Monday May 18th

Empire State Building! Takes FOREVER! We waited in line, after line, after line. It's like going on a roller coaster, without the stomach thrills. With our special "New York Pass" we were able to go on the "sky ride" - if you ever go, it's not worth the money, but it was free for us. It was a 3D adventure with the "moving seats" for an aerial and street view of NYC. Different. Voiced by "kevin bacon". It would have been more helpful to watch a movie about the history and purposes (or perhaps the names of buildings). Even though the movie was new, a lot of the views still included and compared pre-9/11 footage which was pretty neat.

The observation deck on top of the Empire State Building was FREEZING. I packed a jacket, but it was left in the back of the car :(
It's pretty cool, you can see New Jersey, Pennsylvania and all of NYC. The chrysler building and central park were two easily distinguishible landmarks, as well as the tiny statue of liberty and "flatiron" building.

Shopping, shopping, shopping! Zara, H&M, Forever 21, GAP, American Eagle - you name it they have it. In just about every neighborhood in Manhatten. And don't ask how many Starbucks or McDonalds we've seen - literally almost one per every 5 city blocks (at LEAST!)

We had lunch at a small local brewery. Cool place, HORRIBLE waitress. She was very sweet, but we did not get service until we sat there for 15 minutes, she forgot half our food, and was chit-chatting to her friend on the side. I had a greasy philly cheeseburger with onions and redpeppers, it was good... I'm really trying to branch out. Now I have heartburn!

Madamme Tousseaus... wax museum. I don't think any of us charged our camera's enough. They look so realistic, it's frightening. So today I met Oprah, Jennifer Aniston (who is very short and tiny), Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez (and I told her my glasses that she designed are horrible), Babe Ruth, Maralyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and many, many more. I also met Christopher Reeves, Dali Lhama (sp?), Ghandi, Rosa Parks, and Einstein.

I am so tired! Four more days of action-packed adventure! :)