Taking in the Sights of the Big Apple

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

You’re probably wanting to know what all I am seeing while I’m here in the city. Well, read on!

The office is located at 38th and Broadway, just a few blocks southeast of Times Square.

From the balcony of the office, looking towards Times Square:

The first night, we worked fairly late, so we just wandered through Times Square a little bit, found some food, and then crashed back at the hotel. Nothing too exciting.

The second night, however, we did a LOT of walking. We first walked down to Arturo’s in SoHo for dinner. This place has the BEST pizza that I’ve ever had before in my life, so it has definitely become the place that I will always try to visit whenever I return to this city.

From there, we walked through the neighborhood until we found New York University, and then followed 6th Avenue back to the hotel on 40th. We stopped in at the hotel for a restroom break, and then headed back out through Times Square for more sights.

First, Madison Square Garden and Penn Station, which seem to be the same place:

Times Square:

Ed Sullivan Theater:

Lincoln Center (also home to Julliard School of the Arts):

Central Park:

So, if you don’t know anything about the distances between these places, here’s a brief explanation. Each city block is roughly one-tenth of a mile wide. We started walking at the hotel on 40th, and walked down to Arturo’s on Houston St, which is pretty close to 8th or 9th. Then we walked back to the hotel, and then on up to the Lincoln Center at 65th. We meandered around a bit, wandered through Central Park, and then back to the hotel again. By my estimation, we walked more than 13 miles tonight. Whoa. That’s all I’ve got to say. Whoa.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention that we, once again, found the gay part of town. This time, however, the banners on the light posts said that we were in the middle of Gay Pride Week. NYC takes the cake on this one.

UPDATE: We missed the Pride Parade, which would have really been the icing on the cake. Nothing says “Gays live here” than a parade! The parade will be taking place on the day AFTER we get home.

Tomorrow night we’ll walk some more, I’m sure, but I don’t yet know where. It will be cool to see something new, I’m sure. This city provides PLENTY of people-watching opportunities, especially while walking amongst them.