Downtown & the Statue of Liberty

Today I decided to go see the Statue of Liberty- even though I feel like it's the most over-rated tourist attraction in New York. It's seriously not that big. I remember the first time that Kristen and I went to see it, we couldn't find it for a couple of minutes because we were expecting it to be some towering monument.

Anyway, I stopped for a quick second at the World Trade Center Site... they've put barricades all up over the sides of the streets and have employed traffic cops to stand at every 5 feet along the fence and have given them the overbearing power of having whistles. You think that when the government executes the largest planned demolition/murder in history, they would at least let us see where it happened. Why can't we see in there? I smell foul play...

I walked around downtown for a little bit before I hopped on the water taxi to IKEA Brooklyn! I absolutely love riding this thing! The store hasn't been opened for a month yet, and I bet I have been on this thing at least 10 times! It's the best free ride EVER! 

After IKEA, I had a few friends over to celebrate the fact that we didn't have enough money to go anywhere else! Haha. We learned to never walk barefoot on the roof again, I have no clue what rooftops are made of, BUT IT IS VERY DIRTY!!

Me and my friend Emma, isn't she gorgeous?!

A Walk in Central Park...

So today I had a day off and absolutely no money, so I decided that a walk through the park was the best way to go! Some of the most intriguing people can be found in the park... the police shoo them off of the streets. I met up with my friend Isaac. He was excited because the new iPhone came out today and we went to go buy it. I was excited because once he gets the new iPhone, he's going to give me his old one =]. Once we got to the Apple Store, there was a line that literally spanned more than 12 blocks, and the man at the door told us that there was at least a 2 DAY WAIT to get inside... even if we weren't planning on buying the iPhone. I guess I'll have to wait for my iPhone =[....

I ended up in Barnes & Noble and I bought 2 cookbooks: Essentials of Northern Africa, and Mexican Cooking at the Academy. Hopefully I'll be posting soon with some interesting food stories.... haha. 

Hope all is well with everyone! Love you all!!