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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Quick update...

Tonight is our last night in our friends' place in Astoria. Tomorrow we go to the city in tourist hell - Herald Square. I actually chose the hotel not because it was inexpensive, but it was close to all the major "sights to see" such as the Empire State building (2 blocks away), Central park (a few subway stops away), Times Square (a few blocks by foot or it you're lazy, or 3 subway stops). We don't plan to hang out there but just sleep there. Jostling through all these tourists in Times Square (ourselves included) was a scary, claustrophobic feeling. Yesterday we did SoHo and Chinatown and hit up Jacques Torres and MarieBelle's.

We did a lot of sightseeing, shopping (me actually) and walking today. I have some very nasty tan lines on my shoulders! My feet hurt like an MF!!! But we had fun...Coney Island, Nathan's hot dogs (can't beat Takeru Kobayashi's record of 55 hotdogs, ugh!), Central Park, the Dakota building, Gray's Papaya (yes, we had to try just 1 hot dog), and more walking!

Tomorrow - the American Museum of Natural History, more of Central Park, plus some bakeries and cafe's to hit up.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey CC,

How did you like the T-Rex exhibit at the museum? Have you had any Pizza yet? I can't wait to see the pictures.

Unknown said...

Enjoy the rest of your stay! Have fun! Like Jack, I can't wait to see photos (and maybe more food reviews)!

Unknown said...

Food reviews! Yes please, like Chrissy said :)