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Tree in the Brisk Snowlight

This past weekend I visited New York City with Matt, Jeremy, and Jennifer. It was my first visit, and it was awesome. I'll spare everyone the overly verbose trip diary, so here's a summary of our activities in bullet form:

Friday

• Flew standby out of ATL into JFK with Matt and Jeremy, which is amazing since Atlanta snow had caused roughly half the flights to NYC to be canceled
• Ate pizza at the Penn Station metro stop. Tipped $2 to a busboy who held a table for us.
• Goggled at the lights in Times Square, stopping in several stores
• Walked to our hostel to meet Jen and attempt sleep amidst heavy snoring

Saturday

• Ate breakfast at a great local diner for the first of three times
• Visited Rockefeller Center (30 Rock) and rode the elevator up to the top for an awesome view of Manhattan
• Marveled at Grand Central Station and the nearby Chrysler building
• Wandered through a market at Union Square, complete with excellent hot apple cider
• Chinatown!
• Took the Staten Island Ferry to and from Staten Island as we watched the sunset behind the Statue of Liberty
• Ate dinner at Les Halles, for "American Beef" with "French Style"
• Walked through the ritzy neighborhood near the High Line

Sunday

• Traveled through Central Park over snow and ice, dodging sledders at high speed
• Wore out our feet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Ate lunch at Serafina - excellent ravioli, but too small portions!
• Returned for more of the Met
• Bid farewell to Jen and headed to Brooklyn
• Joined a dozen other photogs just north of the Brooklyn Bridge (on the Brooklyn side) to shoot sunset photos of Manhattan, with great success
• Bought chocolate and ate pizza under the bridge
• Walked back to Manhattan over the windy, frigid, beautiful bridge
• Returned to 30 Rock to watch ice skaters

Monday

• Walked to 5th Avenue, visiting the Apple store and FAO Schwarz
• Hotpot in Chinatown!
• Bid farewell to Matt and Jeremy, heading to La Guardia for my return flight home