It looks as if I'll be in Phoenix a little longer than anticipated, so I have a few minute to update the Web site. Had I known I'd be in Phoenix all day, I'd have made plans with friends.

Our last day in NY was a extremely fun. We did the Empire State Building, Rockerfeller Center, and Macy's, among others. And let's not forget the highlight of the trip, a Conan O'Brien taping. If you looked closely enough, you could see me on national TV last night (I'm the guy in blue sitting behind "Preparation H Man." I wish I had gotten to stay in NY longer, but I'm also glad to be getting home.

Today was a blast. We went to Times Square, saw the Statue of Liberty (from the Staten Island ferry), the Brooklyn Bridge, Greenwich Village, and "Rent." We also got as close as we could to the World Trade Center, a couple of blocks away. It looks pretty much like it appears on the news, only with a strong, almost burning stench of smoldering plastic. It was hard to believe that the fenced-off area only a few weeks ago held the city's two largest edifices. One of the old men in the crowd could only shake his head and click his tongue. What a shame indeed.

As expected, security was especially tight over the city as a whole. But I never thought I'd see so many police and National Guard units camped out in the middle of a city.

Statue of Liberty: closed.

New York Stock Exchange: closed, with a buffer of police cars and barriers around the building.

Well, it looks like we're finally hitting back. I wonder how this will affect my time here in New York or my trip back.

Today, we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a fake medieval
monastary with real medieval religious atrifacts you'd expect to find there, the Hudson River, Little Italy, Chinatown (not as good as San Francisco's Chinatown), Soho, and the Deli made famous by Seinfield.

I'm really looking forward to tomorrow, when we'll see a Broadway show, visit the Statue of Liberty (assuming it doesn't get a bomb threat) and something else.