Walking Around NY #2

Ok, so this is TOTALLY out of order...
but this is what happened on 3/4/09.
I said I'd write an entry called "Walking Around NY #2"... so here it is!
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During our stay in Philadelphia, we had a free day where we drove back to NYC to hang out.

It was 3/4/2009.

The 7 of us drove to NYC from Philadelphia and the first place we went to was a restaurant called Ippudo Ramen. Jason REALLY wanted to go and we were all down to eat some ramen!



When they opened up their first restaurant in the US, all these other ramen places in Japan donated their ramen bowls to congratulate them!





We had to wait a little bit... but we finally sat down and ordered some delicious ramen... I must say, I'm not used to such an upscale looking ramen place...



I got mine as a set and ate this tororoimo gohan, too~ YUM!!!!



and here's our ramen!!!








After stuffing ourselves with ramen, we took the subway to visit Ground Zero.



... but it was under construction so we couldn't get close at all. There were cranes and people working all over inside the fenced off area.




We walked to go see the Statue of Liberty... but again, we couldn't get too close since we decided not to get on the ferry.

This is as close as my little p&s camera would zoom.


Jason, pondering something?




Then, we walked through Central Park.




We were so tired and exhausted after we walked ... and walked... and walked... (it felt like hours). So, we rested at Grand Central Station...




That night, we went to see Bryan's brother, Wynn Yamami, perform with his group, Happy Fun Smile.

They were SO much fun! They really made the place lively and we had a really good time.

Happy Fun Smile


Wynn




Bryan and Wynn


brothers....


After the show, we headed back to Philly.
What a fun day it was!!!!

:)

Thanks for reading!