Just got back to Ottawa from 2 nights in New York City. Lower Manhatten island to be exact. We stayed by Times Square and spent a lot of time there. I was surprized at how safe it was, with cops on every block, no bums on the streets. Times Square is lit up like a Christmas tree right to the tops of every building. There are yellow cabs as far as the eye can see. Extremely fast and efficient subways, though brutally hot down in the stations. We took the Staten Island ferry past the Statue of Liberty and shopped in Canal Street. There is not a namebrand knockoff that you can't buy. Wendy and Megan were all about the shopping. You walk past usually a young black guy and you hear "handbags handbags handbags, or
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