We were up and crackin' by 7am... jet lag was slowly but surely tightening the noose. Here in NY, we are literally surrounded by Starbucks, so that's where we spent our morning. After last night's downpour, it was F.R.E.E.Z.I.N.G.!!! 0The kind of cold that goes straight to your bones, you know?

By ten o'clock we knew that the shops had opened up and so decided to spend our first day shopping... we're soooooo Kuwaiti, I know! :P So, we walked from our apt, which is in the east upper-20's all the way up to Central Park... so, it was quite a walk, but we passed the most amazing shops on the way, I mean besides all of the big chains. By the time we made it to Central Park we were completely shattered! We had lunch at this little italian place and then made the long trek back downtown. Isn't it funny how the walk going somewhere is always so much more fun than the walk back?

Later tonight, FB's cousin, who shall also go by the initial F, showed up at our place to take us on a guided tour of SOHO. No problem, except for the fact that F has only been here for two months and so is only, marginally, more clued in than we are! But we went with the flow and followed this guy all around SOHO. F also showed us how to use the subway... surprisingly easy provided you can recognize colors and have an elementary command of the english alphabet!

We had dinner at Cipriani's. This so called NY Hotspot where apparently all the models go and supposedly P Diddy likes to throw parties there. Turns out to be this pretentious little italian place with a wait-list as long as my arm and the stuffy attitudes to go along with it! We ended up sitting outside which wasn't half bad after the madman next door, who kept telling people not to turn their backs on him (?), decided to leave. We managed to have a good time regardless, but by ten thirty I was freezing and felt like my bottom half was gonna completely detach itself from it's northern neighbor.

So, now we're back at the apt. FB has gone to bed... poor baby isn't feeling very well and I'm hitting the sack as well.

P.S. How lucky am I that I get to go to sleep with the top of the Empire State Building in my window?

P.P.S. I'm gonna be signing my NY posts using quotes lifted off of my morning Starbucks cup. :D
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"Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises."
-Layla

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