Good Times in NYC

E, J and I decided to head to NYC for a day this past weekend. They don't have a red-eye flight from ATL to NYC, anymore, so we took a late night flight in on Friday, then took a nap in the airport until it was light enough outside to start exploring.

Friday: Jansen hit the Mo's and patiently waited with all the college spring breakers, for his burrito, chips and queso. He saved the burrito for later and we shared the chips while waiting for our flight. Everett was really glad he brought his laptop to keep him busy in the various airports.



I got to sit next to a Jamaican guy who used the F-word in every sentence and continued to talk on the phone while we were ascending and descending, ugh. (ya know, when you're supposed to have all your electronics turned off?) However, I did sleep most of the time, so the flight went by quickly.

Saturday early a.m.: When we got into JFK, we found a quiet place and settled in for a nap. Jansen awoke at around 2:30 am and was starving so he pulled out his Mo's burrito and created a Haiku about it.

I can't remember it now, but it was freakin' hilarious at the time......roughly:

2 a.m. New York
Eating a burrito now
It's from Atlanta

Yep, deliriously tired......

Here is Everett, the headless, taking a nap at JFK airport.

As soon as it was light outside, we got a metro card and took the subway in to Manhattan.

We stopped at a street vendor and got doughnuts and hot chocolate to keep us warm. Yum.

We walked around Central Park for a bit and enjoyed watching all the dogs running around and playing with each other. We sat on a park bench in the sun and enjoyed the live action of the runners and cyclists. One of the pieces displayed in the park is an obelisk.

Next we hit the Metropolitan Museum of Art right when they opened so we would miss the crowds. Very smart move for us!

We all enjoyed the Roman and Greek art. Everett found a bench to take a short nap, then he was up and running again.

This museum is huge and I knew we wouldn't make it through half before we were ready for some fresh air and sunshine.

Jansen giving his best no-smiling-cause-I'm-a-guy pose, next to a roman column.

Hercules. Super-bad-***

Island art. Yep, after this room we were ready for some island traveling.

Gold masks 10th-11th century Peru.

Ah, reminded me of Italy.......

Egyptian ruins.

Had to stop for NYC pizza!! Our timing was perfect and we hit this pizza place right before the lunch rush.

Lots of great entertainment in the subway....blues, punk and native american bands, death threats from a high guy to someone who took his seat, tons of ipods and a dude dressed in drag.

We took the metro to Chinatown and Little Italy.

We hit an amazing medicinal shop that was full of dried plants and creatures (like sea cucumbers and various sea life). I think our favorite place, though, was a really awesome martial arts shop. They had nun chucks, weapons, ninja outfits and lots of Bruce Lee videos. I picked up a very vague fortune at the Buddhist Temple.

Love those seafood markets!

Mott street in Chinatown.

See that tiny speck off in the distance? Yep, Statue of Liberty...

All in all, we had a great trip, but the walk down to see the statue of liberty, put us on the subway later than I had planned. There was a change in the subway schedule and our train was running on a different line, due to construction, so we were even later arriving at the airport and we missed the last flight. A quick check of flights and we hopped a train to the La Guardia airport for an early morning flight. (also needed to make a birthday call to my awesome dad during this chaos...not sure if he could hear us with all the racket on the bus) Finally, first class on Aero Mexico, with breakfast, and we were back home. Yeah!

Can't wait for the next trip with my favorite two companions!

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