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Kevin's here visiting for Thanksgiving, and we've been keeping busy with lots of touristy activities!

Friday - Kevin arrived at about 7:00 pm. We had some pizza for dinner and then went to Times Square for a walk.
Saturday - We went to the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Ground Zero, and a Chinese Restaurant for dinner (for which some of my school friends joined us).
Sunday - Kevin went to the Mets Stadium while I worked on a paper. Then we went to the Yankee's stadium, St. John the Divine's Cathedral, RPC Church, and dinner at Cosi.

Kevin's NOT a New York Yankees fan!

Monday - I substitue taught and had class, and Kevin kept himself busy during the day. Jerad came in from Connecticut and met me after school. We went to Kitchenette for an after-school snack before I finished my paper for my night class. After class, Kevin and I met Jerad for drinks at a sports bar in Times Square.
Tuesday - We went to South Street Seaport to see about getting tickets to a Broadway show, but didn't find one Kevin wanted to see. We also wandered around China Town and then had lunch in Little Italy. We went to Times Square Visitor's Center to find out about student rush tickets, and we managed to get standing-room-only tickets for Monty Python's Spamalot for $21.25. We stopped by Starbucks before heading to Central Park for a walk, then we had a rest and dinner back at the dorm. Around 7:00 we headed to our Broadway show. Spamalot was hilarious!

Wednesday - We stood in line starting at 6:20 this morning to get tickets to the Conan O'Brien Show. Then, after we finally got stand-by tickets (with admission not guaranteed), we toured the NBC studios and Rockefeller Center. We tried to get rush tickets to another Broadway show, but had no luck. Instead we rested back at school and then went to Central Park to see the inflation of the balloons for the Macy's Parade. Then we went to the taping of this coming Friday's Conan show at 7:00. Long story short, we almost didn't get in...but we made it by the skin of our teeth! Only one more person in line behind us got in! We had to pretend that we'd already eaten Thanksgiving dinner, since the show will air after Thanksgiving. After the show, we grabbed dinner and then went to see the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Center and the window displays at Saks Fifth Avenue.

Rockefeller Center Artwork and Architecture Tour

Inflation of the Balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,
and the Window Displays at Saks Fifth Avenue

Lots of fun so far!