SW CQB 45
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NO GUN, NO KNIFE and never would have needed it.
This was a HUGE CITY (much bigger than what I am used to...Houston/Dallas act), enjoyed every minute and planning on going back. did not get to do what we wanted.....planned to much.
my new best friend.....Brooklyn Lager Draft at Lombardi's Pizza (I drank it like water). Planning a tour of the brewery for next year.
Learned a lot about the city with the double decker tour. wished the Statue of Liberty was open.....would have liked to have gone up top.
Empire State building...lil scary for me. I don't like heights, luckily it was night time and I like the concrete build up on the exterior walls for added thickness to prevent me from falling through
Estimated walked 24 miles in 2.5 days....I am beat up. never felt any danger walking late night and at Time Square. Stay two blocks from Time Sq, small room, was clean and we took advantage of Cont Breakfast that was not bad.
Streets were dirty, trash build up and stinky in some areas, but expected with all those folks that live and work there.
Wanted to go eat in Chinatown and Little Italy, but never made it. Yellow Cab drivers drive crazy....and being LEO...I would use zero tolerance on them in my jurisdiction but HAY, I was off, not in my jurisdiction and it was my dime, step on the gas BUDDY.
Went to many locations and ended up at the 9/11 Memorial with no tickets. I asked how to get in, they said to go get free tickets at another location which we just came from. a Retired NYPD Officer asked me if I was a badge (I guess I stick out after 23 years) and gave me and my family the tickets so we did not have to walk back to get the tickets. Most of the LEO never looked or seemed friendly but this retired cop changed my mind. Those officers have a tough job dealing with those folks. I saw one incident where a person made his way up onto a light about 10 foot high. He would not come down and the officer seemed very easy going...more patience than I would have had. He talked the guy off without further incident. I thought about it and if he would have yanked him off, that would have looked bad for NYPD. He did the right thing.
There was many things we did not get to do so planning for a supplemental trip next year.
Overall, we liked the BIG APPLE and I would suggest to anyone its a must see, but do your homework as it completely different from what I was used to. I have never had to hail a cab...so that was an experience and learned that there is a Houston Street but its not pronounced Houston, but instead it pronounced House-ston Street.
thanks to all who provided information on my previous thread.
This was a HUGE CITY (much bigger than what I am used to...Houston/Dallas act), enjoyed every minute and planning on going back. did not get to do what we wanted.....planned to much.
my new best friend.....Brooklyn Lager Draft at Lombardi's Pizza (I drank it like water). Planning a tour of the brewery for next year.
Learned a lot about the city with the double decker tour. wished the Statue of Liberty was open.....would have liked to have gone up top.
Empire State building...lil scary for me. I don't like heights, luckily it was night time and I like the concrete build up on the exterior walls for added thickness to prevent me from falling through
Estimated walked 24 miles in 2.5 days....I am beat up. never felt any danger walking late night and at Time Square. Stay two blocks from Time Sq, small room, was clean and we took advantage of Cont Breakfast that was not bad.
Streets were dirty, trash build up and stinky in some areas, but expected with all those folks that live and work there.
Wanted to go eat in Chinatown and Little Italy, but never made it. Yellow Cab drivers drive crazy....and being LEO...I would use zero tolerance on them in my jurisdiction but HAY, I was off, not in my jurisdiction and it was my dime, step on the gas BUDDY.
Went to many locations and ended up at the 9/11 Memorial with no tickets. I asked how to get in, they said to go get free tickets at another location which we just came from. a Retired NYPD Officer asked me if I was a badge (I guess I stick out after 23 years) and gave me and my family the tickets so we did not have to walk back to get the tickets. Most of the LEO never looked or seemed friendly but this retired cop changed my mind. Those officers have a tough job dealing with those folks. I saw one incident where a person made his way up onto a light about 10 foot high. He would not come down and the officer seemed very easy going...more patience than I would have had. He talked the guy off without further incident. I thought about it and if he would have yanked him off, that would have looked bad for NYPD. He did the right thing.
There was many things we did not get to do so planning for a supplemental trip next year.
Overall, we liked the BIG APPLE and I would suggest to anyone its a must see, but do your homework as it completely different from what I was used to. I have never had to hail a cab...so that was an experience and learned that there is a Houston Street but its not pronounced Houston, but instead it pronounced House-ston Street.
thanks to all who provided information on my previous thread.
