New York

Recently, my fair cousin came home from his mission. And all he wanted to do was go to New York City, and how could we deny such a request as this? Indeed, we could not. Luckily Brian told me about the China bus from Boston to NYC and 5 hours later, I arrived in the Big Apple and checked into our plush accommodations. Whilst waiting for the rest of my family to arrive from California, I strolled the streets. A street was closed off for a market or something, and what did my hungry eyes glance?! A KEBAB! (or greek, or gyro, or sandwich, whatever you want to call it) It had been so long since a food vendor delicately sliced meat off a rotating pole to put onto a warm fluffy pita for me that I almost couldn't believe my luck! After ordering, however, I realized there were no fries. What's up with that? But I enjoyed my delicacy to the very last bite - that is for sure! Started out the trip on a high note!
We spend 5 days there and had a wonderful time together.
We were able to go to a Yankee game!! I was really excited about this. Now that I am living in Boston, maybe I shouldn't be - but I had no shame in rooting for the Yankees and having a wonderful time.We also went on a boat tour of Manhattan. Honestly, it sounded really touristy and dumb - but I loved it! My favorite part, however, was about half way through the 2 hour boat ride. We had ambitiously discussed our day plans and they included walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. After floating by the bridge twice, my mother exclaimed, "I don't feel like I need to walk across that any more. I think this is more than enough for me!" Which, was a relief because I was over the bridge as well. So we called the Aquinos who were on the other side of the boat to tell them the grave news. Auntie starts laughing and exclaims, she just thought the same thing! and Adam? Oh he never wanted to do it in the first place, and he knew during out daily planning session that we would eventually scrap the plan. Haha. Oh how he knows us so well!

Another fun thing! I have never liked cheesecake. I don't like the taste OR the texture. So when someone brought me home a raspberry cheesecake from Juniors a few months ago, I politely said thank you and put it in the fridge. Unsure what to do with it. Then, I decided to have some friends over to eat it. My misfortune would turn into some excellent PR for me! Look how awesome I am! Sharing my cheesecake with everyone. Then I bit into said cheesecake and immediately regretted inviting all those people over. It was the most delicious thing I had ever tasted!! The texture, the taste, the flavor, heck, even the temperature was PERFECT! So upon arriving in New York and staying approximately 15 feet from Juniors, I ate some cheesecake everyday. Every day. And took one home.
My favorite thing (besides all the delicious, delicious food) was High Line Park. And the Balto statue. Who doesn't love Balto? How can you not love a Balto statue in the middle of central park. I even google mapped it so I could find it and take this picture!