More walking

Today I had a ticket to see the 9/11 memorial but needed an extra hour of sleep so I decided I'd see it on the weekend instead. So instead, I started with the Empire State Building (don't bother with the 102nd floor, aside from the fun elevator ride, it's the 86th that is really impressive), where I walked 6 flights of stairs to skip an elevator line and severely regretted it. But the views were very impressive and I loved the Percy Jackson feel of it all. Inside my head, I mean.



86th floor

102nd floor

Then did Macy's and 5th Ave and lots and lots of shopping. On 5th, I pulled my hat down and wore my sunnies and strutted a bit, pretending to be a famous person trying to be inconspicous. Ha! It was funny until my playlist changed. On 7th, I found these AMAZING jackets but didn't get them, of which I now really regret. I also bought 3 triplets (the equiv. of pairs) of socks at Little Miss Matched and got 5 TRIPLETS FOR FREE. Booyah. That's 24 single socks mwahahaha.

OH OH OH OH OH but the best part of the day! I was coming up to 50th st and saw a huuuuge crowd and thought 'oh awesome! A protest or parade or something' coz there were heaps of police cars and stuff. But no! Here is how it all smacked down:

Me: Excuse me, do you know what's going on here?
Lady #1: *speaks in Italian* *stares*
Me: Uh huh. K, thanks.
Lady #2 from out of nowhere: Obama's in town. He'll be driving through here.
Me: OMG YAY!
Lady #2. I know! Romney too.
Me: *wrinkles nose* Oh.
Lady #2: Yeah, I know.

And then like 20 cars all went through and had Obama not been waving out his window, I wouldn't have known which car he was in! Which I think is the point... So why he did it...?

 

Today's playlist of choice was the Lizzie McGuire movie soundtrack because I felt her trip to Rome was very similar to mine. And Supermodel inspired the 5th Ave mockup haha. And I will add that it got a bit weird listening to On an Evening in Roma on the Empire's 86th floor...

OH OH OH OH and here's a fun fact! You know your jeans look good when you're walking down the street, drop something, and 5 or 6 guys offer assistance. Hahahah. That has never happened to me in Sydney. Boys, where you at?

Time to go grab some dinner before heading to the comedy show. FISH FILLET AND VEGGIES. YEAH!