Weeeellll, you asked for it...

Finally had some time to upload some of the pictures from our NYC trip. While looking through them, I realized just how much of a camera hog I am! I'm almost in none of the pictures. Probably works out better that way since Jimbo is such a ham!

Hotel Pennsylvania
We were so happy to find out that our hotel was a hop, skip and a jump from Penn Station. Carrying luggage around NY is not fun.

Wow
We were amazed to see such a beautiful site right around the corner of our hotel!

Skyline
Unfortunately, neither Jim nor I are any good at geography and just assumed that the Statue of Liberty was on Staten Island. At first everything was just dandy on the ferry and we were able to get a great picture of the NY skyline but we were a bit bewildered when the ferry floated right by the Statue of Liberty and then just kept on going. By the way, the Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island...makes sense NOW.

Bird Memorial
Found this beautiful memorial to fallen sea men in Battery Park while we were waiting for the Liberty Island Ferry

Butterflies
An art piece that was displayed in Battery Park. Did you know that the name Vanessa means butterfly?

Mariners Memorial
Battery Park was full of amazing memorials. Picture heaven for a history major!

The Bradys Hit New York!
Know why we look so happy in this picture? We're finally on the right ferry!

Statue of Liberty
I was gabbing so much to a cute guy from Australia that he had to stop me and point out that we were passing the Statue.

Statue Close Up
These are just a few of the hundreds of pictures we took of Lady Liberty. It actually was a bit ridiculous to take so many pictures but she was just so impressive up close.

Eiffel Statue
If you ever go to Liberty Island (not Staten Island, by the way!), pay the extra $6 for the audio tour. It's got some great information on the history of the statue and island. This is a picture of a statue commemorating Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel's involvement in creating the iron frame of The Statue.

Ellis Island
Interesting to think that Jim could possibly be standing in the same spot as one of his distant relatives did.

MegoCon Maniacs!
Jim and a few of his fellow toy collectors at MegoCon 2004.

Puerto Rico
On Sun. we decided to make our way to the Guggenheim before our 2:00 Wicked show. We had no idea that we would have to walk 10 blocks out of our way because of the Puerto Rico Parade. My feet are still achin'!

Pretty Church
I love taking pictures of churches. They always seem so magical to me. Snapped this one on the way to the Guggenheim.

Castle?
Another building we came upon on the long trek to the Guggenheim, thought it looked like a castle but it turned out to be some sort of old armory.

Lobby of Guggenheim
The Guggenheim Museum was one of the most amazing structures I've ever seen. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the building is a piece of art in amongst itself. Almost worth the hundreds of blisters I have on my feet...almost.

Brancusi
There was a fabulous Brancusi exhibit there. Got to see one of my favorite sculptures, The Kiss. Also saw some great works by Kandisnky, Picasso and Mondrian. I love Modern Art!

Park Ave.
Couldn't even imagine the rent here! Gotta admit, though, it was awfully pretty.

Ghostbusters
Had to take a picture of the famous NY Library that was in that iconic movie we know and love, Ghostbusters!

Who You Gonna Call?
The couple to the right of us was nice enough to stop their major makeout session to be included in our picture.

Skeleton Wrestling
This is Jimbo hamming it up in front of Jekyll and Hyde's, a monster themed restaurant.

NYC Subway
We absolutely loved the subway system, so easy to get anywhere! This, however, was a bit disturbing.

Gorn
Jim and the classic Star Trek enemy, Gorn, got into a bit of a brawl in Las Vegas. I believe you could say that Jim "got served." (tee hee)

Home
And finally, the sunset over the mountains in El Paso. El Paso really does have some of the prettiest sunsets. Took this picture for my sister, Angelica, who does theses amazing watercolor works of art. Hope you like it!