NYC in a day

I did the Louvre in a day, too.  I also eat fast.  My savoring is of the intensity of the thing.

For NYC, it came down to:

• a peek at Grand Central Station
• Times Square
• American Eagle clothiers (you try walking in August heat in cargo pants.  I bought shorts)
• a very long walk in Central Park which will be most of my memories of NYC, including the Imagine mosaic memorial for John Lennon)
• a Broadway Show (Addams Family, the Musical, starring Bebe Neuwirth as the mysterious Morticia and Nathan Lane as the passionate Gomez, although the entire cast did a fabuolous job and each of them stole the show at some point, including the chorus [note to self: discover how to steal the show as a chorus member without interrupting the flow of the show - these guys were great at it)
• The Empire State Building (all the way up to the blimp deck on the 102nd floor)

Fashion

Fashion to New Yorkers seems as inherent as revolution is to Berkeley.  The women were all dressed in ways you just don't see in California.  Nice stuff.  I tried not to stare too much.  The only place I've seen better is Paris, where both sexes take it up a notch.  

Nice People

Sorry, New York - your rep for being assholes is lost to Boston.  A bus driver gave me a break when I needed one, a guy pulled me out of harm's way when I wasn't looking, people were friendly.  Reputation: undeserved.

Tomorrow

Washington, DC