Here is a list of some of the stuff I've done so far:
* Got to the hostel: took the subway and a cab. Hostel is right on Times Square. The hostel is pretty big but facilities are cramped. There is not a very good lounge area. My room is shared with 3 other people. First two nights was with a guy from Denver, a guy from Japan (Japanese guy was supposed to be in Florida but got evacuated up here) and some other guy that came and left in the night. Tonight is with a differnent Japanese guy who is in to watch the Yankees and two New Zealanders (whom I have not met yet).
* Went to central park. Full of business people and moms during the day. Big park, with large lawns. Not a forest ala. Stanley park.
* Visited a bunch of other buildings: Rockefeller Centre, Tiffanys (I never really noticed how diamonds sparkle until I went in there - really), Kenneth Cole (cool leather jacket - though Kenneth Cole stuff always self-destructs on me), Empire State building, New York Library (big and european looking), Statue of Liberty )what I expected - Europeans seem to think it is smaller than they expected), Ground Zero ( a big construction site/hole in the ground), Wall Street (high security: guys with machine guns ensure that only those people with NYSE passes get close to the stock exchange also there are tons of Falun Gong protesters trying to raise awareness of being tortured in China). Visited a bunch of stores on Times Square.
* Had a dinner with Christina. I met Christina while she was in Vancouver at a MeetInVancouver event. We went to a Vietnamese restaurant for dinner, an italian restaurant for dessert and a chinese Karaoke bar for drinks. Everyone drinks in New York. Despite the fact that even in the divish bars the drinks go for $8.50. What is cool is the variety of restaurants that are constantly opening in NY.
* Went for drinks with the MeetInNewYork group. I'm part of the MeetInVancouver group in Vancouver (see www.meetin.org). So I signed up for an event to hang around with these guys. We went for drinks at the Fat Cat Pussy Cat bar and then went for Chinese food and then went for more drinks at the Stoned Crow. I was really pleased with the fact that I was able to hang around with 30 or so real New Yorkers (I'm tired of tourists). As I mentioned before I found them to be very outspoken yet friendly. They are also a very cosmopolitan group.
* Today I went to the Library, took a nap at the hostel and went and bought a Theatre ticket to go see Rent. I also visited the David Letterman (Ed Sullivan) theatre on Broadway. They are closed until Monday - I'll try and get tickets for that tomorrow - but I don't have high expectations.
The stuff I've got left to do is to go to the Metropolitan Museam of Art and go up the Empire State building. I've got 4 days left so I should have plenty of time. I might go out to a club this weekend and might get over to Yankee stadium. Several people have suggested taking the (free) Staten Island ferry.
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