June 18, 2011

The Big Apple

We were in New Jersey. Phish was playing two nights in Holmdel. Whit's aunt & uncle live in Holmdel. We had one day with nothing to do until 6pm. The train from Metro Park (30 min. from Holmdel) to Penn Station was $40 and a one-hour journey. We did it. We were only in the grand city for the short side of 3 hours, but we saw Times Square and Central Park and booked it in order to get back in time to catch our train (not without an all-out run in the train station to make sure we caught it). We even managed to grab lunch and buy an item from a street vendor (a magnet). I had never been to New York before (let alone New Jersey) and it was different from what I imagined (aka the movies). It was hot, stuffy, third world-ish (ugh, too many tiny stores selling cell phones and electronics), and the people fit into our genre more (young, white, wealthy). I didn't hate it, but I definitely wouldn't consider it the picture of "America," as is assumed by Hollywood. It was quite a trip though and I would love to go back to explore it more. Next year!!

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