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Hi TZ !. .this post is for you. :) Thanks for letting us know you're looking forward to the updates! I'm glad you're checking in on us.

After spending 3 days in New Jersey training, yesterday we headed to New York City with Lee and Chrystle for the day. We had a so much fun! These are just a few of the things we experienced. . .

• 93 degrees with high humidity. . .LJC had to go commando!
• Madison Square Garden
• Times Square
• A rain downpour like we've never seen in Seattle! (the umbrella street vendors came out of the woodwork!)
• Empire State Building
• Shepard's Pie, Burgers, and Crabcakes at Joe Dempsey's Grill
  
• Battery Park (view of the Statue of Liberty nestled in the humidity)
• Ground Zero (the quietest spot in NYC)
• Greenwich Village (the Gay Pride Parade. . .crowds and police everywhere)
• Subway stops (we got pretty good at reading the lines map after missing our first stop and ending up in Brooklyn!)
• Starbucks (of course!)
• Roasted almonds, cashews, and peanuts from the street vendor. . covered in a brown sugar and vanilla glaze. . .it was definitely the sweetest smell on the streets of NY!
• Taxis, taxis, and more taxis

This was Lee and Chrystle's first visit to New York. . . .
it was fun taking pictures of them.

Check it out > > >

Times Square . . .just before the downpour

Times Square ~ 42nd St.

The Empire State Building ~ 34th St.

Strong dude!

Outside Joe Dempsey's Grill ~ 34th St.

Battery Park, end of Manhatten (see our Lady in the distance?)

Subway ride uptown to Times Square

New car on the red line. . .clean, clean, clean!

Back where we started