I went to New York with some friends last weekend. I have officially spent as many weekends in New York as I have in D.C. New York was out of control. That place is huge. First thing I noticed was that the metro in New York is about a million times more complicated than the metro in D.C. No worries, we eventually found our way to where we wanted to go.
First off, the drive was pretty long, and I encountered road tolls for the first time. Man, it's pretty expensive to us some of those roads and bridges. We stayed with friends of a friend in Jersey. Jersey was pretty sweet. I had imagined it as being similar to New York, but it was actually pretty chill. We then drove to New York, stopping off in Staten Island. Yeah, I've been to Staten Island. Then we continued on and parked at a park and took the Light Rail into town. First stop was Ground Zero, which was pretty crazy, but mostly just a big hole in the ground. I don't want to diminish it's importance, but we didn't stay long at that location.
On we went to Times Square. That place was sweet. Super huge, tons of people and buildings, it kind of blew me away. Talk about the complete opposite of Manti, where I grew up. We saw where they tape the Late Show, the Hello Deli, which was, unfortunately closed. Then we decided to get some Broadway tickets to Mary Poppins. Whilst in line, Tracy Morgan drove by in his Lamborghini. Yeah he's a celeb and all, but I'm not really a fan. Anywho, after we got the tics, we went to Chinatown. Man, that place is pretty sketchy. Okay, it's super sketchy. Then we went and hit up Mary Poppins, which was totally worth the wait in line and the crappy seats. After that, we went home.
Sunday we went to church and got invited to dinner:) We drove by my friend's old house in Jersey and ended up getting invited to lunch by her old neighbors. Then it was off to dinner, with a pretty chill family. We were basically adopted by two families in Jersey. Not bad for a weekend trip. Then we headed back to D.C. I drove the last leg of the trip into the District. I was pretty nervous, but I managed to get us to our apartment in one piece. And there you have it, my weekend in New York.
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I can't believe the Hello Deli was closed! Rupert is awesome. I have also had some weird experiences in Chinatown. One time when I went my mom and sister were really into buying those fake designer purses and it's illegal for the people to sell them so they would take us into these dark, scary attics and back rooms. It was nuts. Also, I'm glad you liked Mary Poppins. It was very good. If you get the chance though you really should see Wicked.
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