| | haha....so it's been 3 months since my last post. The last post was done after a 6 month hiatus.....so it looks like I'm making progress =)
Well...anyways....this past weekend...I went to New York City with my friend Michelle cuz we were able to get an awesome deal on plane tickets from Virgin America. But of course.....the hotel costs offset our savings from the plane tickets...but all in all...it was a blast! Lots of fun shopping...sight seeing....and of course eating!!! yumm.....enjoy the pics!
Grand Central Station
This place always amazes me....such a beautiful building....and there's just people everywhere you look, travelling in every possible direction.
haha....I kinda liked this picture....it's a picture of the trees in Bryant Park. Definitely shows you that winter was just there....
The old torch that once adored the Statue of Liberty. If you ask me...i'd say it looks more like a tea pot or better yet, a magic lamp!
Looking up the structure from inside. That circular staircase use to let you access the observation deck in the crown...but now, you can only go up as far as the pedestal.
The security check area. This has to be by far the most elaborate security system I have ever seen anywhere. You first go through the metal detectors before boarding the ferry. Then once you get here, you rent lockers using your fingerprints!...no keys involved. Then after that, you enter another security line where a gloved man hands you a plastic card. Once you're at the head of the line....right before the second set of metal detectors...you hand the card to another gloved man....who scans the card for your fingerprints!! After that, you enter a room where a machine blows puffs of air at you to check your body for bomb making residue. Crazy stuff......
The fortress like perimeter....
Old lady liberty....
...another view...
....and another.
This is the sculpture that once adorned the World Trade Center plaza. It survived....albeit a little mangled....but it's now here at this temporary memorial at Battery Park.
The big hole that was once the World Trade Center....
...Ground Zero is now a big construction site....
View from atop the Rockefeller Center....
Construction picture from the site of the Rockefeller Center...
Rockefeller Center and its awesome ice rink...
the cold cold weather and its bundled up tourists
Ice Skating in Central Park!!
...so fun!
Wall Street....
Michelle and I at the famous Bull on Wall Street. Word has it that if you rub the bull's testicles...your stocks will do well. So yes....of course i rubbed them!
Time Square...
...another picture
Lunch at Lombardi's...
America's first Pizzeria.....it was Yummy!!! MmMmmm....
Our last day...we saw a crap load of NYPD cars lined up all around Grand Central...
...we asked what was going on....
...and they said it was a Counter-terrorism deployment. Whatever that meant....haha. Pretty crazy nonetheless...
Empire State Building on Sunday....before our flight home. It was 16 degrees up there!!! FREEZING....and windy!
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