitution that each president could only be elected twice. I don't quite know Theodore before I went to his birthplace, but I knew his wife a little bit from Hillary's book "Living History". Elliot Roosevelt was a very strong First Lady, who partially created current NYC. My current living area Sunnyside is one of her contributions. Normally, First Lady keeps herself away from politics and tries to become a housewife, like current Mrs.Bush. But Elliot had strong political opinion, which also influenced her husband and made herself famous in history. Well, her intervention wasn't unwelcomed at that time. I don't know how Americans think about Roosevelt, but I guess they must think highly of him, otherwise, they won't elect him three times. There is a funny story when I walked around his birthplace. It is a story about "Teddy Bear". Once, people captured a bear and asked him to shot it, but Theodore couldn't do it, so they named that bear as "Teddy Bear", and made it a famous toy around the world. I like Teddy Bear and also got one for myself before, but I never knew the name came from Roosevelt.

In east 14th Street, there is a Karayoke place, and you could sing both Chinese and English songs there. The quality is not as good as the one in my city, but it is still cool to see Karayoke in NYC. I went into and tried with my friends, and it was a fun thing to do. We enjoyed a lot. Then, we went to a very good restaurant at 11 Madison Park. Their dessert is so good and I can't stop eating. Got some pictures attached.