over the weekend, we ventured to new york city on the megabus. we went to visit, brandon, ben's friend from college... and to just have fun and eat a lot. one of the nice parts about new york is that, even if you do eat a lot over a weekend getaway, there is no worry about getting enough excersize to keep the pounds off. i love the productive-soreness-happy feeling i get, post ny visits.


waiting for the train. penn station.
on the [free] staten island ferry. i hearted the green chairs.


ellis and liberty island from the [free] ferry. i love free stuff.
the city behind us. notice the awesome wakeboarding wake ;)

such a cute little ferry logo. i couldn't help but feel bad for the borough of staten island... (no one visits there, really)

i thought these mossy green dock thingers were pretty

this the most popular "market bull" i've ever seen. i finally had to say, "it's our turn to take a picture, thanks." near wall street.

statue of washington being inaugurated. i think it's a cool shot with the stock exchange and the flags and all. ben took this.

trinity church

ground zero. there has been a lot done to this since 2004 when i last saw it.

starting our "right of passage" walk across the brooklyn bridge.

a look at the city from the [almost] promenade in brooklyn.

"i'm gonna make you a pizza you can't refuse." hehehe
inside
grimaldi's.

yummm. and we actually didn't have to wait that long.

power nap on the train!

the natural history museum. it was a $30 "suggested" price for us. we'll pay $7 thanks :)

pearl river. we had to get more chopsticks and high chews of course.
rice to riches. ok: it was really good. and clever. "we serve rice pudding. if you don't like that, you can have rice pudding. if you don't like that, you can have rice pudding."


a little walk in little italy

we walked through chinatown... and decided we wanted to be in koreatown. korean bbq= sooo yummy and getting a steamed facial all in one!
and we had the cutest waitress. (i have a soft spot for cute koreans ;)) she totally wanted to get brandon's number, but boy did he blow it :)
pinkberry. it was a korean sort of evening :)

brandon lives in long beach. his house is about a 3 minute walk from the boardwalk. awwwesome.

it was a very montauk-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind sort of beach. in a really good way.

we love da beach.

don't worry ben, we'll come back when it's warmer.


oooo i loved this, the cutest shoe boutique ever!! i was surprised that the shoes were more expensive as you went farther into the store. but i guess that's how it works at malono.

i love you elevator man!!

the big apple. literally.

some cool architecture (taken by ben).

buttercup bake shop. good. really. but umm... georgetown cupcake is better.

awww! i love the green.

a little squirly getting a bite of the s.s. fries.

the place where you eat burgers and then "shake" to work off the weight (my shout-out to shayna, who used to think "shake shack" was a dance club).

he was sooo excited (as was i) for our final-feb.-2009-new-york-meal.

a nice foggy send off from the empire state.
thanks again brandon!!