lady liberty and yoga

Saturday, along with the machine gun-wearing police at the Time Warner Center was an interesting/fun day. 

There, apparently, was some sort of free Yoga session going on dead in the middle of Times Square. I don't know how everyone else feels, but I'm pretty sure I could never reach maximum relaxation and peacefulness in a place like Times Square...

Then, Saturday night we went on a boat tour around the bottom half of the island of Manhattan. It was really beautiful because it started getting dark by the end of the tour, so we could see the night skyline in Manhattan - and it was so informative with a lot of interesting facts about the history of New York City and America.

Lady Liberty at sunset

Brooklyn Bridge - which was almost twice as long as any other bridge in the world when it was built. It was actually named the 8th World Wonder at one point.

Domino Sugar factory that recently closed. They're thinking of turning the building into apartments!

Night view of a New York City skyline (a little blurry...)

Dinner at the Burger Joint after our boat tour. 

This could be one of the most deceiving things I've ever experienced in New York City. Burger Joint is in the Le Parker Meridien Hotel located on 57th Street and 6th Avenue. You walk into this beautiful grand hotel in an exquisite neighborhood of New York City, then you slip behind a big red curtain and all the sudden you witness a transformation from 5-star hotel to wood-paneled walls with posters and sharpie signatures all over the place. Crazy atmosphere...really good food!