New York 2023 - Day 2

21,964 steps. 11.48 miles.

Tyler and I successfully solved the Sugar Rush room at Exit Escape Room NYC! We had 3m 3s time remaining on the clock. Doing puzzle rooms with just two people isn’t easy but we got it! Room 48!

Two people in chef hats hold success signs in front of an Exit Escape Room NYC branded backdrop.

Nintendo NY

One of our must stop places for Tyler and I in New York was Nintendo New York! We got here on Sunday right at 11a when they opened. The store is filled with cool Nintendo history, characters, games, and of course plenty of gear to buy. We shopped and roamed around for 90 minutes taking it all in, including selfies with Link and Bowser.

Two people posing for a selfie outside the Nintendo New York store entrance, one wearing a black 66 North beanie and grey puffer jacket, the other in a red FC Bayern München hoodie and hat.Large Mario figure clinging to a flagpole with a red M pennant inside a multi-story store, green Warp Pipes and a Piranha Plant visible behind him.Two people take a selfie in front of a large Link statue and Zelda artwork displays inside a Nintendo store.Man and child posing with a large Bowser statue on stairs inside a Nintendo store, child wearing FC Bayern Munich gearGlass display case holding Nintendo handheld consoles across four shelves, from Game and Watch and Game Boy models to DS and 3DS variants with label cards.Glass display case showing Nintendo hardware history including Color TV-Game 15, Famicom, SNES, N64, GameCube, Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch models.

New York 2023 - Day 1

19,922 steps. 10.01 miles.

  • Bagels at Liberty Bagel.
  • Taxi to Battery Park.
  • Ferry to Liberty Island.
  • Visit Statue of Liberty and Pedastal.
  • Ferry to Ellis island.
  • Ellis Island to look up Josef Gins on manifest.
  • Fairy to Manhattan.
  • Nutella crêpe from truck in Battery Park.
  • Snack at Siena Bakehouse.
  • 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
  • Coffee and Hot Cocoa at Blue Bottle.
  • Take 1 Train Northbound to 42nd-Times Square.
  • Dinner at Shake Shack.
  • Pit stop at Arlo Hotel.
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Tyler and I visited the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. It is strange to experience things that are so vivid in my mind but are things that happened before Tyler was born. This is all history to him. Everything is so well done here. I strongly recommend experiencing it.

9/11 Memorial reflecting pool with cascading water, One World Trade Center tower rising behind it against a blue sky

I would not do well on this elevator. 💀

Worm's-eye view up a scaffolded skyscraper under construction flanked by other tall glass buildings against a blue sky.

In the crowd boarding the ferry from Ellis Island to Manhattan with the Statue of Liberty in the background.

Crowd of people boarding a New York ferry at a dock, with the Statue of Liberty visible in the distance under a cloudy sky.

Lady Liberty.

Statue of Liberty seen from behind in black and white, torch raised against a cloudy backlit sky, viewed from below

Tyler and I visiting with Lady Liberty!

Two people smiling in a selfie in front of the Statue of Liberty on a sunny blue-sky day.

You must have a New York bagel! So much cream cheese. Cinnamon & Raising with plain for me. Liberty bagel with Oreo cream cheese for Tyler from Liberty Bagel in Midtown.

Two hands holding bagels with generous cream cheese; one is a colorful rainbow-swirled bagel, the other a cinnamon raisin bagel on parchment paper.