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New York City - Last Day

Last day in New York City. We started out by having brunch at Allan and Jodi's apartment with everyone including Jodi's parents. After lunch we had a few hours to kill so Karen and I went to Bryant Park. here they have lots of little shops and art galleries outside during the winter time. They also have ice skating, but we didn't do that. It was then time to head back to Brooklyn so Allan and Jodi could take us all to the airport. We had a great time in New York and can't wait to see everyone again. Next time I'm driving! :)

           
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New York City - Day 3

We woke up to nice cold weather again. Everyone promised me that we could have New York Pizza, so Allan took Karen, Mark, Mimi, and me to Di Fara's pizza. The pizza is made by the original owner who is about 80 years old. He makes the pizzas himself and does not let anyone else make the pizza. He also takes the pizza out of the oven with his bare hands. Everyone stand around and watches in amazement. The place is really small with only a few tables so everyone crowds around and waits for a really amazing pizza. It was really good and does not compare to Florida pizza.

Later that day Karen and I went to the wax museum in Manhattan where we took lots of pictures with famous people. Karen and I then walked around for a bit and even found a geocache in the middle of Times Square. We then met Rami and Stephanie at a place called Charley O's Bar & Grill. The food was really good and after we went to see The Phantom of the Opera. Stephanie had seen it 4 times before and Karen had seen it once. I had only watched the movie, but loved it. The play was really really good. After the show we went to a place called Cafe Lalo in the upper west side. It was a dessert place that was packed when we got there and packed when we left at 1:30am. We ordered cake, pies, ice cream, cheesecake, and a few other things we probably should not have.

After we rolled out of Cafe Lalo Rami and Stephanie went back to the hotel and Karen and I went to the lower east side to meet Allan and Jodi at a local bar. We stayed there for about an hour talking and then headed back to the hotel.

           
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New York City - Day 2

Karen and I headed out today along to see the city. We started out eating lunch at Katz's Deli. I had matzoh ball soup and corned beef. Soooo yummy. Then we walked up canal street and did some window shopping. We ended up taking the subway to the World Trade Center site and stopped in to chat with the firefighters of engine 10 at the "Ten House" we took a bunch of pictures of the memorial they had inside the station.

After the firehouse we took the subway up to Central Park and walked around 5th Ave. We also went to Rockefeller Center and saw everyone ice skating. We then caught the subway to Queens where we had Shabbat dinner with Jodi's parents. Again there was 17 people eating a lot of very good food.

           
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Thanksgiving - New York City

We arrived in New York City late on Wednesday night. After we checked into the hotel Karen and I walked to a 24 hour diner because we were starving. It was nice and cold out, about 43 degrees but that didn't keep us from going out. The next morning we woke up and headed out to view Brooklyn. We started by eating breakfast with Mark and Mimi at Court Street Bagels. We then met up with Gagi and Gima and walked to the river where we were able to see Manhattan. The view was really nice, even though the day was a little overcast.

Later that day we headed into the city to walk around for a bit with Rami and Stephanie before heading back to the hotel to shower and change for Thanksgiving dinner. We went to Allan and Jodi's apartment where they had 17 people over for dinner. Allan and Jodi cooked so much food and it was all really really good. They did a great job getting everything together in time and were great hosts.

           
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