The Big Apple

Eric and I had a great time in NYC. We went in early one day and walked arond the lower half of the island. We saw the Empire State Building, Penn Station, Macy's, the Statue of Liberty, many beautiful parks, and....John's Pizza :) We went back a couple days later to try out for/watch a taping of Millionaire (BTW, I now feel really stupid after taking that test...which sadly, wasn't all that hard!). We were going to try and meet up with my cousins Patrick and Kate, but didn't realize the Millionaire taping would blow the whole day. Oh well...we will be back.

The Statue of Liberty in the background...

It was neat seeing the flag flying on the bridge as well as the waterfall...I wasn't expecting that.

The street was being worked on and was ripped up. It was fascinating seeing all the pipes and other stuff under the asphalt.

This church is right by the WTC site and was covered in ash on Sept 11th. There are quite a lot of memorial "items" inside the church. It was very surreal...

At the back of the church looking at the WTC site.

WTC site construction...

Not every day you go into a record store and see two fat cats hanging out. Not everyday you see someone taking a picture of them either...but that's a whole 'nother issue.

THE pizza place (apparently): John's Pizza on Bleecker Street. Eric's father had taken him there when he was younger, and Eric's grandfather had taken Eric's dad. Eric and Leah will have to have a pizza moment when she's a little older.



I saw this sign at a couple different places and thought it was funny for NYC: "Don't Honk; $350 Penalty". Obviously it wasn't posted throughout the city...

We killed some time before the Millionaire tryout and went a block over to Central Park. We were right by the Tavern on the Green...which was just gorgeous! There were some horse buggies and some man-powered cycle buggies out and about.

Looking up at the Empire State Building...

A cool looking building...