NY, NY

The New York Experience

This is day three of my time in NY. So far I'm absolutely loving it - even the breakdown of the R train this afternoon.

First off we visited with Caroline and the girls that live with her from the agency. Do I know WHAT agency...um - no; all I know is the guy who sends them out to their casting calls is Jason and his assistant is Obie. The girls at the house are very nice. I've met Kelsey and Vanessa and Jessica. Elias, the only guy who came in at the same time, is in another house but hung out with us on Sunday. Caroline, Pierce, Becky and I went through Prospect Park in Brooklyn (not as large as Central Park but still huge). Then after we went to dinner at Cafe Enduro (I believe that is the name) Mexican food restaurant and then back to the bungalow for a rousing game of Spades. We had not yet taken a subway any where. We thought we could walk from Caroline's to the hotel but man it was far, a far far walk. We finally took a taxi for $5.40.

Monday Caroline had a casting call and so we (Pierce, Becky and me) went to Ground Zero and walked through the World Financial Center and from there along the water front of the Hudson River and through Battery Park where we thought we'd catch the ferry to Ellis Island and see the Statue of Liberty. However, the line was a mile and a half long (literally) and so we

didn't. We met up with Caroline and ate lunch at Au bon Pain.

Off to 5th Avenue to shop at FAO Schwarz where I bought the absolute cutest little limited edition Steiff puppy in the whole world as well as something for myShelb. Also saw the flagship store of Abercrombie and Fitch (where Caroline works).

We were going to go to Times Square for dinner but saw a steak house (Uncle Jack's) which is a 5 star restaurant and supposedly the best steak house in Manhattan. We ate there. Man the steak that Pierce and I ate was to die for; the best we've ever tasted!!!

Today Caroline had another casting call which was by request only and was filmed for a reality TV show on MTV called

The City. Becky went with her so Pierce and I visited the NY Aquarium and then headed to Coney Island, which was right next door. I wanted to eat a coney but Pierce believed we were going to meet up with Becky and Caroline for lunch and so we didn't get a dog. We hopped on the Q train to go back to the Atlantic Ave. stop and catch the R back to Union St. however when we got to Atlantic the R was stopped and so it took us an hour and a half to get back to the hotel. It was weird though because when we finally got OFF the subway, Becky and Caroline were on the same train a couple of cars ahead of us. We came back to the room where Pierce and I ate leftovers and Becky fell asleep. Pierce and Caroline are supposedly at Central Park though I bet they really went back to her bungalow.

We'll be heading to Times Square for dinner tonight.

NYC is everything I ever dreamed it to be ... the tall building, the crowds of people, the noise and the traffic. I LOVE it!!!