Party Time Is Over

For our last full day in New York I wanted to take Zack to the Financial District and we had to do some shopping. Getting him in the cab, diaper bag off the BOB, and the BOB in the trunk was a bit stressful. We walked around SoHo and finally found onesies for Zack from a street vendor, Beastie Boys, Metallica, and Che (to match his Dad). Then we walked south to the Financial District.

I realized earlier in the morning that heading down there on 9/11 may not be the best thing to do...not for fear of something happening, but it's just a wierd day and it was. We walked past the WTC site, checked out the NYSE, walked through the 9/11 memorial, saw the Statue of Liberty, and then went to see the Bull before heading back to the hotel. We probably walked 10 miles in flip-flops. I think Zack was sick of his seat, but he had a pretty good life in there. He had his seat, toys, he could look at Dad, take naps, he got his bottles in there. I envy his life.

We had to wrap up our shopping and get back to the hotel to meet Zack's babysitter, because Mama and Daddy were going out. We met up with Kelly and a couple vendors for a great dinner and then went out to get nutty. Stop 1 was a Japanese place for a couple drinks so we could come up with a game plan. From there, we went to Hogs & Heffers and where things got out of control, although we had to cut things short to get back to Zack. We ended up in a towncar, because we couldn't find a cab, argued over the price, got dropped off 5 blocks from our hotel...yeah, we were in great shape. We had a great time though.

Yesterday, when we finally woke up...Are you sure you don't want to sleep in Zack? We were dragging ass and finally got our rental car at about 3pm...not quite noon as planned. They were out of compact cars and asked if we'd be alright with an upgrade to an SUV...seriously lady, we almost needed 2 cabs just to schlep all our crap over here, do you think that we'd object to a bigger car? (We still filled the Jeep to max capacity.) Traffic sucked and our 2 hour trip to Connecticut took 4+ hours, but we made it and Zack was ready to show off and get attention from more family.

More pics...

Zack at Uni Qlo with the robot (and some troll like woman in the background)

NYSE
Father and Son at the Statue of Liberty (OK, I think something is wrong with our camera. Every pic in the day is overexposed...if someone knows how to fix this on a Canon SD750, please let us know.)
Zack wanted to ride the bull, but I knew I'd get in trouble from the wife for that...and maybe arrested too.
Dinner...when the wine started flowing

Hogs & Heffers...woo-hoo it's a party!