There's More to Jersey than Exits off the Turnpike - We hope!: Visiting NYC with my dad

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Visiting NYC with my dad

A few weekends ago my dad came up to visit Dan and I - and Mingus! It was a great visit! We went into NYC and did the double decker tour bus which was a great idea (yes, it was my idea). We toured all around Manhattan through all sorts of neighborhoods, visited Rockefeller Center where we went to 'Top of the Rock' which is the building's rooftop observatory and then went up to Columbia University where I showed Dan and my Dad where I work. I took at bunch of pictures which can be seen HERE.

Here are two pictures from the 'Top of the Rock'

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Lessons on New Jersey

1) No trucks on the Garden State Parkway. Not that there was a problem, but I really don't think you are supposed to have huge trucks on it; probably b/c of the really low clearances on some of the underpasses. OOPS!
2) EZPASS is a MUST!!!
3) NEVER go to IKEA on a weekend!
4) People around here don't expect you to say excuse me, so it's alright if you just kind of push them out of the way. (Oh man, wait till I take this lesson back to Baltimore with me)
5) (actually this is a lesson on the whole area in general) Just act like you know where you are going and act like you own that piece of sidewalk you are on! Otherwise, people might try to run you down. I think I already knew this one, but being up there only emphasized its importance.
6) Don't be scared of not knowing where you are going. Odds are there are people around that are much more clueless than you.
7) Always have a train schedule handy so you can make it to the train on time!
8) Don't buy a car in NJ because they don't come with turn signals and the brake lights are faulty
9) When people are waiting for the train they tend to group together in certain areas - this means that the train doors are most likely to open where they are standing
10) While waiting for the 7:34am train, there is a train that comes through around 7:25. This train FLIES by and does not stop. Turn your back and get away from the track or you will be blown away.
11) My train that leaves Penn Station at 5:50pm almost always departs from Gate 3 or 4. Its amazing and its pretty funny to see everyone gathered around that gate waiting for the same train every single work day.