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Notes of Day One:
Great view of Chicago out the plane window, and the first time I've ever seen both shores of Lake Michigan at once.
New Jersey looks very different when it's not in a downpour--I know it's not all as decrepit as its reputation, but now I can understand where it comes from.
Took the E train on accident, turned around, then realized that the C train was closed. Oh well--I had no choice but to "Take the A Train" up to the Upper West Side.
So much fun last night walking around Soho/Little Italy/Astor with Nadja, Alex, Chris, and Will. I don't know if I could live in Manhattan--both for the constant hubbub and the prices--but what a fascinating place to walk around. New York pizza--excellent. I find it amusing that of all the places to get dessert, we went to Coldstone (!) and ate at Starbucks, but it speaks to how essentially similar we all are. The only difference, of course, being that everything in the New York store is at least A DOLLAR more expensive than West L.A. I always thought of Los Angeles as an expensive city, and compared to Houston, I'm sure it is. But it's ridiculous how much money you can spend in Manhattan doing the most mundane things. At least New Haven is cheaper.
Can't wait to get to Yale! Now for another train.
Great view of Chicago out the plane window, and the first time I've ever seen both shores of Lake Michigan at once.
New Jersey looks very different when it's not in a downpour--I know it's not all as decrepit as its reputation, but now I can understand where it comes from.
Took the E train on accident, turned around, then realized that the C train was closed. Oh well--I had no choice but to "Take the A Train" up to the Upper West Side.
So much fun last night walking around Soho/Little Italy/Astor with Nadja, Alex, Chris, and Will. I don't know if I could live in Manhattan--both for the constant hubbub and the prices--but what a fascinating place to walk around. New York pizza--excellent. I find it amusing that of all the places to get dessert, we went to Coldstone (!) and ate at Starbucks, but it speaks to how essentially similar we all are. The only difference, of course, being that everything in the New York store is at least A DOLLAR more expensive than West L.A. I always thought of Los Angeles as an expensive city, and compared to Houston, I'm sure it is. But it's ridiculous how much money you can spend in Manhattan doing the most mundane things. At least New Haven is cheaper.
Can't wait to get to Yale! Now for another train.