The Wanderers Inn West New York City

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Aaanyways... So I walk up past the intense Time Square, and past all the huuuge neon and electronic billboards, and up North until I reached beloved Central Park, which I always have to visit every time I'm in NYC. I had a couple of ($2) hot dogs as I meandered North, getting a bit lost at times, wondering which way was North, and appreciating a number of different great musical acts and other Park goers.

One act in ...

The preparations for the family reunion had gone swimmingly. Until the last half an hour.

At that time I was just about to wrap-up a relaxing spell in a small green oasis of Manhattan called Bryant Park. This square patch of immaculate lawn, flanked by trees and surrounded on all sides by an army of wraught-iron picnic tables, is a city-slickers lunchtime paradise. With the sun playing hide and seek between fluffy white clouds, I'd decided to seize a long overdue ...

... a good thing, because we ended up not going with Abby later that evening.  Also, in so scampering Travis caused us to run in to Tom Green doing some crazy something with a video camera.  Then we looked at the Debt Clock and said, "You have got to be kidding me.  At what point did our national debt DOUBLE?"  After this we walked down to 5th Ave. and down to the Empire State building, which doesn't look like much from below but looks much better if you walk down the street ...

... El Cid-werving in de Verenigde Staten. De volgende dag zijn Mathijs en ik erop uit gegaan. 's Ochtends vroeg haastten we ons naar Times Square om goedkope musical-kaartjes voor die avond op de kop te tikken, maar daar aangekomen bleek de verkoop pas 's middags te beginnen, dus hadden we eerst nog wat tijd om de rest van de stad te verkennen. Te beginnen bij de enorme Toys 'R' Us op Times Square, waarbinnen een reuzenrad staat, met allemaal karretjes in verschillende ...

... know, you can never trust those machines. Always check the engine belt and timing belts for cracks on them. The road direction is straightforward, just take the Interstate 95 and drive straight on it. I-95 runs all the way from south Florida up to Maine, of course to go to New ...

... 2am. Talk about the city that never sleeps, that's 25 hours with none!! The next day I met Rhiannon for the Sex & The City tour. They took us around all the locations shown in the series, including Aidan's bar where we had Cosmos. Then we went on a horse & cart ride around Central Park and had a wander down to Times Square. Went on a bus tour of the ...

... Ginnifer Goodwin (http://imdb.com/title/tt1029134/). The film shot for six weeks in Norwalk, CT, just recently wrapping. From the start, the director Craig Lucas set a mood of humour and creativity that spread through the set, making for a very enjoyable work environment during the entire production. By the end, many of us had bonded and I came away some of good friends. In fact, not long after I was hired on a non-union commercial for "Dillards" by the film's ...

... To stand next to her and touch her was a great experience. Unfortunately, after 911, the top half of the statue was closed off, and now people are no longer able to go to the very top. We were really disappointed, but still had a great time exploring.

We also visited Ellis Island. The kids weren't too thrilled with that part, but it was fun for Allen and me.