New York Moments:

In my quest to travel more -- even vicariously -- and because New York is the second state in my year long "get to know the states" project, here is a highly subjective, somewhat random trip around the Empire State...

Watkins Glen http://www.gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/watkins.shtml

I have a vague memory of a family vacation here when I was small. LOTS of steps, but it looks LOVELY! Also famous for the NASCAR speedway there, proving that it takes all kinds of people to make this country :0)

Corning Glass Museum http://www.cmog.org/
maybe it was the same trip, but we also visited this museum when I was small. I remember a small glass turtle that I got as a souvenir that I had for a long time.

Niagara Falls http://www.niagarafallslive.com/Facts_about_Niagara_Falls.htm
(webcam shot: http://www.fallsview.com/Stream/StarDotTechCamStill.shtml)

Fort Ticonderoga http://www.fort-ticonderoga.org/

Here's what wikipedia has to say: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ticonderoga

PSST...an aside:

**the Dixon Ticonderoga is the worlds best pencil :0) http://www.dixonticonderoga.com/ it just makes me happy for some unknown, but no less appreciated reason. How can you not love a product with THIS on their website: "Dixon Ticonderoga is a company that empowers people to take conscious and subliminal thoughts, facts, ideas and dreams, and preserve them using tools that are simply extensions of themselves."

and as for NYC itself:

Top of the Rock http://www.topoftherocknyc.com/splash.aspx

here's where the picture above was taken from. I don't like heights a whole lot, so it was a bit scary, but SUCH panoramas!!

The Met http://www.metmuseum.org/

looks like they currently have a fashion exhibition and a BLOG about it ... I look at these pictures and drool http://blog.metmuseum.org/blogmode/

If you don't want to/can't actually travel on New York City's Subways... check this site out for a vicarious trip. Cully rides the subway and sketches people he sees. He even has a book! http://childofatom.blogspot.com/search/label/sketches

and of course, as a theater nut, I couldn't leave without posting a listing of all the Current Broadway shows http://www.nyctourist.com/bway_currentshows.asp

and to finish our tour up, we stop at the crossroads of the world ... Times Square. Live webcam views here: http://www.earthcam.com/ts/