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New York - May 2004
Chris, Randy and Thomas hit the Big Apple
New York, New York
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New York, New York
This is a trip that Randy, Chris and I put together a year ago. As always, I
took a notebook with me. However, that notebook was lost in Pittsburgh a few
months later, and I hadn't transcribed anything. So I'm mostly working off
the pictures I have saved. [Chris, Randy--let me know if I'm missing anything
important in the narrative].
Basically, we all flew out and met up in New York. My first choice hotel was
taken, but we found a decent hotel in lower Manhattan. Randy arrived first,
and crashed at the hotel. Chris and I flew in a few hours later, and took the
subway to the hotel to catch up with Randy.
One other thing--the picture quality isn't very good. My camera was
definitely on its last legs (I've since bought a new one).
This small open-air theater was the center of a lot of commotion. Later, we
found out they were filming for the movie
Hitch
From Central Park, we walked to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As usual, I
was more interested in the building than the art.
Then we headed to the top of the Empire State Building.
After that, we hit the UN. We went through a serious-looking security
checkpoint, then waited in the lobby for a guided tour.
On the UN tour. The UN was one of the high points of the trip for me.
My camera wasn't doing too well with the light. Here's a grainy shot of the
three of us.
After that, we hit a buffet (and had drinks) at the top of a hotel at Times
Square. [Chris, Randy--remember the name of the place?]
From here, I had the brilliant idea of hitting the Museum of Science.
Unfortunately, once we got there we found out it was closed. According to my
guidebook, it should have been open. Chris and Randy weren't happy with me.
Randy called his brother. His brother was surfing the web, checking showtimes
for us as we waited outside the museum.
Later (next day, I think) we finally made it inside the Museum.
Then we walked to Lower Manhattan.
Then it was back north again, to the Guggenheim. I love the interior, the
exterior looks terrible.
Back to Times Square.
A final walking tour of
lower Manhattan. This was the last day of the trip, I think.
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