Twitter highlights of my trip to New York: April 23–30, 2011

Saturday, April 23

• When setting your alarm for a morning flight, make sure it’s set for AM, not PM. Parked in short term and just made it.
• Don’t remember so many NYC subway service notices, but managed to get to the hotel anyway. Late night pizza nearby for dinner.

Sunday, April 24

• For brunch, meeting up with Sabrina, old HCI/IBM friend, and her husband Steven, who turns out to work for Google! Small world.
• Awesome brunch at Balthazar in SoHo. Eggs Norwegian with smoked salmon and hollandaise. We got lucky: no wait!
• Visited the Morgan Library, as in JP Morgan. Amazing collection and buildings. They have 3 Gutenberg bibles!
• Surprised the ice skating rink is still up at Rockefeller Center
• It was beautiful earlier today, but now it’s a downpour. Luckily we have umbrellas. Yay NYC weather.
• For dinner, had the best pastrami at Katz’s Deli. I always make a trip there when I go to NY.

Tuesday, April 26

• I keep forgetting how much humidity affects how warm it feels. 70º in NY easily feels 5–10º warmer than in SF.
• I also don’t feel the need to wear sunglasses in NY like I do in SF. The sunlight is much more diffuse (humidity? pollution?).

Wednesday, April 27

• New cafe in Google NYC opens today! Gorged on fried calamari.
• The theme of the new Google NYC cafe is street food. There’s an actual food truck in the cafe, serving dessert.

Thursday, April 28

• At a colleague’s apartment west of Midtown. Great views from the roof, and great Turkish food delivered for dinner!

Friday, April 29

• Tried to go to Ippudo for ramen, but the wait was literally 2 hrs. Went to Rai Rai Ken instead, which was solid.
• Vince was still craving pizza, so we went to John’s Pizzeria & got half cheese half sausage. Excellent, highly recommended!

Saturday, April 30

• Amazing hot fresh bagels at Brooklyn Bagel. Didn’t realize they could be so good!
• Visited World Trade Center. Unbelievable number of tourists. Didn’t realize so much of 1 WTC is already built.
• Awesome gelato at L’Art del Gelato in Chelsea Market. This trip has been a home run foodwise.
• LIRR to JFK is a bit more than the subway but 20-30 mins faster. And both are MUCH cheaper than a taxi.