New York, Day Two

Picture it - you are in New York, one of the most exciting cities in the world and the person you are travelling with wants to go to the Apple Store - yes that is right, the Apple Store! Luckily is was fairly close to the hotel and it allowed me to check out some more of the Village and also see the SoHo (South of Houston Street) area.

After that we headed up to Grand Central Station which was pretty cool - a lovely old building. Peter said last time him and Jules were there some bloke came up to them and gave them a bit of a tour which sounds alright! I had to settle with having Peter for a guide which was better then nothing I guess...

We then headed over to the New York Public Library and quickly poked our head in before heading up to the David Letterman Studios to pick up our tickets for the taping. Taping was due to start at 4, so after picking up the tickets we had about 30 mins to get back to the hotel, get changed, have something to eat and get back up to the studio (yes we could have planned it better). In the end we had to forego eating and we were late back up to the studio, but it worked out okay because they put us at the front of the line!

Like most studios, the inside was smaller then it looks on tele and it was pretty cold. Some bloke came and told some jokes to get us all going before Dave came out to say hello. Today on his show we were lucky enough to see Jennifer Lopez and a tennis player I had not heard of - James Blake. Both guests were entertaining and the entire show was pretty cool (including Dave's lame unfunny jokes). All in all it took about an hour to tape and I think they whittled it down to about 40 mins when they broadcast it.

From there we headed over to Bloomingdales to check it out. I bought a shirt and Peter gloomily walked around the shop (he could have at least pretended to be interested like I was in the Apple Shop), and then over to Macys. Both were fairly average, especially when compared with Harrods or Selfridges, but everything was so much cheaper which made up for it.

We then headed over to a restaurant near Times Square for a late dinner. Here is a tip, if you are not use to eating big meals like me, you do not need to order entrees (starters for those in the UK) or desserts as the main meals are bloody huge! It makes eating out pretty cheap as well. Because all the staff rely on tips, the service in all the restaurants we went to was excellent! Totally unlike here where you can sit around for about 40 mins waiting to get your table cleared or get the chance to ask someone for the bill!



Inside of Grand Central Station.



Street Scenes.



New York Public Library Steps.



Inside of the Library.



Late Show Studio (again!).



Radio City!



I guess space must be at a premium!