We didn't get into the city until around 2pm. We hadn't had any lunch so we were all starving.

After the whole find parking fiasco we headed straight into the Hard Rock Cafe at Times Square.

After we ate we headed back outside and put on our tourist hats and walked into the square.

While I was standing and taking that picture, I realized my camera battery was low. Now that's normally no biggy, but I had packed my charger with the rest of my computer equipment that's already been shipped off. So I had to go buy a new one.

While getting the third degree for being irresponsible, etc. in the center of New York City a guy approached us. Black, clean cut, shaved head, sunglasses, really slick suit. He handed us pamphlets and started telling us that there's a presentation on the beginnings of the universe just a block away. I start thinking, hey, that could be kinda cool, so after I read the front of it, it's only 15 minutes long, so, why not? right?

Wrong. I flipped it over and it had a little mini-map on it. New York City Church of Scientology. That put the kibosh on that pretty quick. So we started calling the guy Tom Cruise: "wow, you got taller" "you got a tan" needless to say, he wasn't happy. That was that.

So we started walking again, only to stumble upon this.



I thought it was hilarious so I took a snapshot. We turned the corner and on the very next block...



I want to know what it is with this town and hippos!! Oh, notice the Danielle's jewelry?

I think the scenery is beautiful in a city scape. It's just my thing, my element, I love being in places like that. Unfortunately, I have the world's bitchiest family. It smelled bad, there were too many people, there wasn't a place to go grocery shopping (like we needed to?) and the traffic was agonizing.



Which is why I wanted to get a hotel IN New York City and not in New Jersey. We drive to the hotel, park the car for the weekend, and just take the subway to the places we wanted to go. Granted, yeah, it's not the most pleasurable experience, being a sardine in a moving can. But it's better than listening to my stepfather's road rage while my mother, who doesn't know where she is, trying to bark out directions contradictory to the ones I'm getting from friends/family/GPS.

No wonder this family has high blood pressure. But it wasn't enough to ruin the day for me. I had this song running through my head all day. And I'm not ashamed in the least bit.


Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply