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Thank God for a good day in the Big Apple Final days; Oct 25-26, 2016 Columbia University and Chelsea Highline

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Columbia University         Why Columbia University? Got a chance to check out this fast moving campus and this is where they shot Ghostbusters (1984) and the Spider-man trilogy.

Thank God for a good day in the Big Apple Oct 20 (Day 3)

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Man, I slept like a baby for the night. I woke up early around 6AM for the next adventure though I didn't move out till 8AM.   So the dog was up and early and I had to take a pic of Ollie. Cookie was the other dog though she seldom came in my room. Ollie loved coming in alot so I had to take a pic of him! On to Chinatown! I got off the subway on Chambers street where I took another pic of the Manhattan Municipal Building where Ghostbusters (1984) was shot. It was roughly a 13-15 minute walk to Chinatown from this area using google maps. Finally arrived though I was so early that I had to walk around until a couple restaurants opened to satisfy my food cravings. I came roughly about 9AM so Chinatown wasn't littered with people till much later on.       I made my way back somewhere in the beginning of Chinatown to eat at:   Noodles were very tasty. Not bad for $7.00. Lot's of single folks eating here too. I walked ar...

Thank God for a good day in the Big Apple Oct 18-19 (Day 1 and 2)

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Aloha folks.  I just came back from my trip and I had to work already. Anyhow, here is my latest adventure whom God protected me from harm. It was a good experience and I finally was able to take a bite of the Big Apple (New York City) and it was also my first time in the east coast. Let's get started. Oct 18, 2016 I caught a red eye flight from Hawaii 3:00PM Pacific time. Arrived next day in John F. Kennedy airport at 6:05AM on the 19th, Oct 2016. Oct 19, 2016 I caught a cab though my fare came out pretty costly heading to my airbnb place in Flatbush, Brooklyn. I had to take a pic of the sun while in the cab.  My room wasn't gonna be ready until after 9:30AM, so I dropped my bags and I caught a subway train to Franklin Ave to meet up with my respiratory classmate Liz. After some stumbling we finally met up in Brooklyn Library, chilled, and talked story a bit. We also took pics surrounding the area such as Grand Army Plaza and on our way back to ...