Ann here -- I would make Katt post this entry but it's 11:15pm here and she is in Manhattan with David, their 22 year old cousin Steve and his girlfriend Brie. Got the group going at about 1pm today... drove into Manhattan with tour guide Phil at the wheel. Made a quick pit stop by his local hangout (the bike shop) so we could see the place. Once in the city, we parked near Phil's office near 37th and 7th Ave. Refrained from stopping at any of the shops in the garment district (for now). Hopped on the subway and took it to 59th St and Broadway. David now knows why you hang on when the subway doors close! :) Walked up Broadway to Columbus Ave... walked up Columbus parallel with Central Park. Adding all ... read more

Katherine here--We knew we were in trouble when Phil asked what shape we were in when we arrived at 11:30pm in the La Guardia airport. Something told us we weren't headed straight home. True to his character, he had a plan...and a 16 ounce cup of coffee right before we arrived. He took us onto the Triborough Bridge to Manhattan starting in Spanish Harlem and turned onto Park Avenue. We drove all the way to Broadway to see the best place to be on a Friday in the middle of the night...Times Square. At about Broadway and 45th he told us to get out of the car and walk down Broadway to 42nd and cut across to Eighth where he would meet us. All of this at a little after midnight and right off the ... read more

Here's our list of "for sure" things we're doing and our list of NYC "must sees": For sure things:     Monday, July 2nd -- 7:05pm Yankee's game. Phil was able to get great tickets! Field level, 6th row back at third base. Rich and David are packing their mits and Yankee hats. It will be David and Katherine's first major league game, should be awesome!     Tuesday, July 3rd -- 8:00pm - we've coerced Phil and his family into seeing Spamalot.... again, Phil got some great tickets... we'll report back    Wednesday, July 4th -- watch fireworks somewhere in the city. On our list of things to see:    - Phil's office    - Madison Square Garden    - Empire State Building    - Ellis Island    - Times Square    - Rockefeller Center    - Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art    - St Patrick's ... read more