The Last (full) Day...

I took 119 pictures yesterday! I went on the Staten Island Ferry, saw the New York Harbor & Statue of Liberty. Made a friend (thanks Wanda!), went to the American Museum of Natural History, saw the dinosaurs, Ocean Life, Extreme Mammals, the Theodore Roosevelt Park. I met my friend Tracy for dinner and margarita's. Walked around The West Village, went to Times Square, posed with one of NYPD's finest, and took so many pictures my camera died! I promise not to post all of them here...just the best!!

The view from Borough Hall in Brooklyn

NYPD in Times Square













Tracy and me toasting our margarita's!



Ummm...a van filled with coconuts?? Hmmm...





Talk about a King Crab!



How many fish can you name?



The Giant Whale in the Ocean Life exhibit.



How would you like to swim with this guy?? Don't worry, I'm pretty sure he's extinct...



Giant Turtles!





It's Little Foot!



These are some huge tusks! A relative of the elephant...

The Aquarium inside the Ferry Terminal on Staten Island

Wanda and me, riding the ferry!

The views from the ferry...

My ferry!

The Statue of Liberty for many is a great tourist attraction. But I think that sometimes we forget what else it stands for. "Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breath free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless,Tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
What does this mean for you? Because it should mean more than just a place to visit and take pictures of...another tourist attraction to cross off your list...

Well, since the weather was so crummy today, we didn't venture out anywhere. Instead, we just hung out at the apartment, watched BRIDE WARS, went to brunch at Le Petit and drank coffee & mimosa's (yum!), and vegged out in our pajama's! It's been a great, lazy day so far.

I've always loved New York. I think that it's the hustle and bustle, the energy, the way that everyone is out doing something, going somewhere. These are usually the things that people hate about New York. They miss the slowness of the suburbs or country. They don't want to be surrounded by hundreds of people. Sure, it's overwhelming, I won't lie about that. THere were times this week when I was on my own that I felt completely overwhelmed and unsure of what to do with myself or where to go. I got a little lost, I wandered into shops, I bought Dior on 5th Avenue, I wore $400 Versace Limited Edition perfume, I did things that I wouldn't normally be able to do if I was home in Farmington Hills, and you know what? I loved it.

I love that there are tons of little shops sprinkled on each block, that restaurants open the windows and doors so even if you're inside, you're still outside. I love that the grocery stores put flowers and fruit and vegetables on tables outside their shop. I love that there are umbrella holders in shops. I get scared getting on the subway, worrying that I'm taking the wrong one even though it says F: TO MANHATTAN, which is exactly where I want to go. I get scared when weirdo's get on the subway and you have to move from where you were sitting. But at the same time, I love the thrill of it!

At the same time, I miss home. I miss my friends and the fun things that we do together. I miss my family. I miss my boyfriend so much, I miss his dog, I miss the little things that we do together. Whether it's cooking out or going for walks. I have so much fun with him...

New York has this way of just making me feel like I've found a place that fulfills that little part of my heart...but maybe I don't have to move here, maybe I can find myself a mini-New York somewhere else...somewhere closer to home...

Taking a bite out of the Big Apple...5th Ave to be exact!

Bryant Park

Grand Central Station, also, the site where many scenes from I AM LEGEND was filmed!

New York Public Library!

This little girl was so adorable! She had on 2 pairs of sunglasses, and kept grabbing more and more accessories to load onto the stroller!!

Note the hair clips on the sides of the stroller...

Look behind the taxi's for the parade of police cars!!

St. Patrick's Cathedral

Pigeons get so close to people here! They are so not afraid of anything!

As proof, Becky got as close as she could handle...

Oooooooo...

Right after I was spritzed with $400 Limited Edition Versace Perfume...I'm not planning on washing my wrists anytime soon...

Becky's $258 Juicy Couture dress...couldn't it have been $200 cheaper?

The waterfall inside Trump Tower

It's like Where's Waldo?, if you look close enough you can find the little woman and little man to know which bathroom is for women and which is for the men!

The View from the Promenade!

Too bad the crane was in the way, otherwise these pictures would be fabulous!