My Second Trip To New York City

Continued.... Yes ladies and gentleman I have yet again ventured to New York again. This time I had the pleasure of taking Saturday off so I could have more time to spend in the city and hanging out with Tony. I also had the pleasure of traveling with one of our Technicians, Michael Tester. I was talking about going to New York 3 weeks prior to going and he wanted to go as well so we both bought bus tickets to travel up there. It was kinda nice to have company and not go by myself. Mike is a pretty cool guy. Tony actually recruited him as well from Ball State in Indiana. Mike and his friend Tyler are both in my office here in Baltimore but were Tony's Techs. Tony had too may Technicians so they got transferred. Small world.
We left Friday night of July 20Th at 9:45 pm and we almost missed our bus because we couldn't find the darn thing. lol. But we found it and made it safely on the bus and made a nice 3 1/2 hour trip to New York. It wasn't a half bad ride. I had my portable DVD player and we watched Pirates of the Caribbean - The Dead Mans Chest, well part of it, then the battery died on us so we couldn't finish watching it. Oh well. (DVD player was given to me by one of our Technicians that left and didn't want it anymore. yay for me! For those of you who were wondering) But we made it to Manhattan and Tony picked us up and we went back to his apartment complex.
Saturday morning rolled around and Tony went to work while Mike and I got to relax, breath finally, and watch TV for the fist time in months! It was stellar. Mike and I decided to venture off and go to the mall. I bought a really cute brown leather purse for only $10 at a store in the mall that sells items made/designed by Sarah Jessica Parker. Her line is called Bitten. I can't remember the name of the store though. But it was amazing. Everything had a designated price. Purses were 10-sunglasses were 10- leather flip flops were 6-headbands were-4 etc. There was no price change everything/every style had their own price. It rocked. I loved it. Then Tony came home from work and we headed to another mall to get a Yankees hat and a shirt for Tony and a hat for me. Then we took the Subway to the Yankees Stadium. It was rockin.
It was Mike's first time traveling on the subway so of course we documented it. We got to the game and had an amazing time. We had a hot dog which is freaking amazing because it was from New York/Yankees Stadium. They have the best hot dogs I've ever had. After the game we took the subway back home and hit the hay so we could wake up and go downtown to have some more fun.
After a good nights rest we woke up and headed to town. Our first stop, The Statue of Liberty. She was amazing. There was a ferry that passes right by it from Manhattan to Staten Island that is free of charge. So we hopped on and took pictures. In order to actually go to Liberty Island you have to buy tickets in advance and they cost lots of moneys. We went the free way and got some great pictures taken. After seeing our lady in all her glory we headed over to the Twin Towers Memorial. It was def a sight to see. Basically it looked like a construction sight. IT was all fenced off and they had a Memorial set up for all of those who were lost. Then our next stop was the Bull! And what a pretty bull. After taking a picture with him we headed over to the Brooklyn Bridge and took some pictures of that as we passed by. We couldn't stop because we would have been doing it illegally but i got some good shots anyway. After that we headed to Times Square to go eat lunch at Planet Hollywood. Very Pricey but good food and an awesome atmosphere!
On our adventures around town we did Take a cab ride twice which was also Mikes first time doing that. We had passed by China Town but not long enough to stop and take pictures or soak it all in.
After we ate we headed back to the car and Tony dropped us off at our bus stop across from Macy's. We had about a half our wait and then we were headed home.
It was pretty much one of the funnest weekends I have had in a very long time. It was awesome to walk around Manhattan and see Tony and all the things that make up New York. I recommend going there for anyone who has not already traveled there. God Bless America and God Bless Our Troops!