these streets will make you feel brand new

as i venture out into the world on my own i am starting to figure some stuff out about myself. i am over paranoid about having food allergies. i love meeting new people and i enjoy it alot more since i decided to quit being awkward. i despise people who i want to be just like. i can be wildly inappropriate, but i love doing it. oh, and I LOVE NEW YORK. not the sassy sista from the VH1 show, though i do love her too.

i love the city
the people
the sights
the smells
the attitudes
the food
the atmosphere
everything

my grandpa lives here, smack in the middle of park avenue, three blocks from central park. since on this particular adventure i am not visiting any schools, i have a couple of days to kill. the first day that i showed up here i was hungover and slightly disoriented after a few days of good times in philly and connecticut. i dropped my things off at pops and then rolled out to see the city. my first wanderings took me to fifth avenue to explore the lifestyles of the rich and famous. as soon as i come within view of the plaza hotel i noticed tons of video cameras and people. uuhh ok so whats this about? next thing i know doctor phil's balding self is talking to a tattooed and leather clad man with motorcycles. nice motorcycles. it must have been his midlife crisis special. dr. phil really has nothing interesting to offer me so i moved on with my life. strolling down the avenue i stared at the ridiculous looking people going into the high fashion boutiques, the plump tourists waiting for their chance to pose next to the models in front of abercrombie, the homeless guys shaking cups at passersby and just hoping for enough change to buy their next drink. people of all sorts rubbing shoulders on the streets and living on the same tiny island and calling it home. alas, i digress and wax nostalgic.

after this small stroll i went to lunch with a couple of my former sail caribbean students at serendipity. deeeelicious. then we went walking through the streets some more. we passed 30 rock, david letterman, and a huge street fair stretching for blocks down lexington avenue. as we kept wandering we realized that the VMAs were scheduled for that night at the radio city music hall. that explains all of the ridiculously formal people waiting in lines that said "check in." we wandered towards sixth ave and all of a sudden hear taylor swift blasting over through the streets. assuming its just a promo for the show that night, we kept walking. we were about to turn a corner when we saw people running back towards where we came from. there she is. my future wife and the love of my life- T.Swift singing and rockin out on top of a cab roughly 50 feet away from me. AAAAHAAAHHHHHHHHh all of my hopes and dreams have come true. i saw her. after standing there in shock for roughly 45 seconds her song ended and she climbed off the cab and went back inside, presumably to do more rehearsing or something. my life has been made almost complete. now i just have to figure out a way to get her to marry me. ideas? thoughts? suggestions?

so that concluded the main excitement for sunday. monday rolls around. i decided to walk from pop's apt uptown all the way down to ground zero to pay my respects. i passed through madison square park, canal street, soho, noho and NYU's main campus. the people watching was world class and i highly suggest to anyone who visits to say screw the subway, screw the cabs and hoof it all over. i wandered for six hours and walked 8-9 miles. amazing. on the way downtown i was confronted with gates and policemen everywhere. wtf? im just trying to go for stroll and you are in the way sir. i inquire as to why they are blocking me. dont they know i am a big deal? no. they do not know that i am a big deal. in fact, the reason they are there is because the president of the united states is within that block delivering a speech. oh. barry O. i think. hes a big deal. he can block my way. that being dealt with i continued on my way

today i am staying in my dad's hotel because he is here on business. downstairs, as i live and breathe, serena williams is doing an appearance for nike, so im gonna go sneak around and see what i can see. if i get arrested, its been lovely blogging for you for the last seven months. if i dont, then expect more to come in this epic adventure story.