During our stay in Philadelphia, we had a free day where we drove back to NYC to hang out.
3/4/2009
So, the 7 of us drove to NYC from Philadelphia and the first place we went to was a restaurant called Ippudo Ramen.
It's a ramen restaurant from Japan and when they opened up their first store in the US, all these other ramen stores donated their ramen bowls to congratulate them!
And then, we ordered some delicious ramen...
I got mine as a set and ate this tororoimo gohan, too~ YUM!!!!
and here's our ramen!!!
After stuffing ourselves with ramen, we took the subway to visit Ground Zero.
... but it was under construction so we couldn't get close at all. There were cranes and people working all over inside the fenced off area. I've wanted to come here for so long... and when I finally got there, I was overwhelmed with emotion. I also got this eerie feeling... the unimaginable happened here. And now, people were trying to rebuild... to move forward... and to never forget.
We walked to go see the Statue of Liberty... but again, we couldn't get too close since we decided not to get on the ferry.
This is as close as my little p&s camera would zoom.
Jason, pondering something?
Then, we walked through Central Park.
We were so tired and exhausted after we walked ... and walked... and walked... (it felt like hours). So, we rested at Grand Central Station...
That night, we went to see Bryan's brother, Wynn Yamami, perform with his group, Happy Fun Smile.
They were SO much fun! They really made the place lively and we had a really good time.
Happy Fun Smile
Wynn
Bryan and Wynn
brothers....
After the show, we headed back to Philly. What a fun day it was!!!!
Ah nice adventure, i still haven't been to ground zero since i was younger i was too scared to go and then went off to college haven't had time to revisit it.
i'm going to have to check out that ramen place next time it looks great!
Great pix! I have to try that ramen place! :P I just got into nyc myself!
@lCrAzYAzNl - Maybe wait to go to ground zero until the construction is done... Yes, the ramen was SOOOO yummy. You should go!!!
@TheKillerPotato - Thanks. :) You're there right now? You should go for sure! I must say, though... it's a little pricy for ramen.. :-/
i would definitely like to visit all those places someday... glad you had a chance to post! alllmost hooome... looking forward to hearing more in person :)
Mmmm, ramen. New York is one city that I need to visit before I die.
I can imagine the feeling walking around Ground Zero what happened there. It just feels like it was only a couple years ago.
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Ah nice adventure, i still haven't been to ground zero since i was younger i was too scared to go and then went off to college haven't had time to revisit it.
i'm going to have to check out that ramen place next time it looks great!
Great pix! I have to try that ramen place! :P I just got into nyc myself!
@lCrAzYAzNl - Maybe wait to go to ground zero until the construction is done... Yes, the ramen was SOOOO yummy. You should go!!!
@TheKillerPotato - Thanks. :) You're there right now? You should go for sure! I must say, though... it's a little pricy for ramen.. :-/
i would definitely like to visit all those places someday... glad you had a chance to post! alllmost hooome... looking forward to hearing more in person :)
Mmmm, ramen. New York is one city that I need to visit before I die.
I can imagine the feeling walking around Ground Zero what happened there. It just feels like it was only a couple years ago.
Nice pictures!