New York City

As promised, here are some pix of our recent trip to New York. Kelly had to go to New York for work this past week to become the expert on capillary electrophoresis for Cephalon, Salt Lake City. He left on Monday and I decided to meet up with him on Wednesday since I have never been to New York. We stayed on the Jersey City side, in an immensely overpriced hotel with a grand view of the Manhattan skyline. We had a ton of fun when Kelly wasn't working. On Thursday, I maneuvered my way through the subway system to find my way to the three hour river cruise around Manhattan that I had booked for myself. It was really cold, but really worth it. I got to cruise past Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, under 20 something bridges, past Yankee Stadium and around the Palasades. On Friday, we went to see Wicked at the Gershwin Theater, which was really great. The sets and costumes were gorgeous and the music wasn't bad either. :)

We also went atop The Empire State building to steal a great view. (Even colder up there) Ice skating at Rockafeller Center has begun already and there are signs of the much anticipated Christmas season around every corner...on Halloween night.

We also got to see Grand Central Station, Wall Street, Tiffany's, Saks 5th Ave, Central Park, Battery Park, Ground Zero, The Chrysler Building, Times Square, Little Italy, China Town, The Museum of Natural History, and the Metropolitan Museum with a final stop at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, among other places I'm sure I forgot to mention.

My cell phone has a pedometer inside and after every day, we found that we were averaging somewhere between 15 - 18 miles of walking every day. We are very tired. And sore. I suppose that explains why the majority of people in New York are in pretty good shape.