Day 2 of New York City:
We woke up very sore from the two stair climbs we had to do the previous day. I actually thought I was not going to make it out of the bed! Plus, my sinuses were starting to go haywired on me, so I doped up on ibuprophen and Alavert. We all got dressed, very slowly and made our departure (yep, down 12 stories of walking the elevator still wasn't working), I guess around 8:00 or so. Our first stop was Chelsea Market. It was a big warehouse, the first floor was all of these resturants and little markets, the upper floors is where the shows from the The Food Network is filmed. The public is only allowed on the first floor. It was really quite neat. We ate bagels with about a block of cream cheese on them. Which, I had peanut butter on my bagel. After breakfast we made our way to Ground Zero. It was very surreal seeing the same place where such a tragedy happened. We walked to Wall Street and saw the International Stock Exchange. After that, we made our way to the ferry for the Statue of Liberty. After standing in line, getting security checked, we finally boarded the ferry. It was cool seeing the Statue of Liberty. We didn't go up because after climbing up and down the stair at the apartment, we just didn't have it in us, especially since we probably would be walking up 12 stories when we get back to the apartment. So we just walked around the outside of the statue and took pictures. After the Statue of Liberty we ventured toward Little Italy and ate at a place called El Cattrell. It's an authentic Italian place where they have the back room for "the godfather" to meet. The food was good, although I was so conjested from my allergies I couldn't taste my food, I was just so thirsty. I did make my way to the basement to the bathroom. While on my way there were all of these photos of what looked like, to me, to be "the godfather". After eating a late lunch we went to chinatown. Chinatown was a little scary, and it was in the day! I can only imagine how it would be at night. Everyone was wanting us to buy from them. Scary people would come up behind you and say "Louie" saying they had the Louis Vuitton purses to sell, or they could just say "Lou" letting you know they had some Louis Vuitton to sell. Of course, it illegal to sell designer knockoffs, so that was their suttle way of letting you know they had some Louis. At chinatown, every store I walked in I would start sneezing so I would have to walk back out. My allergies went "postal" on me while in NYC. After chinatown we decided to make our way back to the apartment. When we got on our street we notice our little Rosa's Pizza Place sold cupcakes. So, we decided to see how theirs were. When we got to the cupcake counter Jennifer told the guy what cupcake she wanted and his response was, "Woa you guys are not from here....". We told him that we were from Mississippi, so the rest of the week when we walked in he would hollar "Hey my Mississippi friends". After buying the cupcakes, we went to the little corner store and I bought gatorade, water, and Mt. Dews (I needed caffine big time) preparing for the 12 story walk up. I had already decided that I was going to take my sweet time in the walk up. Once we got to the apartment building, guess what, THE ELEVATOR WAS WORKING!! We all was saying a prayer!! We went up and decided to check out the cupcakes. They were so much better than the Magnolia Cupcakes!! They cake was so moist and the icing was wonderful!! It was pure bliss!! We all took a power nap, got refreshed, and then ventured out for the night. We went to the top of Rockerfella Center. It was absolutely beautiful! If you're ever in NYC I highly recommend it! After we got back down we walked around Rockerfella Center and saw the famous ice skating rink, the flags and all. We then went to Big Daddy's Diner to eat dinner. It's a nice little 50's diner. After dinner we went back to Times Square and walked around some more. Late that night we then went back to the apartment and crashed!! Next post, I'll talk about day 3!!

New York City (378 photos), by Amy Moore

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Here are the pictures of my New York trip. We had a great time!! Here is a play by play of our trip:
Day 1:
Got to New York and had our first cab ride to our apartment. We were able to rent an apartment cheaper than getting hotel rooms. We stayed in the old business district. Not the most beautiful site outside, but it was true New York style! Our apartment was on the 12th floor, which was the very top. We got in the elevator with a guy and the first thing he asked us was "Are you guys with the movies?" We just kind of looked at each other and said a very slow, "nooo" and then he told us that Law and Order shoots a lot on this site. He told us that when they shoot inside this building they will shut down the elevator. Then he told us that Jay-Z has an apartment across the street. I thought that was very cool.... We then got settled in the apartment. We had a great view of the Empire State Building (which Amy Nell called it the Eiffel Tower the entire time) and the apartment was really nice and big. It was on 28th Street. When you looked down our street we was looking at the School of Designs. We walked down our street and found a nice little cafe and ate lunch. It was really good. Anyway, we took the subway to Rockerfeller Center and just walked around. We walked to Central Park and took a horse and carriage ride. It was really cool. We then walked around Central Park and took pictures. We went to Magnolia Cupcakes (the same that's on Sex and the City) and got some cupcakes. We then went back to the apartment, and guess what, the elevator wasn't working. So, we walked 12 stories to the apartment. When we got to the 4th floor, there were cops in the doorway not letting anyone on the 4th floor apartment. Which had our minds wondering what was going on... Once we got to the apartment we all had to catch our breaths!! We ate our cupcakes and were very disappointed in them. The cake part was dry and the icing had no flavor!! After resting a little while we got ready and went to Broadway to watch Wicked. It was AWESOME!! After Wicked we walked Times Square. The lights, people, traffic was all amazing!! I had never seen anything like it. We saw the famous New Year's Ball!! We then took the subway back to our street and stopped at the corner pizza place, Rosa's Pizza, and got pizza for dinner. After a long night we got back to the apartment. There was a note on the complex door saying "Court Order, this building has been condemmed. Anyone entering can be arrested" or something to that effect. Our first instict was to panic because all of our stuff was up on the 12th floor, but then we decided to take a chance as to it was probably talking about the 4th floor. So we decided to go in. Hey, what could the do, arrest us? And yes, the elevator still wasn't working, so walking upstair we did!! I thought my heart was going to leap out of my chest!! I think I crashed when I went to bed.

Well, my next post I'll talk about our second day....