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Woke up this morning around 9a.m. and headed into the city with Katie. She had to be at work, so Justin and I decided to spend the majority of the day romping the streets. We ended up walking through pretty much all of China Town, SoHo, and the East Village. For breakfast we had Ray's Pizzeria, and the pizza was most excellent. Next, we headed over to Washington Square Park (which is directly across the street from NYU). Chilled on a bench, read, and took a quick cat nap before heading back towards SoHo where we were meeting Katie for lunch. But first, we stopped by the Mister Softie cart for a vanilla cone. I've got to tell you, it's the best vanilla soft serve you'll ever have. I promise. For lunch we had pizza again. I can't get enough of the stuff, especially NY style pie. It seems like even the worst NY pie in NYC is still better than a lot of other places to claim they are "NY style pie".

After lunch we headed up to the Bronx on the #4 train. The train is the way to go around NYC. It's really simple once you get the hang of it. The #4 dropped us off directly in front of Yankee Stadium. The place is literally like a cathedral. It's pretty darn beautiful. Found out that we couldn't take our bags inside, so we had to check them across the street at the bowling alley. Random and weird. I'm pretty sure I wore a smile the entire time we were there. I can now claim that I've been to the OLD Yankee Stadium, since the NEW Yankee Stadium is opening next year and they are tearing down the old stadium. Pretty sad that that's what they're doing. I'm hoping that the City of New York or the U.S. Government steps in and claims it as a national historic landmark.

After the game we hopped back on the #4 and headed back into Manhattan where we transferred to the J to get out to Brooklyn.

Bummers of the evening:
1) Monument Park at Yankee Stadium is only open for the first 15 minutes after they roll doors. Which means you have to get there mad early to stand in a specific line. I had no idea about this, so we didn't get to see Monument Park up close and personal. For those that don't know, Monument Park has plaques of all the retired New York Yankees. It's a pretty elite club: Miller Huggins, Jacob Ruppert, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Ed Barrow, Joe D., Mickey Mantle, Joe McCarthy, Casey Stengel, Thurmon Munson, Elston Howard, Roger Maris, Phil Rizzuto, Billy Martin, Lefty Gomez, Whitey Ford, Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra, Allie Reynolds, Don Mattingly, Mel Allen, Bob Sheppard, Reggie Jackson, Ron Guidry, Red Ruffing, and Jackie Robinson are all honored. Super bummed I didn't get to check it out.
2) Came home to cat piss on my new sleeping bag. Luckily there's a 24 laundry mat, and it's being washed right now. But still, it's cat piss. And no one likes cat piss, you know?

Amazingness of the Day:
1) Mister Softie Ice Cream
2) More NY style pie
3) The train
4) Watching baseball in THE Yankee Stadium

Next up: Boston

Cheers.

Sincerely Yours,
Niles C. Anderson