New York City Cops

For some reason my sleeping pattern is completely out of whack and I only achieved a few hours sleep last night. And this morning we had planned to do some laundry, so Ros went and did that and I went back for a nap.

When the laundry was done, we decided to make our way high into the skies and visit the Empire State building. Stunning views of the city skyline, and the magnitude of this place can only be seen from up high.

From there we decided to walk the part of 5th Avenue that we hadn't seen yesterday. We also went into the New York City public library. Another gorgeous building that takes your breath away. Note to self: the lions out the front are called Fortitude and Patience.

We made our way uptown on 5th gasping at the stunning fashion, and went into Saks and saw all the top designer clothes for sale. It was like watching the red carpet on Oscar's night. We also went into De Beer's and Tiffany's!

When we reached the top of 5th we walked across town past gorgeous hotels such as The Plaza, with Central Park on our right.

We had a burger for an early dinner on 46th, then I went into the Levi's store in Time's Square and got measured for a pair of jeans. First time I've ever tried on a pair of jeans that fit and didn't require hemming! Oh, and did I mention they were only $70! Bonus!

Caught the subway back to our hotel for an early night in, and to find out what is going with Hurricane Irene. We are not in an area of high alert and some people are saying that it won't be serious at all. Let's hope so. I had booked us in to eat at Tom Collichio's restaurant tomorrow night, and I have seen on twitter that he has closed his other restaurant and bar for tomorrow night because of Irene, but no news on Riverpark yet. The news is saying that the metro and bus systems will be closed and many shops will be as well as other services. We can only wait and see what happens... If something does happen, New York City is currently hosting the Police and Firemen's games, so there are plenty of capable human resources to rescue us! There are buff men everywhere and the Japanese firemen are staying in our hotel. I never even saw a buff Japanese man in Japan, but I did in NYC.

Oh, forgot to mention that we quickly went into the Apple store at the top of 5th and there was all this cheering and clapping, and so many people you couldn't move. So I asked one of the staff what was going on. He said in the most droll voice "Someone's leaving.". Right, thanks for all the info about what's going on FFS! So I don't know if Steve Jobs was in the store...

I also thought I saw Chris Martin walk straight past me, actually I'm quite certain it was him, and I also thought I saw Ben Folds the other day/night.



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