playing tourist

i think that one of my favorite things about living close to nyc, is that you inevitably get to play tourist a few times a year when friends come to visit.

today was one of those days. we had a small window of time to get to the city and back home so my guest could journey home, but the 5 hours that we spent were packed full of touristing.

grand central
ground zero
century 21 (greatest discount department store ever)
battery park to take pictures of the statue of liberty and buy knock off purses
the bull in wall street area (fighting off the horde of tourists to have you chance at a group picture)
detour because of broken subway
times square
lunch at a diner
times square for shopping (sephora! and a gospel concert that had closed down part of the street)
and then finally back on the train.

much seeing, much shopping, much picture taking and having fun. all in all, a pretty eventful sunday.