New York - Day 7

Just finished up a digital scrapbook of our New York trip and even though it's been over a year since, I thought there were some photos that were still worth sharing. . .

Thursday - April 8

Today we navigated the subway to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal for a cruise past the Statue of Liberty.


After a bit of a wait, we boarded the John F. Kennedy Ferry Vessel. A little side note: The ferry system shuttles 60,000 people per day between the Staten Island and Manhattan. I don't know what rush hour is like, but wouldn't that be a beautiful, relaxing commute?  AND the ferry that we rode on the way back, the Andrew J. Barberi, was the one that wrecked into the terminal a few weeks later.

A view of the terminal from the water. I was surprised by how pretty and completely different it looked from the water side.








We jumped on the subway again to visit the SoHo area.

Stopped at a little mexican restaurant for lunch then did some exploring through the streets of SoHo.

Greeters outside the Hollister store. Wish Wal-Mart's greeters looked like this.


We found a bunch of little street shops and got Chinese massages. They were very persuasive. First Jim, then Matt got sucked in. I went over to take pictures of them and I got sucked in too, not that I'm complaining.

Hey, look--Plantworld! err--Plantworks.

 
When we got back to the hotel, we watched the sun go down over the city.


And when it was dark, Matt and I walked down to Times Square.




The crowds were enormous and the lights were so bright it felt almost like mid-day.


I need to work on my self portrait technique.



Oh, and a funny story...I had stopped to take a picture of a billboard and as I looked up to keep walking I saw a very pregnant Amanda Peed. She and the woman she was walking with gave me a major crusty--she must have thought I was taking a picture of her.