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  • Shower in morning, bathroom is kind of eeeew + traffic jam in room in the morning with everyone trying to get ready
  • Breakfast at Whole Foods (vegan blueberry muffin and Odwalla Mo’Beta)
  • Sports Museum of America (in Battery park)
  • Had a little bit about each of the major sports
  • Has the original Heisman trophy
  • Bought Olympic pins, Heisman trophy pin
  • West Side, saw “Friends” apartment and Central Perk coffee shop building
  • Lunch at Isle Thai Cooking (spicy basil udon with beef, Simon got Tamarind (a fruit) crispy chicken)
  • Walk through Central Park to Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • The Met was closing so we got in for free :-p
  • Met with Abhishek at Madison Square Garden for Knicks vs. Celtics
  • Knicks win 100 to 88 😦
  • Wander looking for dinner, see Korea Way – filled with expensive Korean restaurants
  • Ate a Martinique Cafe (48hr chicken barbeque with mashed potatoes)
  • Future place to go to: Red Mango ice cream? on Korea Way
  • Abhishek leaves back for Princeton
  • Walk to Times Square for Planet Hollywood.  Because Simon spent $10.84 on a mug, I got to get an $18 hat for $10 (and thus free with New York pass) with a dragon on it!