NYC

another trip to NYC with the following results:

• a visit to the Kinokuniya Japanese Bookstore = one expensive mechanical pencil
• roaming the Sanrio Luxe store in Times Square and realizing how poor I am
• finding the Muji store = handful of really awesome writing pens (www.muji.com)
  
• visit to the Tracy Reese store - amazing stuff, but another realization of how poor I am
• DSW in NYC (Union Square) sells Prada shoes and LeSportSac bags
• Filene's Basement was easier to navigate than DSW
• a lot of the TJMaxx/Marshalls commercials are true - they have the same clothes are many of the small boutiques for a lot less. I found a pretty dress in a boutique for $98 and realized that I saw the same thing in TJMaxx for $39.99
• a lot of places close very early on Saturday evening
• when you are tired, after seeing Bryant Park once, you don't want to see it three more times
• umbrellas are good - it sucks if you don't have one when it is raining and you have to walk everywhere
  
• if it is raining in NYC and you don't have an umbrella, the best part of the trip is coming home and taking a hot shower
  

- peace -