Mom Says I'm Running Away

Day: 119

Waking up just in time for our noon checkout (this seems to be becoming general practice), we were headed into New York City today, supposedly just a short two hour (127 mile) drive up the Garden State Parkway, over the Jersey Turnpike, and through the Lincoln tunnel. Sound easy huh? Well not in a torrential downpour mixed in with friday afternoon rush hour traffic. The last two hours into the city was easily the most stressful two hours of driving in my entire life, I could barely see headlights 100 feet away and the lane line were indistinguishable. There were thousands of cars on the road and everyone was coming deathly close to me.

My mind completely numb from the constant alertness, we managed to make it to our hotel sometime after five and only passing it once. We went into our surprisingly swank hotel and got ready for the evening. I had talked to my friend Jandiz earlier in the day and she had to work serving cocktails in a trendy midtown hotel bar, but invited us over to visit her at work for a couple of drinks to start the night. We put on our best shirts and headed off into the big city. After our first rounds with Jandiz we set off to walk around Times Square and make our way into the lower east side (on her recommendation) via taxi to sample the nightlife of the city.

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