three days in NYC

the kids and i have been planning on coming down to NYC for a few months. the little one wanted to see a big hole in the ground left by a group of men who changed so many things in the world with four hijackings we watched on thursday morning a life time ago.

rather than going into detail, i thought i would break this down in summary form:

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day one:

up and packed, picked up the girl a bit late, gas and donuts on the side of the highway, ipod and GPS driven trip to the city, hotel, cab to battery park, lady liberty and the positive brothers, walk to ground zero, walk back to hotel with a stop in a french bistro, balloon wielding magician, hotel, cab to central park, skating rink, zoo which was closing, FAO schwartz for a toy, tiffanys, rockefeller center, dean and deluca for hot chocolate, times square to see the lights, cab to hotel, trip to bodega to get drinks and snacks for room, adam sandler movie and sleep without dinner.

day two:

up early while the kids slept, little man and i having coffee in lobby, donuts on the corner, cab to empire state building, short queues and on top in under 10 minutes, back down through two gift shops, cab to the metropolitan museum, eqypt, asia, hindu, café for half a sandwich, dutch masters, impressionist, byzantine, islam (closed, hmmmm), medieval and renaissance, sculpture garden, armour, cab to times square, juice bar, toys u us for bribery payment, slice and a canoli, cab back to soho, custom bag store near hotel, america’s top model in the room, bodega (but no hot meals on sunday), mexican tacos in the chinese restaurant, drunk guy with an evil bike lock, hotel to order pizza from joe’s pizza, 16 inch pie and sleeping son.

day three:

negotiation in a dark room, coffee and a paper in the cab to rockefeller center, today show at the fense, little man shakes with al and matt, ann slips away without saying hello (she is beautiful), walk over to seventh and a cab back to hotel, coffee and computer in the lobby, trying to decide what to do now until our late checkout.

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does that seem like a lot to you, or barely anything. the cab rides alone are more than i spend in KL in a week. NYC is a great city, read a book, have a portable GPS, be willing to go with the flow and simply duck into a place to sit and relax when you need to, dress nicely, and wear walking shoes, keep your eyes open.

i am still not convinced that i would want to live here, but it is nice to visit. staying in tribecca/soho area was a good idea. let me know if you need a good hotel, i have one now, see we are almost new yorkers already.