THINGS WE LEARNED IN NYC

• Relatives like to talk about the size of people's ears. Really! This is true they do talk about people's ears.

• Rollerskating in a 100 year old Library is strictly prohibited, unless you don't get caught!

• The N line will take you just about anywhere you need to go. If you just stick to the N line you can go to Brooklyn to visit your cousins with the cool video gaming equipment, or Chinatown to "not eat" Chinese food, or Time Square back to your hotel, or Central Park to pet the horses... 

• Not all hot dogs with mustard and sauerkraut... ordered from a cart on the streets of New York City are good! Mommy was super disappointed!

• There are no horse carriages in Central Park when it rains. We were disappointed we couldn't ride them. Mommy said next time we need to come when it's summer because she always comes in Spring and every time it rains.

• There are not too many kids walking the streets of New York City. Mommy can totally understand why now!!!

• You can be in a city with so many wonderful foods choices and still eat Happy Meals at McDonalds for dinner three nights in a row! I don't understand what the problem is here although Mommy keeps telling me that it's just not right!

• If you are playing around and standing too close to the yellow (do not pass) line on the subway, a man will yell at you... and your mommy too! Of course mommy is always yelling at me to not stand so near the yellow line, but I am fearless and know I won't fall in. I don't understand why she keeps grabbing me and saying, "You are so going to get it!"

• You can walk around in New York City wearing a Gryffindor cloak and no one will look twice... well maybe a few people will.

• If you sit in the front row of the Lion King, you will see a lot of bare chests all night and then want your mommy to let you take off your shirt and paint your skin red like Simba, right there and then. Mommy said nice boys who are not performing on stage do not take off their clothes when it's 30 degrees outside. She said I can do that when I get back in Los Angeles in the privacy of our own home.

• If you keep talking back to your mommy in public, you will eventually face the "music" when you get back to the hotel and worse, she will leave you at home next time she travels outside of California! Mommy said I will not see New York City again until I learn to be responsible, whatever that means. 

• Broadway musicals are so cool! I want to be Bert and dance on walls. I want to be Flounder and skate with Ariel. I want to be Simba and show off my bare chest while doing cartwheels on stage and swinging through the air.