The Milburne was only a few blocks from Central Park,
so on our first day out we headed there in the afternoon. It really
is a beautiful place. We couldn't see it at night, but from the air
you can really gauge the size of the place, and it's both bigger and
smaller than it seems while you're in it (Much the same can be said
for Manhattan itself). Mike climbed around on rocks and trees and I
slipped and fell a lot. There was a science station (largely for children)
a ways in and you could look out all over the park from it, and there
were children's learning aides about bugs and animals present in the
park all over the place which were pretty cool.
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| After a cruise by the John Lennon memorial we got on the subway and
headed to Times Square. If you've never been on a Subway, I'll let you
know that people who've ridden it for any length of time make it look
easy. It's not hard to fall down like a dumbass on the subway - it lurches
and shakes and when it stops or accellerates, you better know it. By the
time we left we were subway pros, laughing at tourists who stumbled and
groped for shit to grab hold of when the thing spasmed around like a clicker-bug
on its back, but it was still scary as hell going between cars. The subway
was exciting for me, it was like an amusement park ride; the old Disneyland
Peoplemover for adults, only extremely useful and a little scary here
and there. It's why New Yorkers don't need cars, and it's what makes the
city seem small. |
| Times Square was huge and modern. I'm told that it was a bit of a dump
before Disney pumped so much money into the city awhile back, but it was
exciting to be down there nonetheless. And yes, they have a bitchin' comic
store, which came in handy later. Mike lamented his own desire to penetrate
Britney Spears from the rear and we went about our business. At some point
we headed down to the Empire State. |
