Skeptickle

Some highlights of our trip:

• Seeing my family in Flushing, NY, which was pretty much Taiwantown, U.S.A.
• The Statue of Liberty, minus the two hours in two different security lines.
• New York pizza!
• Seeing Wicked for the first time on Broadway.
• Tuna tartare and the high tech Japanese toilet at Sakagura.
• The view from the Top of the Rock.
• The window displays were redonkulous!
• Straight New York tap water. Seriously.
• Lunch at Jean Georges with Karri and Misha.
• The Met, minus the insane crowds.
• The butternut squash soup and tweed kettle pie (got it b/c of its name!) at Tea & Sympathy with Karri.
• Central Park right after it snowed.
• Junior’s NY cheesecake with strawberries, thanks to my cousin Theresa.
• The Apple store on 5th Ave.
• Blueberry pancakes at Clinton St. Bakery, minus the 1 hour and 45 minute wait  >_<.
• The last minute right before the ball dropped at Times Square, minus the 5 hours and 59 minute wait beforehand.
• 30% off sale-price sale at BR.
• PDT Bar. Really great original drinks made in the old-fashioned way.
• Momofuku Ssam Bar’s fried brussel sprouts (trust me), kimchi apples, and  steamed pork buns. I don’t usually eat much pork, but I’m glad I made the exception this time.

Lowlights of our trip:

• The wait to do practically anything.
• The crowds and lines and more lines, and more lines…
• Did I mention the lines?
• Slow-ass people that take up the entire sidewalk (actually, that’s a running pet peeve of mine so it doesn’t only apply to New York).
• Trying to hail a taxi in freezing weather and they’re all full.
• Rob lost one of his gloves at the Statue of Liberty and it seemed like the entire island sold out of mens gloves. We tried BR, J Crew, Gap, H&M, Armani Exchange, etc.

Overall, a great trip and we’ll want to be back in the couple of years to experience the stuff we didn’t get to see yet. Photojournal to follow when I finally get all 5k pictures uploaded.