New York, Day 2

Another good day in the city. I'm writing this in our interim break, after dinner but before going out. Dave is taking a 10-minute nap to prepare for the long nite ahead, but I decided I'm better off just having some water and debriefing myself, so here goes.

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Got up this morning about when I had planned (9:20 ain't that bad after staying up well past 4) and lounged around David's apartment for an hour or so before he got up. All on the TV was coverage of the World Trade Center memorial service. We went out mid-morning, walked around one of the street marketplaces (great peoplewatching), and kept going all over the place. Really put a lot of miles on our feet today. I saw Chinatown (ate pot stickers at the Tasty Dumpling per Nick's suggestion), the path along the Hudson River, Washington Square (saw a neat act of street performers among other things), walked thru SoHo and NoHo, got pics by the City Hall, the Courthouse, and Ground Zero. The WTC site was very interesting today, especially: there was a lot of genuine emotion in the air from people who may have been closeby or who had lost relatives, but also a lot of bullshit flying from people who just wanted to get on camera with their war protests or their three-degrees-of-separation remembrance stories.

Took a short break mid-afternoon after a quick snack of Thai food, then went out for Cuban food with David and Jonathan. Still equipped with camera in hand, I was brought to the roof of Dave's father's building for a really nice nite view of the city. Later went down to Times Square again, mostly just to take a few photos. Now here I am, getting psyched to go back out to the bars.