On our flight down we ha booked two seats in a row with a empty seat between us.  I choose near the back of the plane in hopes that we would get a free seat.

During the flight we used an infant seat belt. This seat belt from KidsFlySafe is awesome and totally worth the $75 if you can’t borrow one from a friend.  Alternatively I have seen postings on ebay where you can “rent” the seat belt.

Our flight landed at 9am so we had time kill at the airport.

This was also the first off leash dog park I saw. I also saw someone getting hassled by the parks police because he was letting his Husky run around a bigger part of the park.
Two questions came immediately to mind.
Who owns a husky in NYC?
Why not just use the normal off leash park 100 feet away?

The Husky’s owner told the park police lady that it was “his dog’s birthday, and I was letting him run around as a present.” I will have to remember that one.

Empire State Building:

I caught the snow falling:

It was cold so we went to a nice cafe. It was tiny and packed with old looking trunks and cases. Rachel and I had a wonderful Cappuccino. There were two Nigerian men running the cafe. One man was mopping and brushing the snow away from the front porch. Rachel noticed that his fly was open. He kept walking up and down the store and I kept hoping that he would pull his fly up. Finally I remember that most people would rather find out things like this, so i tapped him on the shoulder and whispered, “Sir, your fly is open.” He replys back in a giant Nigerian accent. “Sorry, sir could you repeat that?” I am REALLY embarrassed at this point. I can feel my face going flush. I tell him again, and he laughs and laughs with a hearty deep laugh.