saturday in nyc...

no, i didn't go back to new york again : ) and yes, i know this post is way late...when we got to new york on friday i was of course taking lots of pictures. we were on top of the empire state building and all of a sudden...my camera battery died!! what a nightmare on the first day of my trip!! and of course...i had forgotten to bring my charger with me. so, i had no camera for the rest of the trip. fortunately, melissa took lots of pics and she downloaded them for me and i've got them all now : ) so, here's a rundown of what we did for the rest of the weekend.
we decided to spend saturday in downtown manhattan and then go to brooklyn that night for some scrumptious grimaldi's pizza. we started out by taking the staten island ferry so that we could get a good view of the statue of liberty.

                              when we got back we saw some of the famous downtown sights. 

where george washington was inaugurated

the new york stock exchange

the bull of the stock market (and from hitch!)

trinity church

this is a replica of tree roots that were in the cemetery beside trinity church.

on 9-11 these tree roots protected all of the old graves and tombstones in the cemetery.

the 9-11 memorial. "may we never forget"

next we headed over to south street seaport. there are lots of little shops and places to eat over there. it also has a great view of the hudson river. we were almost there and we heard someone say..."would you like to have a hug today, ladies?" we looked up and this is what we saw...

let me tell you...i FREAKED out!!!

i turned around and ran! i got to the corner and was standing by a pole and looked up...

i immediately started running across the street...almost getting run over by a taxi!

snakes scare me to death and i couldn't handle being close to these guys.

that night we took the subway over to brooklyn and ate at the delicious grimaldi's. it was well worth the long wait, as usual! we walked back over the brooklyn bridge and had a great view of the manhattan skyline at night. the weather was perfect!! we went to 2 different places for dessert : P megan and melissa ate at ferrera's and then i ate at rice to riches.

after our long day we finally headed back to the hotel and got some much needed rest.